WCRA NEWS A PRIL/ M AY M 2 2 0 2A021 MA Y 2 02 1 MA R K S TH E 35th ANN IVERS A RY O F 'S TEA M E X P O' HELD DU RING EXP O '86 THE RAIL WAY HER ITA GE P ARK C O N TINUE S T O M AK E I M P R OV EMENT S IN P RE P ARATION F O R OPENING ON JULY 1st WCRA News , Page 2 The WCRA MONTHL Y MEETING S The Mont hly Meet ings have bee n p ostp one d until fur ther n otice d ue to the current pande mic . ON THE COVER : This May m arks to t he 35th An niver sary of Ste am Ex po held du ring Expo '86 in the C N yar d o n T e rmi na l A ve . jus t ea s t of th e E xp o '8 6 s it e . A to t a l o f 18 operat i ng s te am loc om o tive s , all u n de r ste am, a t the same t i me! MEMBE R NEW S : M e m b e r s h i p i n f o r m a t i o n i s c h a n g i n g . D e t a i l s w i l l b e p u b lis he d in our ne w R a il wa y Mus e u m of B C M a ga zine w ith first i s sue bein g d istr ibuted i n Ju ne. Just a rr i ved ! Englewood Logging Skeleton bunk car being unloaded at the museum Monday April 12 . Special thanks to Hugh Little . No te: t he bi-mo nthly WCRA membe rs meet in g s will be held v ia Zoom fo r the forese e a b \le fut ure. Ou r re cent Zo om m ee eti ng h eld on March 30th was anot her success ful even t w ith 33 o nline. W e once a gain ha d membe rs from Vanco uver Island, S qua mi sh, Fras e r Va lle y and eve n the US! The next Zoom meeting will be held o n T ue sda y, M ay 25th. De tails from that m eet ing will b e in the n ext issu e o f the new slette r. 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. WCRA News, Page 3 FROM TH E ED ITOR Ste am E x p o '86 h e l d in M a y 1 986 d u r ing E xp o '8 6 w a s th e cu l m i n a ti o n of m a n y m o n th s of ad v a n c e p r e p a rat ion t ha t i n v ol v e d o n e o f o u r m em b e r s , G r an t F er g u s o n a nd , as we g ot c l os er t o t h e o p en i n g d a t e , m y s e l f , as M a n ag e r o f on - s it e S o uv e n ir s. T he am o u n t of a d va n c e pr e p ar a ti o n w as enor m ou s a rr a n g in g to t ra n s p o rt a ll of th es e lo c o m otiv e s t o Va ncou v e r, m any w ere to w e d, f ew w e re stea m ed a nd s o me a rr ive d o n lo w bed tr a iler s . S it e p r ep ara t io n w a s r e q uired als o w it h the c o - o p e r a t i on o f C N R a i l . Th e e v en t fea t u re d 1 8 op e ra t i ng s te a m l o c om otive s f rom a ll o v er No r th A m e r i ca a n d w as th e l a r g e st g ath e r i ng o f s te am s in c e th e Chi c ago W or l d 's R a i l Fa i r i n 1 948 ! S tea m E x po s ta rted w ith a G r an d P a ra de of S te am d o w n t he Va n c ou ve r w ate rfro n t a nd c om m e nc ed , to t h e mi nu te, 99 y ears a f te r t he first pas s en ge r tr ain a r ri v e d i n Va n co uve r p u l led b y C P R # 37 4 , n o w o n d is p l ay i n the Ro un d h o use at F a lse C r e e k . T h e G ran d P a ra d e w a s l e d b y ex C PR Roy a l H u d s on #286 0 w h i c h, a s mo s t o f yo u k n o w, is no w o n d is p l a y i n ou r C N R ou n d ho use Con f e ren c e C e n tr e in S qu am is h . Du rin g th e e vent , t h e re we r e d a ily lo gging show s w ith a s team p o w ere d c ra n e s h ow i n g h ow log g ing w a s do ne a t t h e t urn o f t he 20 th ce ntu ry . C N #60 60 , co m i ng do w n f ro m h e r hom e i n J asp e r , mi sse d the Gr a n d Pa ra d e b u t a rr iv e d a t th e s i te a fe w d a ys lat er a s late m i nute adj u s t men t s de l a y ed h er a r riv a l . H o w e ver, s h e t rav e le d to V a nc ou v e r un d e r stea m w ith n o die se l a s s ist an ce . Be l ow is a l is t of a l l th e loc o m o ti ve s th at a tt e nde d Steam E x po. Wi th t he ex c e ption o f # 606 0, a ll pa rtic ip a te d u n d er th eir o wn st ea m at the Gran d Parad e o f Ste am. Photo s of t he even t a re in thi s i s sue. 4 -6-4 C PR R oy a l Hudso n #2 8 60 4-8 -2 C NR #6 060 0-2-2 ' R o c ke t' (re pli ca ) 0- 4-0 ' B es t Fr i en ds of Ch arl e sto n ' (replic a) 0- 4-0 'T o m Thum b ' (rep l ica ) 2-4 -0 'J o h n Bu ll' ( re plica ) 2 - 2 -2 ' John Molson (re pli c a) 4 -4-0 'I ny o' - V &T R R 4-4 -0 'City of W inn ipe g' #3 - ex CP R 0 -4 -0 'Fa lk' #1 - Elk R iv e r R R 0 -4-0 T ' Du n r o bb in' - Fort S t ee le 2-8- 0 # 51 - G rea t W estern S u g a r RR 2 tr u c k S hay #2 - P or t A l be rni RR 4- 6 -0 C NR # 13 92 0-6 -0 #44 6 6 - UP R R 2 -6 - 2 C P R # 107 7 - B C R ai l H eisl er # 9 1 - M ou nt R a n ie r RR 4 - 6- 2 C P R # 120 1 M I N U T E S FR OM T HE M AR C H MEM BERS ZOOM MEE T ING Chair Craig McDowall called the meeting to order at 1935 hrs with 30 Voting Members , 2 Spouses , 1 Staff and no Guests THIS WAS A QUORUM .