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Bloedel, Stewart & Walch Shay #1 |
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The entrance display to the BC Forest Discovery Centre is this excellent 1911 Lima built 2-truck Shay and its log car partner. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:58:48 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Bloedel, Stewart & Walch Shay #1 |
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Built in 1911 by Lima Locomotive Works, this 2 truck Shay worked the lumber industry in British Columbia, primarily on Vancouver Island. Specs - serial #2475, class B (code word "Balloon"), 42 ton, 2 truck Shay, 180 psi boiler pressure, wood burner. Retired in 1953 and prepared for sale to a Philipine company which fell through. Purchased by the museum founder, Gerry Wellburn, and put on display in 1964. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:58:54 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Bloedel, Stewart & Walch Shay #1 |
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This 1911 Lima Locomotive Works 2-truck Shay has been on display since 1964 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum which later became the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:58:59 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Bloedel, Stewart & Walch Log Car |
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The log car has been the display partner with the Bloedel, Stewart & Walch Shay since 1964, first in front of the Cowichan Valley Forest Musuem and later when it was renamed the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:14 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 |
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On display inside the BC Forest Discovery Centre is this 1910 2-truck Climax beautifully restored after years of hard work in the logging industry in British Columbia and neglect when the lumber company abandoned it in the woods. Duncan resident Granger Taylor plowed a road through one-half mile of forest to rescue it in 1969 and after that, it began the long restoration process with the final loco ending up in the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:18 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 |
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As well as being one of only two authentic Climax locomotives preserved in Canada (both at the BC Forest Discovery Centre), No.2 features the T-shaped, square firebox type boiler typical of early Style “A” and “B” Climaxes. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:21 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 Plaque |
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A BC Forest Discovery Centre information sign posted next to the Climax #2 display. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:24 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 Builder Plate |
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Climax builder plate for the 2-truck Climax. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:28 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 |
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Throttle & boiler top as seen through the engineer's window. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:33 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co Climax #2 |
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Beautiful Climax angled cylinder |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:40 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Mayo Lumber Co Shay #3 |
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A hidden jewel inside its protective shed is this 1924 Lima built Shay whose original purchase price was purchase price was $16,291. Due to a forest fire that wiped out a large volume of timber, the loco was idled in 1945 and eventually put on display at Paldi. The unit was donated to the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum which later was renamed the BC Forest Discovery Centre. In 1995 it was restored to operating condition and now makes an occasional active appearance at the Centre. Specs - serial #3262, 2-truck, class B, engine weight of 50 tons, 200 psi boiler pressure, 11x12" cylinders, wood burner but converted to oil later, |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:43 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Mayo Lumber Co Shay #3 |
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Number plate of the 1924 Lima built Shay, serial #3262. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:49 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Hillcrest Lumber Co Shay #1 |
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Almost invisible in the shed next to the lumber mill is this 1920 Lima built Shay. Originally built as a narrow gauge loco, it was converted by Lima to standard gauge for Hillcrest Lumber Company at the original purchase price of $14,428. It was converted to an oil burner and sold to the Mayo Lumber Co in 1943 and again in 1947 to Osborn Bay Wharf Co. Eventually donated to the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum which became the BC Forest Discovery Centre. The Hillcrest Shay is out of service pending builer work. Specs - 2-truck, class B (code word "Bay"), 160 psi boiler pressure, 8x8" cylinders, engine weight of 59,700 lb (27 tons), |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 5:59:53 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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Hillcrest Lumber Co Cimax #9 |
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This 1915 Climax (serial #1359) holds a very special place at the BC Forest Discovery Centre. As the only operational (authentic) Climax in Canada, and one of a very few in the world, No.9 is a rare locomotive. Originally built for the M.D. Olds Lumber Company of Birch, Michigan, it spent its working days at several subsidiary loggling companies in Vancouver area. Eventually retired in 1968, it was donated to the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum, now the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
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5/8/2015 Upload Date: 1/15/2018 6:00:51 AM |
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Duncan, BC |
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Gary Everhart |
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