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| Author: | davidwoodbury [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Canada's Phil Hastings |
We drove through the Rockies from Vancouver to Calgary the other day following the Canadian Pacific. When we got to the best parts, Kicking Horse Pass and the Spiral Tunnels, it was dusk and we were anxious to push on. Saw CP 29 plinthed outside corporate headquarters in Calgary. Looks very good and essentially serviceable although unprotected from the elements.Now for the point. Is there an available photo collection of steam era activities along this line? |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Canada's Phil Hastings |
David,I suggest you try the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, BC. They have a huge web site, with al the contact information.This is the museum that displays 3 sets of trains that used to operate over the Canadian Pacific Railway. And they have an archives too.Ted Miles |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Canada's Phil Hastings |
I you took a photo of #29, I'd love to see it. I saw her after the devastating fire in Hillsborough, N.B., which essentially turned her from an operating loco into a static display. I took the CP's "Canadian" through the Kicking Horse Pass, back in 1976. Possibly the most amazing place in North American railroading. |
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| Author: | J.B.Bane [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Canada's Phil Hastings |
Also there is a neat museum in Revelstoke, B.C. They have a good deal of info on CP through the Rockies plus a large cosmetically restored engine indoors. It is a mountain type if I recall correctly. When we were there 8 or 10 years ago, there was an old gentleman giving cab tours who had been an engineer in that area working in the cabs of similar engines over the passes. He was pretty neat to visit with. |
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| Author: | Greg Scholl [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | CPR 29 |
Back in the fall of 1989 Nils Hustable and I along with a couple other guys went to the S&H and paid for some special runs of CN 1009, and finally the 29 which we got on one day. It ran the regular passenger run plus a small trip for us. This 4-4-0 was one that ran the Chipman Branch which I believe was part of the S&H. Anyway, the fire occured in around 1995 I think, and we were told our video was the last shot of 29. If interested half of our video is the Salem and Hillsborough visit in "Great Steam Trains-Vol 2". I heard later it went to CP as a display piece, but have not seen pictures of it either! The 1009 never ran again either, although it was not in the shop fire(it was outside). Apparently insurance was the killer for it, and probably the new FRA regs. The GM had sent me a spec sheet on all the locomotives on the S&H, and asked if I still had it, cause all the paper goods were also lost. I did still have it and mailed it to him. I had just finished the video, not 6 months before the fire occured. Just goes to show you never know when you will see something for the last time. The other engine I had a similar experience with was 2101, which I chased the day it went from Russell, Ky to Silver Grove, KY for the winter, and later burned in a roundhouse fire there. I probably have the last movies of that engine as well(before we had video).Greg Schollhttp://www.gregschollvideo.com |
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| Author: | Justin Franz [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CPR 29 |
http://aboutcalgary.net/postcard/monume ... in.jpgThis is a link to a shot of the 29 outside CP Rail offices in Calgary. My dad has always liked the 29, In fact he was actually out that last day the #29 ran. (If I remember right he's got a shot of the 29, and part of your van during one of the runs). A shame that the engine suffered such a fate, and the railroad as a whole. My dad regards that day in September of '89 as one the best days railfanning, And from what I've seen from video and slides, it was.-Justin Franz |
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| Author: | Greg Scholl [ Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CPR 29 |
Thanks for posting the link to the pic. Looks more like a burial site with all the flowers around it?? That was a wild trip, as we spent 3 days up there I believe. Had a tough time getting the 29 to run, cause at first they didn't have an engineer until one guy volunteered. It was a classy engine, but I must say our best shots were probably of the 1009 as we had better weather and more opportunities, plus we did a short freight train with it one day, which was real nice. There were quite a few different locations to shoot considering the short distance of the line. Was sad to hear about the fire.Greg Scholl |
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