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This beautiful steam locomotive is now being lovingly restored as a permanent historical exhibit in Sandon. While no plans are imminent to make it operational, the restoration work is being done with care and sensitivity in order that it can be restored to operating condition in future years. The cost of this project is approximately $250,000. When completed, #6947 will be representative of a N&S train of the early 1900s. Along with locomotive #6947 is it's matching coal tender, CPR boxcar #404227 (1921), CPR boxcar #403372 (1916), CPR flatcar #421212 (1919), CPR flatcar #412915 (1912) and UTLX tank car #15790 (1912). Negotiations are currently underway to acquire a vintage caboose and a 1904 wooden passenger coach to complete the exhibit.

Photos - What is more deserving of closer examination than Sandon's CPR Locomotive 6947 and Coal Tender.

Photos - L-R - More Brill Trolley Bus displays: Coach #446 manufactured in 1946 by Canadian Car an Foundry in Fort William, Ontario (Serial # CCB-T-44-46-5227) Model T-44. This bus operated in Calgary from 1948 until taken out of service in 1975. It is one of two surviving Brill Buses that once numbered 76 in Calgary's fleet (numbers 400 to 476). Number 422 was the last to be taken out of service. This bus was taken to Vancouver for storage to be restored as part of a BC Transit museum, but was sold to Andrew Wright in July 2001 and moved to Sandon.

A view of Main street from the hill behind Locomotive 6947 - The visitors center is also known as City Hall (built in 1900) and is one of only a handfull of buildings to survive the flood of Carpenter Creek in 1955.

A Freight Wagon under cover specially made for it and a vintage Brill Trolley bus beside it to the left - Horses and mules played an invaluable role in the development of Sandon and the mines. In the 1890s over 800 horses were employed at Sandon and several blacksmith shops hired to keep them supplied with shoes. Ore wagons such as this one were used to haul raw ore and sacked concentrates to the railways at Sandon. The sloping box allowed for easier unloading. This particular wagon was once owned by S.J. Towgood, one of Sandon's pioneer teamsters. This historic wagon was kindly donated to the Sandon Museum in 1992 by Jan and Randy Angrignon, proprietors of the Valhalla Inn in New Denver BC.

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