Surviving Steam Locomotives in British Columbia, Canada
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List of Steam Locomotives in British Columbia, Canada
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Pacific Great Eastern | Anderson Lake, BC | sunk | Crashed into lake in 1944 after hitting a rock-slide. | ||
| 0-4-0ST | 24" | Granby Consolidated Mining | near Anyox Mine, Anyox, BC | abandoned | H.K. Porter #1879 | |||
| 417 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Armstrong Lake, BC | sunk | Sank in 1920 after falling off a bardge. | ||
| 6 | C | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Corbin Coal & Coke (Idaho & Washington Northern) | East Bay on beach, Beaver Cove, BC | beached | Lima #1913, 06/1907 | Abandoned 11/1941 to present. |
| 2 | 60 ton | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Canadian Forest Products | middle of Beaver Cove, Beaver Cove, BC | sunk | Lima #2345, 1910 | only a pile of rust. |
| 217 | 401 | 0-4-0CA | 24" | Utah Mine | Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Beach, BC | display | EIMCO | |
| 3 | 0-4-4T | 4'-8½" | BC Mills Timber & Logging | Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, BC | display | Marshutz & Kantrell, 1869 | Named Old Curly. Built as an 0-4-0T. | |
| 1044 | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | M-B | Gerry Smith Park, Chemainus, BC | display | H.K. Porter #6877, 1924 | ||
| 4 (8) | 6X10 | 0-4-0CA | 36" | Elk River Collieries (Crows Nest Pass Coal) | Chilliwack Antique Powerland, Chilliwack, BC | display | H.K. Porter #4151, 07/1908 | Converted to gas. |
| 2 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Comox Logging Co | Chamber of Commerce, Courtenay, BC | display | Baldwin #34921, 07/1910 | Named The Deuce. | |
| 30 | 0-4-0ST | 36" | Grant Smith & Co. | Creston Museum, Creston, BC | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1556, 05/1910 | ||
| 24 | 12 ton | 0-4-0 | 36" | Glenoria&WRY | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | stored | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #914, 07/1906 | |
| 25 | 18 ton | 0-4-0 | 36" | Glenoria&WRY | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | operational | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1549, 1910 | Returned to service in 2023 after boiler work. |
| 1 (2) | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Shawnigan L Lumber | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | display | #1057, 1910 | ||
| 9 | B | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Hillcrest Lumber | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | display | Climax #1359, 1915 | Last ran in 1996 or 1977. |
| 1 | 25 ton | Shay2Tr | 36" | Hillcrest Lumber | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | operational | #3147, 1920 | |
| 1 | 42 ton | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Bloedel, Stewart & Welsh | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | display | Lima #2475, 1911 | |
| 3 | 50tB | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Mayo Lumber | BC Forest Discover Centre, Duncan, BC | display | Lima #3262, 1924 | Leased to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway, Summerland, BC from 1995 to 2005. |
| 0-4-0CA | 36" | Elk River Colliery | Highway 3 and 93, Elko, BC | display | H.K. Porter, 1901 | |||
| 1 | 45 ton | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Elk Lumber | river, Fernie, BC | sunk | Climax #918, 1909 | |
| 1 | 0-4-0ST | 4'-8½" | Crowsnest Pass Coal Co. | Rotary Park, Fernie, BC | display | H.K. Porter #2438, 1901 | ||
| 6 | 2-6-0 | 36" | North West Coal & Navigation | Yoho Campground, Field, BC | abandoned | Baldwin (Burnham) #7717, 1885 | Used in building the CPR spiral tunnels. Only the boiler, firebox and tender remain. | |
| 1 (5) | 7&14x14 | 0-4-0CA | 36" | Elk River Collieries (Crows Nest Pass Coal) | Fort Steele Heritage Town, Ft Steele, BC | display | H.K. Porter #4689, 09/1910 | |
| 1077 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | M-B | Fort Steele Heritage Town, Ft Steele, BC | operational | Montreal Locomotive Works #65377, 1923 | Featured in Shanghai Noon, The Journey of Natty Gann, and The Grey Fox. | |
| 115 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Canadian Forest Products | Fort Steele Heritage Town, Ft Steele, BC | display | Lima #3350, 1936 | ||
| 0-4-0CA | 4'-8½" | behind Fire Hall, Jaffray, BC | stored | H.K. Porter, 1901 | ||||
| 2141 | M-3-d | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Kamloops Heritage Railway, Kamloops, BC | display | CLC #1059, 1912 | No longer operates due to trackage access issues. Current plans are to operate in 2026 on the Okanagan Subdivision. |
| 2727 | N-5-b | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Kamloops Lake, BC | sunk | Hit a rock slide and fell into the Kamloops lake on January 14th, 1934. | |
| 4 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Manley Moore | Doug Callahan, Kelowna, BC | stored serviceable | H.K. Porter #4820, 1911 | From Woodland, WA. | |
| 16 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Comox Logging Co | Doug Callahan, Kelowna, BC | stored | Baldwin #61159, 1929 | From Squamish, BC. | |
| 1 | A | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | 2 mi south of town, Blackstaff shop, Ladysmith, BC | stored | Elmer Blackstaff #148, 1970 | replica. | |
| 11 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Comox Logging Co | Oyster Bay Dr, Ladysmith, BC | display | Baldwin #57409, 1923 | ||
| 2 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Comox Logging Co | Oyster Bay Dr, Ladysmith, BC | display | Lima #2324, 06/1910 | ||
| 12 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Comox Logging Co | Kaatza Station Museum, Lake Cowichan, BC | display | Lima #3311, 1927 | ||
| 3563 | S-2-b | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Frazer River, Matsqui, BC | sunk | 1923 | Fell into the river on November 7th 1956. |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 36" | Detroit Yukon Mining | Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Rd, Mill Bay, BC | stored | H.K. Porter #3022, 04/1904 | From Whippletree Jct. | |
| 4 | 50 ton | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Kelly Logging | Aero Camp, Moresby Island, BC | abandoned | Climax #1539, 1919 | Only the firebox, tank, and miscellaneous parts remain. |
| 0-6-0T | 36" | Wellington Co | Piper Park, Nanaimo, BC | display | Baldwin #9869, 1889 | |||
| 112 | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Canadian Forest Products | Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, BC | restoration | Baldwin #56323, 1923 | From Beaver Cove, BC in 2018. | |
| 7 (1055) | 90 ton | 2-8-2T | 4'-8½" | Alberni Pacific Lumber (M-B) | Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, BC | operational | Baldwin #60942, 1929 | |
| 2 | 42 ton | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Alberni Pacific Lumber (M-B) | Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, BC | display | Lima #2548, 1912 | |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 24" | Grand Tr Pac RY | Fort George Park, Prince George, BC | operational | Davenport Locomotive Works #1305-7, 1912 | ||
| 1520 | H-4-a | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, Prince George, BC | display | CLC #738, 1906 | |
| 1066 (4) | 2-8-2T | 4'-8½" | M-B (Bloedel Stewart & Welsh) | train station, Qualicum Beach, BC | display | Baldwin #58687, 1925 | ||
| 93 (51) | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Three Valley Gap (Solvay Process) | 3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town & Round House, Revelstoke, BC | display | Alco (Cooke) #63277, 1922 | ||
| 69 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber | 3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town & Round House, Revelstoke, BC | display | Baldwin #41562, 1914 | From Sedgewick, AB. | |
| 1028 | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Southern Iron & Equipment (Lac La Belle & Calumet) | 3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town & Round House, Revelstoke, BC | abandoned | Climax, 1893 | ||
| 5468 | P2k | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, BC | display | Montreal Locomotive Works #76140, 1948 | |
| 104 | 5½&11x10 | 0-4-0CA | 26¼" | Canmore Mines | Sandon Historic Site, Sandon, BC | display | H.K. Porter #4923, 07/1911 | |
| 6947 | V4a | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Sandon Historic Site, Sandon, BC | display | Montreal Locomotive Works, 1908 | |
| 53 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Pacific Great Eastern | Seton Lake, BC | sunk | CLC #1242, 1914 | Sank in 1950 after hitting a rock-slide. The engineer and fireman were killed. | |
| 3512 (1712) | M4g | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Slocan Lake, Silverton, BC | sunk | Baldwin #30752, 05/1907 | Sank in 1947 (with a wooden caboose and snowplow) after falling off a barge which was loaded too heavy to the one side. Still in good condition resting upright in 600 feet of water. |
| 2 | 2-6-2ST | 4'-8½" | Pacific Great Eastern | West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish, BC | display | Baldwin #34270, 1910 | ||
| 2860 | H1e | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | CPR | West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish, BC | display | Montreal Locomotive Works, 1940 | From Province of BC, N. Vancouver. 2860 was used for excursion service in British Columbia between 1974 and 1999, then again between 2006 and 2010. Unlikely to return to service. |
| 3716 (3916) | N2b | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Kettle Valley Steam Railway, Summerland, BC | operational | Montreal Locomotive Works #51628, 1912 | Featured in 'The Grey Fox', from Province of BC, N. Vancouver, BC. |
| 0-6-2 | 15" | Bear Creek Park Train, Surrey, Vancouver, BC | operational | Vilhelm van der Heiden, 1968 | Named Chough, from The Netherlands. Diesel powered steam outline. | |||
| 7 | SC | 4-4-0 | 15" | Cranberry Farm, Richmond, Vancouver, BC | unknown | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) | Sold to someone in New York in mid 1990s. | |
| 374 (158) | SC | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | CPR | E end of Drake St. on former Expo '86 site, Vancouver, BC | display | CPR (DeLorimer) #1038, 1886 | |
| 113 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Canadian Forest Products | near school, Woss Lake, BC | display | Alco (Brooks) #61859, 1920 | Operated on Camp Woss main line in 1948-1950. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in British Columbia, Canada
- View British Columbia, Canada page from www.steamlocomotive.info