Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1976.100.013 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 24 (Susie) being lubricated on its right side. Lubrication helps reduce friction. In the background is Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25 (Samson) in a train shed. Exact date unknown, but since this photograph was possibly taken on Wellburn's personal 1-mile railway in Deerholme, it might be from c. 1958-64. |
Image File Name |
1958-64 - Susie being lubricated on right - Deerholme - 1976100013 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1958 |
Year Range to |
1964 |
Date (y/m/d) |
/ / |
Place |
Deerholme? |
Provenance |
Susie was built in 1900 and her construction number is 916. She was used for mining. It is unknown where Susie worked for the first 20 years of operation as earliest records are from 1920. In 1920, the W.H. Mussens Co., of Montreal, sold the locomotive to the Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company. In 1943 the CNPC opened the Elk River Colliery where No. 4 worked untill 1958. While at Elk River Colliery a balloon-stack was installed and the wooden cab was replaced with a metal one, by a British engineer, who incorporated the porthole-type windows, used on British railways. In 1958, No.4 was saved from scrapping when Gerry Wellburn purchased it to be No.24 on his fledgling Glenora & Western Railway in Deerholme. In preparation for use on the GV&R, the loco was converted from coal to oil and a tender was added to carry the fuel oil tank, making it a 0-4-0-STT. She is named "Susie" in honour of a former conductor. |
Search Terms |
Deerholme People Glenora & Western Railway No. 24 Susie Cowichan Valley Railway 0-4-0 No. 25 Samson Vulcan Iron Works Locomotive |
Collection |
Locomotives |
Subjects |
People Locomotives People associated with manual labor |