Drake Street power

G2 2548 with open cab and large tender. 1932

reverse of print

G4 class 2700 oil-fired. 1932

reverse of print

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All photographs Leif Sorensen Collection unless otherwise credited.

Baldwin yard engines everywhere! All new in original paint scheme. 7070 and 7069 at left. 7065 and two others in middle. Another hidden by a cut of cars on the scales at right in N Yard. 1948.

2860 back when it was just another "2800". Seen here with the Vancouver transfer in May 1956. J.F.Orem
Famed Canadian Pacific B-C Pier in the background.

Note: Only the H1e sub-class 2860-2864 (last Royal Hudsons) built MLW June 1940 were built new as oil-fired.

1418_19xx and 2862 share shop tracks in 1956.

2863 crossing Smythe Street (east end of Drake Street terminal) 1953.

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