Canadian Railroads > Steam in Canada...

Now that I have your attention (thank you), I rarely come over to this thread on T.O. Is there ANY steam at all running in Canada, especially in Quebec or Ontario. Back in the '70's and '80's, I frequently went north to see 6167, 6218,1201, 6153, 137 1057, 136 and later on, 2816. What is going on today? Anything? Any hope for the future? I was always hoping for a CP Selkirk or CN Hudson, (Maybe the one in St. Thomas.) Does anyone have any thoughts? Even with the 6213 at John's St. roundhouse and the Upper Canada Railway Society?

Precious little steam.

Try these websites for more information:

Waterloo Central Railway
http://waterloocentralrailway.com

South Simcoe Railway:
http://www.southsimcoerailway.ca/

Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway:
http://www.portageflyer.org

Toronto Railway Historical:
http://www.trha.ca

Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association:
http://www.hcry.org

The Upper Canada Railway Society has surrendered its charter.
That said, there are monthly meetings under the UCRS name in Hamilton, Ontario
which is mostly show and tell with colour and digital
presentations Usually 4th Friday of the
month except July and August.

Additional information may be obtained from the group based in Ottawa, Ontario:
Bytown Railway Society
www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca/

and in Quebec and parts of Ontario:
Canadian Railway Historical Association:
http://www.exporail.org/en/crha/

Others on this list may well have additional information.

Bryce Lee
Burlington, Ontario

Every once in a while there is talk of a restoration of CN 6213 in Toronto, but with no access to live trackage it wouldn't be much of a run. It's too bad that access from the roundhouse to the main was severed and built over, as they have several operable locos.

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Bryce Lee.....thank you for such a detailed report. I will contact them all, And Finderskeepers, do you mean that you couldn't squeeze an engine out of there by laying snap track?

There is also the Alberni Pacific Steam Railway at Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, BC

http://www.alberniheritage.com/alberni-pacific-railway/welcome-alberni-pacific-steam-railway

In British Columbia, you can ride behind ex-CP N2b class 2-8-0 No. 3716 at http://www.kettlevalleyrail.org/.

And if its overhaul is completed by next spring, ex-CN class M-3-d 2-8-0 No. 2141 at http://www.kamrail.com/.

Thanks for the current list guys. Have any of you heard the often repeated rumor that the CP was looking at the 4-8-4 out west as back up for the 2816? BTW, what is happening with the 2816. I don't hear a word about her anymore.

Keystone1 Wrote:
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> Thanks for the current list guys. Have any of you
> heard the often repeated rumor that the CP was
> looking at the 4-8-4 out west as back up for the
> 2816? BTW, what is happening with the 2816. I
> don't hear a word about her anymore.


Recently, the 4-8-4 displayed outside the IPSCO facility in Regina was sold to a private individual. IPSCO was/is an oilfield pipe manufacturer who scrapped many steam locomotives for CP. They saved one of the two CP 4-8-4's for decades.

Here's a shot of South Simcoe's 4-4-0, taken about 11 years ago.

From the pics I took back in 2008 it looks like 6218 may be a good candidate for restoration, in spite of being exposed to the elements for so long. I posted these photos previously and some here indicated the smokebox was in relatively good condition (that photo was taken through a small hole in the door).

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You can see the small hole just to the right of the headlight above the hinge, and a larger hole at the bottom just above the handrail.

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Who bought the CP 4-8-4 out west? For what purpose, (dare I hope, to run)?

TheCurator Wrote:
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> You can see the small hole just to the right of
> the headlight above the hinge, and a larger hole
> at the bottom just above the handrail.


That's a great heads on picture of the 6218. The lantern is a great touch.

Keystone1 Wrote:
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> Who bought the CP 4-8-4 out west? For what
> purpose, (dare I hope, to run)?


A somewhat crazy retired farmer from the North Battleford area. He's been buying up equipment for the last year or so in the hopes of starting a museum "somewhere". No word on when/how the 4-8-4 at IPSCO will be moved.
-Trevor

Alberta Steam:

Alberta Prairie Railway (Stettler)
http://www.absteamtrain.com/

Heritage Park (Calgary)
http://www.heritagepark.ca/

Fort Edmonton Park
http://www.fortedmontonpark.ca/

Alberta Railway Museum (Edmonton) Note: runs steam on summer long weekends only
http://www.albertarailwaymuseum.com/

-Trevor