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Photo Credit: Left: Powell River News Right: by John F. Campbell |
Shop Number 2475 | - | Built for: Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. |
{1,914th Lima Built Shay} |
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Class: 42-2 |
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Cylinders: 3 - 10 x 12 |
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[Style - Dia.] |
Boiler Pressure:
180 |
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Empty Weight: 72,410 |
Owners: Hofius Steel & Equip. Co. (D), Seattle, WA Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. #1 (1st), Myrtle Point, BC, CAN (by 1922) Converted to oil burner (1928) Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. #1 (1st), Menzies Bay, BC, CAN Great Central Sawmills, Ltd. (Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd.) #1, Great Central, BC, CAN Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. #1 (1st), Great Central, BC, CAN MacMillan & Bloedel, Ltd. #1, Chemainus, BC, CAN (1951) Gerry Wellburn (railfan), M & B RR #1, Deerholme, BC, CAN, (operational) (6-4-1966) Cowichan Valley Forest Museum, Duncan, BC, CAN, on display (1974) British Columbia Forest Museum Society #1, Duncan, BC, CAN (1976) British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre #1, Duncan, BC, CAN |
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Disposition: Displayed | |||
Additional Notes:
Gerry Wellburn purchased from MacMillan & Bloedel when they were scrapping their Shays in 1951. It did not run on his private M & B RR, which was narrow gauge. SLc Survivor List ![]() |