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  1. Victoria Yard

    Victoria Yard

    VIA 6148 accelerates north through the remains of the old Victoria yard on a cold Sunday afternoon.
  2. Langford

    Langford

    Northbound Malahat arrives at the Langford flagstop to pick me up. This was shot 3 days after the shot of 6148 in the snow.
  3. NB Malahat

    NB Malahat

    VIA 6148 accelerates away from the camera at Langford, BC. After a huge(for Vancouver Island) dumping of snow.
  4. Victoria Turntable

    Victoria Turntable

    The Turntable at Victoria. Just large enough handle the RDC's. It was originally built in 1913 as a "strong-arm" turntable, but after many complaints CP added a steam engine on one end. Today that engine is powered by compressed air from the compressor in the roundhouse or from the...
  5. Loading Ramp at Parksville

    Loading Ramp at Parksville

    Left over from the days when the E&N handled LCL freight, this loading ramp sits in the weeds at Parksville on the out of service Port Alberni Subdivision.
  6. ENR 3870 at Wellcox

    ENR 3870 at Wellcox

    ENR 3870 switching the Wellcox yard.
  7. ENR Courtenay Turn

    ENR Courtenay Turn

    ENR Courtenay Turn on the French Creek Bridge nearing Qualicum Beach. The Trailers are for a trucking company that supplies most of the north island.
  8. ENR Highhood Geep leaving Nanaimo

    ENR Highhood Geep leaving Nanaimo

    Closest thing I could find to RailAmerica's high hoods that worked the E&N from 1999 to 2001. Seen here bound for Port Alberni with centrebeam flats for the sawmills in Port.
  9. ENR GP35's leaving nanaimo

    ENR GP35's leaving nanaimo

    ENR GP35's(ex-CP) rumble down the Wellcox spur heading for the junction with the mainline and on Courtenay.
  10. Dash 9's on the E&N??????!!!!!!!!!!

    Dash 9's on the E&N??????!!!!!!!!!!

    Northbound Port Alberni Turn on the Englishman River Bridge with two Dash 9's for power!
  11. Englishman River Bridge

    Englishman River Bridge

    Parksville Turn on the Englishman River Bridge while working the Parksville Turn.
  12. ENR GP38 at Bryn Siding

    ENR GP38 at Bryn Siding

    ENR GP38(ex-NS high hood) nearing the Bryn siding on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. Bryn is located between Nanoose Bay and Parksville and used to receive tankers of molten sulphur.
  13. 6133 seen in better days

    6133 seen in better days

    RDC 6133 (with 6148 trailing)seen here at Hayward just north of Duncan. Hayward was the junction with the Lake Cowichan Subdivision. VIA offers tour packages with the BC Forest Museum, they'll drop you off at Hayward in the morning, you can spend the day at the Forest Museum and catch the...
  14. Victoria yard job

    Victoria yard job

    ENR GP38's 3809 and 3870 are seen here working the Victoria yard last summer. They brought 6148 back from Chemainus where it was stored after hitting a gravel truck in Ladysmith. They shoved the 6148 into the shops and headed north back to Nanaimo. Check out the Canadian Crossbuck.
  15. Workin' the Victoria yard

    Workin' the Victoria yard

    ENR 3870 is seen here switching the Victoria Yard. They were dropping off RDC 6148 after it hit the gravel truck in Ladysmith.
  16. Cab and truck detail ENR3870

    Cab and truck detail ENR3870

    ENR 3870 in the Langford siding in Victoria with the Stationhouse Pub and Railside Grill in the background.
  17. Out of the weeds

    Out of the weeds

    ENR 3870 on the Nanaimo switcher heading down the Wellcox spur from the Wellcox yard to the mainline at Stocketts at a whopping 10 MPH.
  18. Another sout of the two Budds

    Another sout of the two Budds

    6130 and 6133 sit in the Victoria yard with the roundhouse in the background.
  19. RDC's in Victoria

    RDC's in Victoria

    VIA RDC's 6133 and 6130(ex-CP 9058 and ex-CP 9057) sit in the E&N's Victoria yard. As you can see, 6133 has been stripped of some parts.
  20. Another shot of the 6133

    Another shot of the 6133

    Another shot of the 6133. The Machine Shops can be seen in the background. 6133 is ex-CP 9058 and 6130 is ex-CP 9057.


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