A few days ago Steve Peck asked about narrow gauge in British Columbia. The question was not about one of B.C.s narrow gauge lines of today, like the White Pass & Yukon, or even one from the past, like the Kaslo & Slocan RR but about the narrow gauge steam engines that reside at the B.C. Forest Museum on Vancouver Island.
The B.C. Forest Museum has three locomotive at the present time. They are;
#24 – A 12 ton, Vulcan built, 0-4-0 with side tanks and a small four wheel tender. This engine came from the Glenoria & WRY. (Sorry, I have no idea where that is)
#25 – A 18 ton Vulcan built, 0-4-0 with a saddle tank and a small four wheel tender. This engine also came from the Glenoria & WRY.
# 1 – A 25 ton, two truck shay, Lima #3147, built in 1920 for the Hillcrest Lumber Co. This standard gauge engine ended its service life switching cars on the docks of Crofton, B.C. as Osborn Bay Wharf Co. #1 in 1963. It came to the Museum the next year and was placed on narrow Gauge 3’ trucks and converted from a coal burner to oil.
Hope this is what you were looking for Steve.
Talk to you soon,
Tim