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THE ROYAL HUDSON will be back o

Approximately 13,000
people. thronged the North
Vancouver-based Royal
Hudson train when the great
engine and her five exhibit
coaches visited Burnaby for
a two-day stay May 8 and 9.

The attendance record
was achieved on the second
day when a total of 7,200
visitors. came to see and
Stayed to praise British
Columbia's “Queen of Steam
and Steel” and her special
carriages. _

To date, the Royal
Hudson has led “The Good
Times “79 Express” on a
5,000 mile road show
throughout the province,
paying neighborly calls as
well in Washington, Idaho
and Alberta. And while she

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has been welcomed with

“enthusiasm and admiring —
crowds wherever she went

on this particular tour of her
home province, never has
the Royal Hudson received
such a welcome as _ that
accorded her in Burnaby.

Everything from school
bands, choirs, dancers,
singers, acrobatic groups
and the Vancouver Kiwanis
Pipe Band, to aeroplanes
trailing ribboned news of her
arrival, highlighted the

-program of special -events

planned specifically for
“Burnaby Royal Hudson
Days”.

The entire scenario was
devised, arranged and
carried out through the
cooperation of the Burnaby
Chamber of Commerce led

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n track in North Vancouver and heading north for another season starting Friday from the station on Pemberton.

al Hudson breaks record in Burnaby

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by the Chamber's chairman, To add to the excitement,

Herman Schaad, and its Vancouver Whitecaps Al Morrison Says:
manager, Angus Mac- soccer players and B.C.
Donald. Lions’ football players were See me for the best

on hand to sign autographs,
while approximately 5,000
children from more than 20
Burnaby schools visited the
train as an educational field

buy in a new car or

Throughout the two-day
stand a wide variety of
entertainment took place on
a specially constructed stage

adjacent to the train with a trip.
highlight of the occasion
being the special cake baked The Royal Hudson's

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to commemorate the event
by the Pacific Vocational
School in Burnaby and
presented to the train staff.

regular excursion trips from
North Vancouver to
Squamish, will begin May
18.

With work proceeding on B.C. Hydro’s big Site One project, the British Columbia
Railway is providing fast, efficient delivery of generators and other essential equipment.
Along the rail route, new industries are appearing, thanks in large part to the railway. By provid-
ing the shipping facilities industry needs, B.C. Rail is helping to generate growth and opportunity

throughout British Columbia.

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