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Catalog Number |
1974.009.002 |
Object Name |
Locomotive, Gear |
Description |
Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. No. 2 Built: 1910, Construction Number - 1057 Builder: Clima Manufacturing Co., Corry PA Model: Horizontal Style B, 25 ton 2-truck 1984 - (from Dec. 13 Board Minutes) To be transfered to Burnaby Heritage Village for Old Curly. Original trucks removed by Hector Stone's (Hillcrest Lumber Co.) father for a speeder, prior to being salvaged by Granger Taylor. Granger used trucks that came from a flat / skeleton car owned by the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. The drive shafts (crown & pinion) are not original. Salvaged from Mile 62 - Youbou / Deerholme line. |
Provenance |
1910 - 23 Shawnigan lake Lumber Co. 1923 - 26 Channel Logging (Continental Tmbr., No. 2)) 1926 - 29 Sahtlam Logging (No. 2) 1929 - 69 abandoned, through a claims dispute 1969 - 74 salvaged / restored by G. Taylor 1974 - purchased by Province (1974 - 75) - restoration work by BCFP, Caycuse 1975 - 79 BC Provincial Museum Train 1980 - 23 BCFDC (on loan) 2023 - transfered to BCFDC. Old Two Spot was purchased in 1910 by the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. In 1923 she was sold to Channel Logging (Continental Tmbr.). In 1929, Channel Logging encroached on timber owned by Cameron Lumber, and the locomotive was held as collateral at Cameron’s camp, just off the CNR at Deerholme, 3 miles west of Duncan. When the Great Depression caused both operations to close in 1930, No. 2 was abandoned in the wilderness. Duncan resident Granger Taylor found the locomotive, nicknamed "Old Two Spot", on Mile 62 of the CNR west of Duncan in 1969. After getting permission from the owners of the land, he built a one-half mile road to the locie and with two friends dug it out so it could be moved. It was restored in 1970 but did not run again until 1971. The locomotive was at one point moved to Whippletree Junction in hopes of having it operational there, but it was later sold to the BC Government in 1973. She toured the province between 1975 and 1979 as a museum train and since 1980 has been on display at the BCFDC. The locomotive was transfered to the BCFDC in 2023. |
Search Terms |
Climax No. 2 Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company Museum Train RBCM |
Collection |
Locomotives |
People |
Taylor Grainger |