BC Rail
BCOL British Columbia Railway BCOL
Pacific Great Eastern PGE
New additions here temporarily are duplicated below. 623 freshly repainted! North Van. June 19/1980
Main Gallery PGE 624 on Work train at Brandy Wine Falls, BC. June 3, 1958 Bert Mills RSD-17 2400 HP MLW #81603 5/1957 NOTE: Previously demonstrated
as CNR 3899 and CPR 7007. MLW 676 in BC 9/1974 MLW 676 nee Alco 640-3 leased. DL640 RS-27 2000 hp Alco
83557 12/1959. Sold 3/1975 DEVCO. BCOL 719-757-806-728-RCL688 head north near Clinton August 23, 1985
PGE 551 65-ton GE 29951 6/1948 July 12,1948 Walter E. Frost/City of Vancouver Archives Sold 1956 subsequent owner,
MacMillan Bloedel, Harmac, BC 1012 (2nd). PGE 553 554 two of six (552-557) 70-tonners on roster
with mixed train early 1950's. 553 GE 30038 2/1949 Sold 6/1960 Sydney & Louisburg
60. PGE 556 one of six 70-tonners that started off dieselization of the PGE. GE 30440 2/1950 Sold 1/1965 LASCO 26061. Re# 1. It eventually became Waterloo Central 1556. Secondhand units numbered in vacant slot below 561 BCOL 560 acq. 2/1972 ( ex LS&I 1606) RS-3 Alco 80478
5/1953 Vancouver 9/13/1975 Peter Arnold
PGE 565 RSC-3 1600 hp A-1-A - A-1-A MLW 76108 6/29/1951 Two orders 561-566 (6 units) and 567, 568 (two units) 561-568 built with A-1-A
trucks (3 axle 2 t.m.) PGE 561-568 converted 1956 to B-B trucks. PGE 561 converted to B-B trucks. North Vancouver 4/29/1961 BCOL 561 RS-3 MLW 76104 5/1951 Retired 10/1985 Preserved WCRA Squamish as PGE 561 RSC-3 with A-1-A trucks. BCOL 562 getting its engine cleaned! Prince George June
1980 PGE 563 North Vancouver 9/11/1976 Sid Elliott PGE 564 MLW 76107 6/1951 North Vancouver 6/17/1968 Converted 4/1981 slug 401 BCOL 565 MLW 76108 6/1951 Prince George 6/28/1982 BCOL 566 MLW 76109 6/1951 Prince George 6/30/1982 PGE 567 Two unit order 567, 568. MLW 77698 5/1952 PGE 568 MLW 77699 6/1952 Prince George 7/08/1977
PGE 571 North Vancouver 3/17/1974 One unit order 572. BCOL 573 Three unit order 573-575 North Vancouver 9/05/1976 Sid Elliott RS-3's 575 looking a little rough! and 564 August 13,
1975 Sid Vaught Three unit order 576-578. Last RS-3. MLW 81206 5/1955 Prince George 6/29/1982 RS-10s RS-10s PGE 579 first unit of a single 8 unit order 579-586.
Still lettered for PGE MLW 81537 5/1956 Rear view right side of 579. Squamish August 12, 1975 BCOL 579 chop nosed for yard service. 580 with chop nose for yard service but still long hood forward. 581 MLW 81539 5/1956 Stored Prince George 5/21/1983 Note: Frame to 606 4/1985 Wrecked 6/18/1984 re# 606:2nd. 583 North Vancouver 12/18/1976 Sid Elliott RS-10s PGE 586 last unit of a single 8 unit order 579-586.
Still lettered for PGE MLW 81544 6/1956 Note: This unit would later be chop nosed for yard service. 579-586 all retired 12/31/1985 586 preserved 1986 at Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum MLW RS-18 1800 HP 65 MPH All built with low nose except 601-604 long hood forward. 587-599 renumbered 9/1964 to 601-613 PGE 596 North Van 6/25/1964 PGE 598 (Two unit order 598-599) Squamish 1/26/1964 (Re# 612) MLW 83304 7/1962 PGE 599 North Vancouver 4/27/1963 Re# 613 MLW 83305 7/1962 BCOL 601 with slug S_401 BCOL 603 with chopped nose. Two unit order 603_604 MLW
82510 5/1958 PGE 604 as built. North Vancouver 6/17/1968 BCOL 605 with slug S 402 switching in North Vancouver
yard. 10/02/1989 605 part of four unit order 605-608. MLW 83274 5/1960
BCOL 607 wih a slug. PGE 609 with engineer cheking the latest! North Vancouver 7/23/1970 610 part of three unit order 609_611 MLW 83282 6/1962 Jim Booth RS-18 PGE 612 (ex 598) one of 29 units. MLW 83304 6/1962 RS-18 612 (ex 598) here with slug 408. 613 at shop in Squamish. 6/24/1981 PGE 618 MLW 84821 9/1964 North Vancouver October 1965 Ralph Young 620 part of 8 unit order (619-626) RS-18 MLW 84831 3/1965 North Van. 6/12/1986 623 freshly repainted! MLW 84834 5/1965 North Van. June 19/1980 PGE 630 last RS-18 a 3 unit order. MLW M3460-1 8/1966 North Van 6/17/1968 Alco C-420 second-hand Derated to 1800 HP No Dynamic Brake. 631 acq. 9/1972 (ex L&HR 25)
C-420 Alco 3431-03 1/1966 632 acq. 7/1972 (ex L&HR 26)
C-420 Alco 3431-04 1/1966 Subsequent owner 632 and 631; Arkansas and Missouri 57 and 56. 632 "mother" with yard slug S-401 (ex 564 RS-3)
rebuilt Squamish 4/1981 first of 10 slugs. M-420 2000 HP new style cab. Eight unit order (640-647) 640 first unit. North Van 11/03/1975 642 M-420 2000 HP new style cab. Prince George 6/30/1982 645 M-420 2000 HP new style cab. MLW M6068-06 10/1973 Squamish 6/1996 646 M-420 North Vancouver 5/18/1974 Remote Control Locomotives RCL 682 (remote control locomotive) Unique cabless MLW
M420B 2000 hp model built only for BCR. Note the V switch indicator. The switch is a "semi automatic" can be trailed
through without lining it for the route. They are not a spring switch
and must be RCL-682 North Vancouver 7/02/1995 RCL-683 trailing unit. Creekside, BC 4/06/1985 RCL 684 Brand new! North Vancouver 7/26/1975 RCL-687 North Van October 1984 RCL-688 North Vancouver 2/12/1978 M630 BCOL 701 first of four unit order. (701-704) MLW M6029-1 7/1969 North Vancouver 7/17/1976 Sid Elliott 702 four unit order (701-704) MLW M6029-2 7/1969 North Vancouver 5/26/1974
703 North Vancouver 11/03/1975 PGE 705 M630 five unit order (705-709) MLW M6044-1 12/1970
North Vancouver August 12,1975 705 North Vancouver. 6/13/1976 Retired and traded in 6/28/1990. Rebuilt xxxx GECX 5000. (See; subsequent owners). 706 diesel shop North Vancouver 7/18/1986 Note lack of zig-zag paint. Retired and traded in 6/28/1990. Rebuilt xxxx GECX
3000. Two views: 707 and 738. North Vancouver 1/29/1988 738 (ex KCC 103) SD40-2 EMD 776129-3 11/1978 713 Seven unit order (710-716 last PGE) MLW M6055-4 12/1971
714 "all lit up" leads 715 northbound Altamount. October 1, 1989 PGE 716 still lettered for PGE. It was the last PGE unit. 718 North Van June 1980 720 North Van September 1977 721 (six unit order 717-722) M-630 MLW M-6067-5 12/1972
O&W 9956 (became 749)
one of eight SD40-2's acquired 5/1987 from Shamrock Coal operator of unit
coal trains in US. 750 (ex O&W 9957) North Vancouver 12/26/1987 751-767 (17 units) one order only. DD-GM A3945 9/1980
751 752 North Vancouver May 1981 756 North Vancouver October 2, 1989 759 with Locotrol remote. Behind is 728 in new BC Rail paint scheme. Diesel shop North Vancouver 7/18/1986 761_762_754_757 on shop track North Van diesel shop. August
6, 1981. 801-812 C-425 Note: Erie-Lackawanna defaulted equipment trust 9/01/1975.
BCOL 801 acq. 4/01/1976 (ex E-L 2451 first of 12 units
2451-2462) C425 DL640B 2500 HP Alco 3392-01 10/1964
BCOL 805 (ex E-L 2455) North Vancouver 2/12/1978 806_808 (ex E-L 2456, 2458) North Vancouver 10/01/1989 809 ex E-L 2459. Prince George September 1984 Genesee Valley Transportation acq. six units; 802-806 and 811. Scroll down to; Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern (browser back)
BCOL 1001_1002 switching pigs in North Vancouver yard. 6/05/1986 1001 switching BC-10 One of three unit.order. DL-811.
1001 built without m.u. later added. MLW 82548 1/1959 Notes: DL-811 is road switcher specification with transition
although this order has yard trucks instead of road trucks. 1002 S-13 1000 HP m.u. DL-811 MLW 82549 1/1959 North Vancouver
8/15/1981 Charles Stookey 1003 S-13 1000 HP m.u. DL-811 (transition) MLW 82550 1/1959
1001-1003 m.u. and catwalk drawbridge both ends.
1004 Originally acquired for parts but found to be in
good working order. Purchased 1971. D-1 (ex Columbia & Cowlitz D-1) H10-44 1000 hp F-M
10L174 5/1949
Remote Control Cars RCC 1 acq. 1969 converted from ex SP&S 210 B unit.
ALCO FB-1 78288 12/1950 Included living quarters. RCC 2 acq. 11/1970 (ex CN 6854 nee 6810) FB2 MLW 81186 4/1955 RCC 3 ac. 7/1971 (ex CP 4455) CFB16-4 CLC 2722 4/1953 Prince George 6/1981 Doug Lawson RCC 4 acq. 1971 ex CP 4456 CFB16-4 CLC 2723 4/1953 RCC 6 acq. 12/1972 (ex BN 621 nee GN 307B) F7B EMD 16087
4/1952
It is interesting to compare the carbody styles and trucks of the ALCO, CLC and EMD units. Note: All ten other CLC B units were converted by CP to robot cars. BC Rail effective June 19, 1984 Reporting marks remain BCOL. Red white and blue were the colours of the Social Credit Party (Socred) of the provincial government. Slugs S_410 ex 562 converted 5/1987 last of 10 slugs rebuilt
from RS-3's. Note: C-420's 631 and 632 modified as control units. BCOL 503 (ex 1003) 501 (ex 1001) North Van 1/29/1988 RS-18's were re-engined 1991-1996 with 2075 HP Caterpillar. 601:2nd at Chetwynd 8/24/1996 601 in special paint scheme for Pacific Starlight Dinner Train. North Vancouver 4/11/1999 602 North Vancouver 5/23/2000 603 Chetwynd 7/22/2000 604 Quesnel 7/06/2004 605 Prince George 9/12/1993 606 606 S 403 Under threatening skies in North Van 1/29/1988 Reason for slug being connected on nose of unit is to shorten costly power cables connecting to slug traction motors. 609 (ex 595) MLW RS-18 (83281 6/1962) re-engined with
2075 HP Caterpillar. 629 Quesnel 9/14/1991 Subsequent owner: Sold 4/2009 JLCX 629 (D) later NIWX 629. 631 ex L&HR 25 C-420 North Vancouver 10/02/1989 631 with slug S 405 (ex 559 r/b 8/1984) North Vancouver 10/02/1989
Eight unit order (640-647) M-420 2000 HP new style cab.
MLW M6068-02 9/1973 644_687_685_641 an A-B-B-A
consist at Fort St. James 8/25/1996. 646 at Squamish 7/23/1998. Sold OSR. Remote Control Locomotives RCL 683 North Vancouver 12/24/1985 RCL 681 - RCL 688 M420B Locotrol with dynamic braking. MLW M6068-03 6/1975 686 C-630 701-704 M6029 7/1969 703_730_765 about to leave northbound from Squamish. 10/03/1989 Closeup 765 Mount Garibaldi in background. M-630 705-709 706 MLW M6044-2 12/1970 North Van. 10/03/1989 Note the V switch indicator. The switch is a "semi automatic" can be trailed
through without lining it for the route. They are not a spring switch
and must be lined by hand for a facing point move. Numerous rules applied
to these switches and mostly used in yards and on yard leads. The V indicated
that is was a semi automatic switch and the V also indicated that the
route was lined for the diverging route. 717-722 (6 units) MLW M-630 717 preparing to depart southbound from Lillooet. 7/25/1986 722 last of six unit order (717-722) M-630 MLW M-6067-6
with 746 (ex O&W)
Second unit (723-730 eight units) with new style cab. MLW M6074-2 10/1973 727 752 in two different paint schemes. Under threatening skies in North Van. 1/29/1988 729 North Vancouver 12/24/1985 Remote control locomotives 736-745 736-742 ex Kennecott Copper 101-107 Mid-train RCL 741 (ex KCC 106)
with 642. EMD 776129-6 11/1978 Subsequent owner HLCX 6209 RCL742 ex 742 North Vancouver Early 1990's.
First unit 751-762 (12 units increased by two units as
wreck replacements). Originally to be 901-912. 751 SD40-2 645-E3B DD-GM A3945 9/1980 Note: 751 in original BCOL paint scheme in section above. 758 DD-GM A3952 10/1980 Prince George 9/22/1993 762 last of 12 unit order. DD-GM A3956 10/1980 763 first of 5 units (763-767). DD-GM A4497 7/1985 North Vancouver 12/24/1985 765 trails 703 and 730 about to leave northbound from Squamish. 10/03/1989 Mount Garibaldi in background. Two views of 767 last unit of order. DD-GM A4501 2/1985 1003 S-13 1000 HP m.u. DL-811 (transition) MLW 82550 1/1959
4601-4622 (22 units) GE Dash 8-40CM 4400 HP 4/1990 4610_3623_4614 North Van 7/8/2001 GE 46306 4/1990 4603 North Vancouver 10/06/2000 4604 North Vancouver 7/19/1997 4608 North Vancouver 4/18/2000 4610 Prince George 8/25/1996 4614 North Vancouver 7/08/2001 4619 Prince George 7/09/ 2002 4621 Southbound from Prince George at North Vancouver 5/15/2000. 3623 (nee CR 6608) C36-8 Upgraded
from C30-7 GE 41634 11/1977 North Vancouver 7/08/2001 Subsequent owner: 3622, 3623, 3625, 3626 c.2006 MRS (Brazil) 3888-3891 4641-4644 GE Dash 9-44CWL 4400 HP Electric locomotives 6002 part of seven unit order (6001-6007) GMD A4341 11/1983
Canadian National Railway acquired long-term lease of
BC Rail operations July 15, 2004. Note: Units retained BCOL reporting marks after repainting
and they continue 4618 Fraser Mills (CN/CP Interchange). Coquitlam 3/12/2005 Prince George July 7, 2007 4645-4654 10 units Dash 9-44CW equipped with distributed power. 4645 GE 52602 8/2000. Port Coquitlam 8/30/2008 BCOL 4647 Winnipeg 2/28/2017 "VIA 757" leads a movie train northbound at
Squamish. 6/24/1989
Subsequent owners: Greater Winnipeg Water District GWWD 201 acq. 10/1989 (ex 503/1003)
S-13 1000 HP m.u. DL-811 (transition) MLW 82550 1/1959 OSR roster 501, 502*1, 641-647, *2 *1 re-sold WCR *2 re-sold CFS. LASCO LASCO 1, GE 70-tonner #30440 2/1950 ex PGE
556 acq. 1/1965. Bathurst St. Yard Toronto 3/29/1985 likely on the
way to a contract shop where it would get re-engined with 600 hp Cummins
diesel replacing original 600 hp Cooper-Bessemer. Note: LASCO 1 acquired 1/1997 (privately owned) for SOLRS/St.Thomas Central No.10, later Waterloo Central 1556. MacMillan Bloedel MacMillan Bloedel, Harmac 1012 (2nd) acq. 1956 (ex PGE
551) GE 65-ton 29951 6/1948 Sydney & Louisburg/DEVCO 60 nee PGE 553 sold 7/1972 S&L 60 became DEVCO 60 PHOTOS WANTED all three LRS 107 acq. 9/1972 (ex Devco 60 nee PGE 553) 70-ton GE 30038 3/1949 Later, Fairmont & Western 107 Preserved: Milltowne Ry. Line Vancouver Wharves VW 827 acq. 3/1992 (ex 502/1002) S-13 MLW 82549 1/1959
General Electric Leasing GE undertook a locomotive rebuilding project wherein modern
GE Dash 7 electrical equipment was put in 705 enroute to GE, Erie, Pa. Traded-in 7/11/1990. GECX 5000 M-630-S7 remanufactured by GE. December 1992.
San Antonio, Texas. Likely enroute to Mexico. 5000 trailing on NS train Dunfee, IN. 1/22/1995 Ex BCR 705 MLW M6044-1 12/1970 HELM Leasing HLCX 6205 (ex RCL737, nee 737) Bensenville, IL 2/09/1999 HLCX 6209 (ex RCL741, nee 741) New Castle, PA 8/16/2002 HLCX 6209 (ex RCL 741 nee 741) Northbound Folkston, GA 11/08/2005 Genesee Valley Transportation Company Delaware-Lackawanna DL 3000 in new paint scheme. Portland, PA 9/29/2016 DL 3000 on first trip in new paint scheme. This angle
shows Pocono Mountain Route and emblem. DL_3000_3642 preparing to switch Keystone Propane. Tobyhanna,
PA 2/25/2009 DL 3007 acq. 2/2017 ex GECX 5000 (see GE Leasing above) Scranton May 10, 2017 Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern MHWA 2042 (ex 642) acq. 1999 ex BCOL 642 M-420W MLW M6068-03
9/1973 MHWA 642 later renumbered 2042 (see above) Carthage, NY Joel Hance scan collection MHWA 2045 acq. 3/1997 (nee BCOL 645) M-420W M6060-06 10/1973
MHWA 806 later renumbered 2456) see below). Utica, NY 6/2001 MHWA 2456 (ex BCOL 806 nee EL 2456) acq. 4/1991 C-425 2500 HP Alco 3392-06 10/1964 Note: GVT bought 1992 803. 4/1991 804, 805, 806. 7/1993 802, 811 ADIX 2456 (Adirondack Railway Preservation Society) Adirondack
Scenic RR Northern Illinois and Wisconsin
Ventura County VCRR 2 acq. 12/1968 ex Gulf Pulp & Paper 65, nee PGE
554 GE 30177 6/1949 National of Mexico Ferrocarril National de Mexico FNM 702 Empalme, Mexico 1994 FNM 721 (ex BCR 721) Mexicali, Mexico 12/20/1994. FNM 722 (nee BCOL 722) with ex SBC 2305 in ex SBC yard in Mexicali, Mexico. 5/30/1993 From another angle 722 and 2305 coupled to 730 (see below). FNM 730 and unknown unit. Possibly 722 remarshalled. FNM 713 (nee PGE 713) same date and place as above three photos. FNM 723 (nee PGE 723) Mexicali, MX 12/20/1994 FNM 724 (nee BCR 724) M630 (2nd unit with new type cab)
MLW M6074-2 10/1973 FNM 727 (nee BCR 727) M630 MLW M6074-5 11/1973 PQ Logistics (PQL) Ferroisthmo (FIT) Ten GE B39-8 units retired by CN 2012 and sold to FIT. 3901 nee GECX 8000 rebuilt
(one of three units) from wrecked LMX 8503. GE B39 10/1987 MRS Logistica Brazil MRS 3889-2 (ex BCOL 3623, Nee CR
6608)
MacMillan Bloedel, Harmac 1012 (2nd) acq. 1956 (ex PGE
551) GE 65-ton 29951 6/1948 553 70 ton GE 30038 3/1949 Milltowne Railway Line Preserved WCRA Squamish as PGE 561 RSC-3 with A-1-A trucks. MLW 76104 3/1951 2/03/2003 CP 6503 and PGE 561 both bear WCXX reporting marks to
permit operation on CN (ex BCOL).
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