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September 2007 News.Pub WCRA NEWS SEPTEMBER 2007 MOTORCAR RIDES SEPT. 8 / 9 AT THE HERITAGE PARK WCRA RECEIVES SKYTRAIN MARK II TEST CAR WCRA News, Page 2 GENERAL MEETING NOTICE The August General Meeting of the WCRA will be held Tuesday, August 28 at Rainbow Creek Station in Confederation Park in Burnaby at 1930 hours. Entertainment is planned to be a railway classics steam slide show by Art Bain (and son Ken). Thanks to Paul Roy for last month’s video on Fairbanks Morse locomotives. ON THE COVER A classic shot as we see CN FP9A #6508 leading VIA’s Super Continental in East Vancouver on March 10, 1979. The transition to VIA colours is underway as evidenced by the F9B unit and several of the coaches in the train. Ex CN #6508 is now part of the WCRA’s collection, but still awaiting transport from Toronto to Squamish as we write this edition of the News. Photo by Don Evans. SEPTEMBER CALENDAR • West Coast Railway Heritage Park open daily 1000 through 1700k • Thursday, September 6—deadline for items for the October 2007 WCRA News • Thursday, September 6—WCRA Board of Directors meeting, 374 Pavilion, 1800 hours. • Saturday, September 8 / Sunday, September 9—Motorcar (Speeder) operations at the Heritage Park. Come and enjoy a ride on our mainline, 11:00AM to 3:00PM each day. • Tuesday, September 11—Tours Committee Meeting • Friday, September 14—WCRT’s Two Steam Trains, Fish and Wine tour departs • Tuesday, September 25, 2007—WCRA General Meeting, Rainbow Creek Station in Confederation Park, Burnaby, 1930 hours. 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. E Members (electronic newsletter, $15 savings) are $35 individual and $45 family. (Outside Canada, please remit US $) Other 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 TRAVELLING AGAIN While your editor has been home for much of the summer, some interesting travels have still occurred. I had an opportunity to visit the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA (Atlanta area) recently and once again, saw many fascinating exhibits and another great collection of railway rolling stock. Another wonderful week allowed for a visit and reacquaintance to some Colorado rail operations that I haven’t seen for many years—a ride through the spectacular Royal Gorge with its hanging bridge overt the Arkansas River, and a climb to the summit of Pikes Peak on the cog railroad. September is fast approaching, however, and we have a wild couple of months with trips that will include another visit to Beijing, China and a couple of weeks in Ireland, followed by the ARM Conference in Pittsburgh and another conference in Ottawa. So, if you don’t see me around at times you’ll know why. Meantime, I will keep up with things here and, hopefully, come back with fresh stories and pictures of rail operations all over the world. Hope to see you at the Members’ Picnic, the August meeting, of wherever our paths cross next. Don ASSOCIATION NEWS FROM THE JULY GENERAL MEETING 40 members and guests were present, the meeting was chaired by Colin Dathan: • Don Evans presented the Executive Director’s Report, noting the month was quite slow for fundraising, although the year totals looks very good so far. Don also provided brief reports on the Heritage Park and the finances in the absence of Jim Brown. • Colin Dathan noted that the 374 Pavilion is closed due the Vancouver civic workers strike. • Jeremy Davy reported on an active month with mini rail; we participated in events at Canada Place and Port Coquitlam on Canada Day, at Rocky Mountaineer’s Summer Train Spectacular July 14, at another special event at the RMV station, and at Van Deusen Gardens for a Harry Potter book launch event. • Joe Carroll was thanked for helping “man” the cab of the RMV loco at the July 14 event. • Bernie Tully noted good visitation at the 374 Pavilion June 30 / July 1 while the Jazz Festival performances were on at the Roundhouse Community Centre. • Ron Anstey noted the arrival of the recently donated SkyTrain Mark II prototype car and offered thanks to Translink for the donation and Colin Smith for his assistance. WCRA News, Page 4 • Bill Johnston reported on tours, noting that the White Pass tour had recently completed (see Feature Article this issue) and that the remaining trips for the tours season were almost all full. • Ryan Cruickshank and Bill Marchant presented their Trackside Reports • Eric Anderson donated $41.04 in Canadian Tire Money • Guests were welcomes, the calendar was reviewed and the raffle held • Entertainment was a DVD provided by Paul Roy of Fairbanks Morse locomotives. WCRA TRIVIA # 224 - by Ryan D. Cruickshank What was the first railroad to use centre beam cars for lumber? (for answer, see Credit Lines) MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Memberships dated 7/31/2007 have now expired, and if your membership expired 05/31/2007 this will be your last issue. Please check the label on your newsletter and renew today. Remember that renewals are being accepted for memberships with the E–Newsletter We would appreciate your renewing your membership without waiting for the final notice. This not only improves the Association’s cash flow during but also helps spread the membership processing work load. The current fees can be found in the box at the bottom of page 2 of every Newsletter. Thank you. (J.D.) NEW MEMBERS The West Coast Railway Association welcomes new members Michelle and Corrie Davis & family of West Vancouver, Bjorn Flannigan & family of Richmond, Marilyn Laidman of Maple Ridge, Kurt and Jen Larson & family of Brackendale, Monte and Jennifer Thompson & family of Garibaldi Highlands, Rene & Nellie Brisette & family of Abbotsford, and David and Lucie Wolf & family of Black Creek. We welcome back David Hales & family of Garibaldi Highlands and Jana and Barrie Woodard & family of Squamish. Lastly we recognize member Charles Beckett of St. Thomas, Ontario for upgrading to a Life membership. (J.D.) MEMBER NEWS Congratulations to WCRA Board member Wes Rafuse and wife Kerri on the birth of their first child, daughter Mackenzie Marie, who arrived in mid July. WCRA News, Page 5 Best wishes are sent to member Don Greenwood who was in Lions Gate Hospital for some “reconstructive” surgery. BCSME TRAIN SHOW AUGUST 25 / 26, 2007 The BC Society of Model Engineers is holding a giant train show at the Confederation Park site in Burnaby on Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26. Hours are 0900 through 1600 each day. There will be models, collectibles, displays and more and the admission is free. Of course, the train rides will be operating as usual and are just $2.50 each. Come on out to Confederation Park in Burnaby and take in this show. (P.R.) WCRA MEMBERS WINNERS IN SQUAMISH CAR SHOW Four WCRA members participated in the Squamish Classics Show and Shine held Saturday, August 4, 2007 as part of the Squamish Days weekend. In the show were Singh Biln with his 1966 Acadian Canso Sports Deluxe, Jim Brown with WCRA’s 1937 Ford “The Grey Ghost”, Don Evans with his 1967 Nova SS, and Craig McDowall with his 1969 Mustang Convertible. It was a perfect day at the show with around 75 cars entered, and lots of visitors to see the collection of classics. When the awards were handed out, Craig's Mustang took second place in the Convertibles category, and Don Evans took first place in the Restored Stock category. A special mention has to go to Dwayne Potter at the Heritage Park who rescued the Park’s participation in the weekend events with a great job on the 1937 Ford. It had been planned that we would enter the 1934 Chrysler Airflow, however it suffered a head gasket problem on Thursday and was not repaired in time for the weekend. ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS 2008 AVAILABLE The new Entertainment 2008 books are now available. These great coupon books offer discounts of up to 50% on dining, merchandise, hotels, trips and services. Price is the same as in past years, just $46. Contact Bernie at 604-325-0923, or pick one up at a meeting. (B.T.) COLLECTION COLLECTION NOTES The model railway coach Skeena River has now been fully sanded and painted. The model railway exhibit remains open while the car is inside the shop (and it is much cooler inside for the summer!) The car looks great now that it is changed from its former rust and primer colours—and will join the regular exhibit line at the station soon. WCRA News, Page 6 4069 ON WHISTLER MOUNTAINEER WCRA’s FP7A #4069 was returned to WCRA at Squamish on July 14 after five weeks operation on the Whistler Mountaineer. The unit needs a traction motor changed out and this work is now underway (as we write this issue) in the MP 2 shop at Squamish.
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