August07_2010

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Exploring the collection of vintage stuff in the streets of Sandon BC - Sandon is located in the Selkirk Mountains, about ten kilometers east of the town of New Denver five miles off the main Highway 31A.

Photos - L-R - Brill Trolley Bus #2166 manufactured in 1949 - Serial Number CCB-T-48-49-5580 - This is one of 67 units ordered for Vancouver by Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William, Ontario. It was sold to Andrew Wright in July 2001 and moved to Sandon. Vancouver's Transit system early trolley used T-48s which were more desirable than the T-44s.

Looking up at a flat bed rail car: CP 412915 Flatbed built in 1912.

Brill Trolley Bus #2408 manufactured in 1954 - Serial Number CCB-T-48A-54-8331 - This is one of 16 units ordered for Vancouver and is the last year Canadian Car and Foundry built buses. It featured double seats down one side and single seats down the other side which were intended for more efficient rush hour traffic with more room for a larger number of standees.

Photos - Frames left and right: CP 403372 Wooden Boxcar built in 1916 (left), and CP 404227 Wooden Boxcar built in 1921 (right).

Center frame: CP 421212 Flatbed manufactured in 1919 with the UTLX tanker # 15790 (circa 1912) in background.

This beautiful "iron horse" which is now part of Sandon's historic landscape was built for the CPR in September 1908 by the Montreal locomotive Works. Originally numbered #1737, it had a 2-8-0 wheel configuration with 58" drivers and a tractive effort of 37,400 pounds. Classed as an M4H, builders' number 45590, it was built at an original cost of $18,422. It was used in mainline passenger and freight service in its earliest years. After 1913, it was renumbered #3537 and continued its service in southern BC. In mid to late 1920s it was assigned to the Kootenay region and undoubtedly made its appearance in Sandon during those years.

#3537 underwent major modifications in September 1928 to become a heavyweight yard switcher. Its pilot axle was removed, the boiler repositioned and the drivers reduced in size to 52". It was reclassified as a V4A with an 0-8-0 wheel configuration and renumbered #6947. Its tractive effort was increased to 41,700 pounds. It entered into switcher service in 1928 and worked throughout western Canada, primarily in Regina and Winnipeg. In 1959 #6947 was sold to the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Coal Company in Bienfait, Saskatchewan where it worked hauling coal until 1968 when it finally retired.

In 1970 #6947 was donated to the Alberta Pioneer Railway Association in Edmonton where it remained on display until 1998. Prior to its final journey to Sandon it was owned by the Municipality of Cypress, Alberta. In 1997, it was put up for auction and purchased by Wrightway Charter Co. Ltd. of Sandon BC. It was completely dismantled and all of its 262,000 pounds was hauled to Sandon for restoration and reassembly by its new owners.

Photos - Frames left and right: The pride of Sandon CPR Locomotive 6947 proudly on display at the head of the string of vintage railcars on a section of original Sandon BC rail track.

Center frame: UTLX tanker # 15790 (circa 1912) at the end of the rail car string.

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