Railpictures.ca - Jan Hart Photo: Located in the ghost town of Sandon, BC, this old unit is on display as a representation of the days when this place was a thriving large city during the rush of silver mining and relied on the railroad to provide goods and supplies in exchange for the valuable ore to be taken to the Trail smelter. Although it was intended to restore this unit cosmetically, it was not. From a city of several thousand to todays total population of less than 10, I doubt any further word will be done. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Located in the ghost town of Sandon, BC, this old unit is on display as a representation of the days when this place was a thriving large city during the rush of silver mining and relied on the railroad to provide goods and supplies in exchange for the valuable ore to be taken to the Trail smelter. Although it was intended to restore this unit cosmetically, it was not. From a city of several thousand to todays total population of less than 10, I doubt any further word will be done.

Caption: Located in the ghost town of Sandon, BC, this old unit is on display as a representation of the days when this place was a thriving large city during the rush of silver mining and relied on the railroad to provide goods and supplies in exchange for the valuable ore to be taken to the Trail smelter. Although it was intended to restore this unit cosmetically, it was not. From a city of several thousand to todays total population of less than 10, I doubt any further word will be done.

Photographer:	Jan Hart [6] (more) (contact)
Date:	06/29/2006 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 6947 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Sandon (search)
City/Town:	Sandon, (search)
Province:	British Columbia (search)
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4 Comments

headtailgrep

December 21, 2012 at 4:13 pm

Wow – just look at the stuff parked here – I clicked the “full size map” and went to street view. wow!

http://goo.gl/maps/hxPtA

And a side view of the locomotive:

http://goo.gl/maps/MfZtK
headtailgrep

December 21, 2012 at 4:14 pm

How did this equipment get here? I see no signs of a right of way…
Jan Hart

December 21, 2012 at 9:59 pm

To the best of my limited knowledge, it is on the old right of way and the unit was trucked there. The original line served the mines and its population. The area is also loaded with old parked buses from the coast, why, I don’t know.
robin lowrie

March 12, 2019 at 5:11 pm

That unit spent a lot of years working for one of the big coal mines in southeastern Saskatchewan. Then it sat for years at the old “end of track” site on the CP in South Edmonton.

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