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Date: 07/09/14 17:27
Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: MrMRL

From my return leg (Los Angeles Bound) of last month's Alaska road trip, here are a few BC Rail artifacts I found on display at the wonderful Central British Columbia Railway and Forestry Museum on June 30, 2014.

Mr. MRL

1. BC Rail GF 6C 6001
2. Track Inspection Car V-10
3. PGE/BCOL 1868



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Date: 07/09/14 17:53
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: rschonfelder

Where is the museum exactly relative to the former BCR yards?

Poor old things are not going to like a lot of those terrible northern winters. The GF is looking bad already.

Rick

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Date: 07/10/14 00:24
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: MrMRL

rschonfelder Wrote:
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> Where is the museum exactly relative to the former
> BCR yards?
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> Rick


Museum is north of the main yard in P.G. Just east of the wye.

Mr. MRL

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Date: 07/10/14 01:30
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: railsmith

The yard near the museum is the original CN yard. MrMRL, did you check out the ex-BC Rail yard? I've heard that all shop activity is carried out there now, and that the CN yard near the museum is simply that -- a freight yard with no shop activity. Was that apparent from what you saw there?

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Date: 07/10/14 10:31
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: M-420

Was BCR RS-10 586 still there?


Good to see the V-10....

Brian E

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Date: 07/10/14 12:07
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: MrMRL

586 is still there, but was hard to view, off limits beyond yellow caution tape.

Mr. MRL



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Date: 07/10/14 14:39
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: hoggerdoug

Here is the V-10 in "two tone green. A much better paint scheme I think. Doug

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Date: 07/10/14 15:03
Re: Few BC Rail Treasures in Prince George, BC
Author: hoggerdoug

6001 in better days. Fortunatley at least one of these locos was preserved, guess the rest went for scrap. Doug

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