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Going Fast, in China! Whistler Mountaineer June 2006 WCRA NEWS JUNE 2006 GOING FAST, IN CHINA! WHISTLER MOUNTAINEER WCRA News, Page 2 GENERAL MEETING NOTICE The May General Meeting of the WCRA will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 1930 hours at the Rainbow Creek Station, Confederation Park in Burnaby. Entertainment will be a wonderful slide show from the David Wilkie Collection— slides of steam on Vancouver Island 1954 to 1961 taken by David Wilkie and Elwood White. This show is not to be missed! ON THE COVER Salute to the Whistler Mountaineer! The inaugural run of the new Whistler Mountaineer on May 1, 2006 was greeted at Squamish by the West Coast Railway Heritage Park, with our operating equipment lined up on our trackage parallel to the mainline. As the first train came through, there was a grand whistle salute from PGE 561, CPR FP7A #4069, and BCR RDC-3 BC 33 as well as the air horns on the Mountaineer’s GP40-2 #8019. Up the line was our speeder train. In our cover photo, WCRA member Vera Anderson is part of the group greeting the train as open observation car Henry Pickering glides by following the new Glacier Dome cars in the consist. More on page 29, Don Evans photo. JUNE CALENDAR • West Coast Railway Heritage Park Open daily 1000 through 1700k • Saturday, June 3—Giant Garage Sale at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park featuring all kinds of stuff (great items!), Lions Club pancake breakfast, plant sale, 0800-1300k. • Wednesday, June 7—Deadline for items for the July 2006 WCRA News • Sunday, June 11—Celebrate Father’s Day at the Heritage Park—cake at noon. • Tuesday, June 13—Tours Committee meets, contact Bernie at 604-325-0923 • Tuesday, June 27—WCRA General Meeting, 1930 hours, Rainbow Creek Station The West Coast Railway Association is an historical group dedicated to the preservation of British Columbia railway history. Membership is open to all people with an interest in railways past and present. We are a non-profit British Columbia society, registered as a Canadian charity. Individual membership in the WCRA is $50.00 per year, family membership is $60.00. New! E Members (electronic newsletter) are $35 individual and $45 family. Other membership categories are: - Junior Member (age 16 and under ) $ 25 - Sustaining Member $100 (tax receipt) plus membership type regular fee - Life Member (one time fee) $700 individual life / $1,200 family life All memberships include the monthly newsletter, Heritage Park admission, mini rail rides and discounts on food and merchandise. The Association holds a monthly meeting on the last Tuesday of the month at 1930 hours in Burnaby at Rainbow Creek Station in Confederation Park. Apply through www.wcra.org or mail to WCRA, PO Box 2790 Stn. Term., Vancouver, B.C., V6B 3X2. WCRA News, Page 3 EDITORIAL ALMOST THERE As you receive this issue of WCRA News, a most critical hydro test of the boiler work on Royal Hudson #2860 will be done—or be ready to be done. The success of this test is a major milestone in the bringing back to steam of this classic locomotive for the benefit of all British Columbians, and steam buffs all over the world. We’re almost there—almost to the end of the major boiler rebuild job, almost there to having the grand event to celebrate the return to steam of this classic locomotive. You can rest assured that all the stops are out as we go Full Steam Ahead towards the return of #2860 to the rails. The work hasn’t been without its challenges as you might expect. In fact, as we started the work on the competing of the installation of the tubes, we had to shift gears and we hired All Pro Services and their professional boiler maker skills to ensure that the work was done to the very highest standards. We’re almost there in the funding department too. The frantic pace of work in the April / May time frame also had the costs of the project step ahead of the funds, and we are working hard to get the rectified. As we write this we have just had one more commitment of $50,000, so we are getting close too. The project is on track and will meet budget, but our budget of $500,000 is greater than our funds raised which are now about to close in on $450,000. That leaves us just $50,000 more to find—can you help? If you can, now is the time to do it! Plans ahead are starting to get exciting. While we won’t announce anything officially before the locomotive has passed its hydro and is assured to be ready to steam, we are working hard behind the scenes. Our current targets will have us announce the Grand Return to Steam of the Royal Hudson event for likely late June, and with that we should be ready to announce the first public trips behind the Royal Hudson since 1999. There is still work to do on all fronts, but the return to steam of British Columbia’s Royal Lady of Steam is now clearly on the horizon. Don ASSOCIATION NEWS FROM THE APRIL GENERAL MEETING 45 members and guests were present, the meeting was chaired by Colin Dathan: • A moment of silence was observed in memory of member Ray Peters who passed away March 29th WCRA News, Page 4 • Colin Dathan announced that Don Evans had been named the 2006 recipient of the Norris Adams Memorial Award, which will be presented him by the CRHA’s Pacific Coast Division in mid May. Don acknowledged the group’s recognition and thanked all for their participation in WCRA which was really what leads to the recognition of our accomplishments by others. • Don Evans gave the Executive Director’s Report, noting the upcoming Auction and the state of fundraising during the past month. • Jim Brown gave the Heritage Park Report, highlighting a successful Easter Scavenger Hunt and new major initiatives to bring guest visit increases. He noted that the new school curriculum is about to get started and that one of the daily bus tour companies has agreed to start Heritage Park stops in May. • Jim noted that the Corporate Memberships program is getting underway with our new brochure being mailed with a letter to all of our suppliers. We hope to see a growth in corporate members result from this work, which we will continue through the year. • It was noted that we hosted the last one-day BCIT Conductor program class in March. The practicum day was held at the MP 1 shop which proved a very good site for this work. Starting in July, the BCIT program shifts to a one-week practicum with each class, we are looking forward to this new more detailed operations training. • It was announced that speeder rides will operate on the Victoria Day weekend in May • Jim Brown noted that finances were challenging at the moment due the intense work on the Royal Hudson, but we are working hard to manage these and keep things on track. First Quarter results look good and will go to the Board in May. • Colin Dathan noted that we are getting new volunteers for the 374 Pavilion in Yaletown, but that more are still needed. • Jeremy Davy noted that we have two off site mini rail operations in the plan at the moment—at both Canada Place on Canada Day and also at Port Coquitlam’s Castle Park on Canada Day. • Events were noted, with thanks to Matt Christianson, Bernie Tully and Bill Johnston for staffing the April 13 Travel Show at the Hotel Vancouver. The upcoming 374 Anniversary event was noted to members as well. • Don Evans gave a report on progress on the Royal Hudson • Bill Johnston gave a tours update, and noted the recent US Border fiasco of a three hour 15 minute delay to tour buses (including ours) which resulted in the missing of the Spirit of Washington train and a frantic re-jigging of the remainder of the tour. They pulled it off, but the actions of our “neighbours to the south” are not very neighbourly when it comes to crossing the border these days it seems. • Don Evans reminded members of the planned May 1 event to welcome the Whistler Mountaineer to the rails at the Heritage Park. • Ryan Cruickshank and Bill Marchant gave their Trackside Reports • Guests were welcomed, the calendar was reviewed, and the 50/50 draw held • Entertainment was Last Runs on Vancouver Island (by Hugh Fraser) - copies were sold. WCRA News, Page 5 WCRA TRIVIA # 209 - by Ryan D. Cruickshank What railway structure, completed after 40 months of construction, will see its 30th anniversary this month? (Hint, it’s 1,815’ 5” tall) (for answer, see Credit Lines) YOU KNOW YOU’RE A RAILFAN WHEN……. ……..your body tingles at the sounds of the air horns of the 4069, 561 and BC 33 as the new Whistler Mountaineer train gets saluted in Squamish. NEW MEMBERS The WCRA welcomes new members Mike Danneman of Arvada, CO, Kevin Bahm & family of Squamish, Todd & Dee Gerart & family of Squamish, Geoff Gooderham & family of Vancouver, Julie Jensen & family of Squamish, Suzanne Gordon & family of Garibaldi Highlands, Jim & Sharon McGee of Wheatridge, CO, Alan Proctor & family of West Vancouver, Neil Proctor & family of Brackendale, Dean & Tracy Roxby & family of Langley, Charlie & Sue Stafford & family of Whistler, and Stephanie Wells & family of Brackendale. We welcome back Ron East & family of Prince George and Richard Miller & family of Squamish. (J.D.) PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP Memberships dated 4/30/2006 have now expired, and if your membership expired Feb.
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