Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.014.008 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
"Sandy", a 1924 Plymouth DLC6 8-ton gasoline powered 0-4-0 locomotive. It is 1964.001.475 in the objects catalog. The caboose attached to it has a "10" on its side, and a man peeking out the top widow. The engine of the locomotive is visible in the photograph. "June 1959" written on the back. Photograph taken on Wellburn's property in Deerholme. The caboose also photographed is likely the No. 10 caboose, which has since been scrapped. |
Image File Name |
1959 - Sandy & Caboose - Deerholme - 2019014008 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1959/ / |
Place |
Deerholme |
Provenance |
Sandy was built in 1924 with a construction number of 1894. She was built by Plymouth Locomotive Works. BC Department of Railways inspection certificate shows it undergoing its first inspection at BC Cement Company’s Blubber Bay (Texada Island) operation on December 15, 1950, as locomotive No.1. This railway operation closed in 1953. It was acquired in 1953 by Gerry Wellburn and used on his personal railway, Glenora & Western Railway and re-numbered No. 23. The No. 10 caboose was used in the museum since 1964 but saw little service. Beforehand it was used in Glenora & Western Railway at Gerry Wellburn's property in Deerholme. It was scrapped in 1993. |
Search Terms |
Plymouth Sandy no. 23 Deerholme Railway tracks Caboose Scrapped |
Collection |
BC Forest Museum Collection |
People |
Wellburn |
Subjects |
Locomotives Documentary, Cowichan Valley |