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Blount died in an air crash
in the mid-1960s, During a
tough winter in the mid: 1980s
heavy snow collapsed anum
ber of the Steamtewn build
ings. The museum eventually
moved to Seranton,
Pennsylvania —- the site of the
old Delaware- Lackawanna rail-
road shops. Shortly thereatior

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anthracite-haning raulroads of
the Eastern United States.
focomotnes dike the 2sbo that
essentially foreia to
were considered

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these roads
CNS.

Yhere ts a dot of Canadian
railway heritage preserved in
the United States. None af it
has over came back nosth
until fast Sepremiber,

Crowes ‘ind Broadtoct had
established a good relationship
with the mechanical team at
Steamtown over the vears and
exchanged technical informa
tion, parts and) pieces.

A year age in February the
chief mechanical officer of
Steamtown axvked Broadfoor,
“AP how would vou guys like
to have the Phudson back?”

Recalls Crowley, “We
thought he was kidding. ‘Three
weeks later he asked if we had

NEWS photo Mike Wakelield

JAMES Crowley shows one of the many bolts hold-
ing the locomotive boiler together.

the United States National
Park Service took over
Steamtown,

U.S. taxpayers have put
some $65 million into the site.
A few years ago it was decided
thar Steameown would be a
monument to the nine

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thought it over.”

Crowley and Broadfoot
took the idea of bringing the
train back to Canada to the
heritage committee of the CPR
in May, 1998. At the time CPR
president Rob Ritchie had
been looking for an operating

CPR steam locomotive “Phe
CPR backed the plan and
Sreamtowit donated the loca.
motive WH evchanze for ser
Vices,

The pau Wea tos
Steqmtown for a week ot pune
Jat vear te tear the 2816 apart,
tosce what was nuht and what
wars wrong with it

Phe answer was thar there
Wasnot very mach wrong with
it, pasta awtul lot cight

Other than the ume spent
in the Scranton neld, the loce
motve bad operated right to
the cad of the CPR steam era
and the running gear was in
remarkably good condition,
The only major detect was with
the engine truck (the frame for
the guiding, or bogie, wheels),
It had been broken ina vard
accident, but Broadfoot had an
engine truck donated to him.

A CPR-BCR team spent
about 800 hours getting the
engine ready for the move
from) Scranton, The 3,276-
mile trek bexan Sept. 12,
1998. The 2816 arrived in
North Vancouver on Sept. 30.

The CPR would like to see
the engine returned to service
as long as it is doesn’t break the
bank. First costing estimates
will be determined by the end
of June, Crowley anticipates
conducting a definitive non-
destructive testing of the boiler
in mid-July.

Based on the results of this
past ‘Thursday, he is optimistic
about what will happen.

The boiler was tested ata
pressure of 345 pounds: per
square ich -— that’s 1,25
times the maximum allowable
operating pressure of 275 p.s.i.

Said Crowley, “It went very
well —— bevond our expecta-
tions, We're absolutely delight:
ed.

“If it were anything other
than a CPR engine, it probably
would not have survived. The

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tes gs chatarto was abe very reste
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The bealer had neat
under pressure since 1964]
The appeal af steam loco
Motives isan enduring one.
When the 2816 was haufed
from) Scranton ta North
Vancouver last vear, CPR poli-
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Notice of the move as possible.
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