Photo Record
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Catalog Number |
1976.100.037 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25 (Samson) at the BC Forest Museum (formerly the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum, now known as the BC Forest Discovery Centre). Photograph is undated but presumed to be c.1970's |
Image File Name |
1970s - Samson - Duncan - 1976100037 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1970/ / |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
Samson was built in 1910 with a construction number of 1549. The locomotive was first purchased by the Grant Smith & Company, a construction contractor based in Leavenworth and Spokane WA. In 1920, Samson was then purchased by the S.S. Magoffin & Co. Railway Contractors from the Vancouver Machinery Depot and used it to construct the Great Northern Railway (now CNR) grade through the Fraser Canyon, and later on to transport fill for the construction of North Vancouver’s harbour facilities. It was overhauled by Vancouver Machinery Depot in 1926. Saw very little service afterwards. In 1955, Gerry Wellburn purchased it and saved it from being scrapped. He used it on his property in Deerholme. In 1966, Samson was donated to the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum (The BC Forest Discovery Centre), and eventually converted to an oil burner. |
Search Terms |
People No. 25 Samson Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive Duncan 0-4-0 Saddletank |
Collection |
Locomotives |
People |
Vulcan Vancouver Machinery Depot Magoffin CNR Great Northern Railway Vancouver Harbour Comissioners Terminal Railway |
Subjects |
Locomotives People |