Canadian Railroads > MLW Monday on the BCOL 36 years ago

In March of 1983 my friend and fellow fan Mark Perri and I made a trip to British Columbia. This was my first trip to the BCOL and I was not disappointed.  On the morning of March 19 we followed a northbound freight out of North Vancouver on the Squamish Sub.  Power was 710,807,760,751 (M630, C425, SD40-2, SD40-2)    #1  Garibaldi    #2  near Whistler   #3  Crossing over Rte 99 at MP 91 south of Pemberton.

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The northbound made a meet with southbound #14 at Pemberton.  At this point #14 made a cut to add the Pemberton Helpers mid-train. #14 already had a pair of remote slave units near the hind end of the train. That made a total of 8 MLWs on this train.   #4   Here is #14 southbound on the Squamish Sub at MP 82 between Green River and Wedge. Head-end power 703,608,723 (C630, RS18, M630W)   #5  The Pemberton Helpers consisted of a trio of M630s (709, 713, 707)     #6   Last but not least were the Remote Slaves 726 and RCL 684 (M630W, M420B). It was quite a show !

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First-class photos. British Columbia and MLW locomotives - An excellent pairing of beauties.
Bob
P.S. I've known Mark since 1979. What a great railfan!

Great series!

Third short is just out of ther north switch of Tisdall (pronounced Tiz-dale)

Thanks for sharing
Brian E 

Ah, the good old days before red/white/blue and whatever the hell a BCRAIL is. Love the M630W-M420B lashup with the matching lighting bolts! Good work and thanks for sharing.  RY
 

Great photos, nice locations, great looking trains. Seems like the best time for the BCR.

36 years you say?

Great stuff, thanks for posting.
Doug

Ahhhh, sweet.
Fred