Branchline Index [2020-05-01, 19, Photograph, Motive power, steam, Cox, Peter, BC Forest Discovery Centre, Crofton, BC, Lima Locomotive Works built this 24 ton 2-truck Shay as a narrow gauge wood burner in 1920. Purchased by Hillcrest Lumber Co., it was converted to standard gauge and to burn fuel oil. It was sold in 1934 and again in 1943 to a used equipment dealer that stored it idle. It was donated to what is now the BC Forest Discovery Centre where it is stored out of service pending boiler work. Photographed at Crofton, BC in May 1959.

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2020-05-01
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Photograph
Motive power, steam
Cox, Peter
BC Forest Discovery Centre
Crofton
BC
Lima Locomotive Works built this 24 ton 2-truck Shay as a narrow gauge wood burner in 1920. Purchased by Hillcrest Lumber Co., it was converted to standard gauge and to burn fuel oil. It was sold in 1934 and again in 1943 to a used equipment dealer that stored it idle. It was donated to what is now the BC Forest Discovery Centre where it is stored out of service pending boiler work. Photographed at Crofton, BC in May 1959.

See letter July/Aug issue for more information
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