Graphic Dorothy Foster

BUILT IN 1910, the Pacific Great Eastern No. 2 steam locomotive now resides at the West Coast
Railway Heritage Park In Squamish.

Accident mars its past

THIS LITTLE engine that
could, did. It became a survivor,
and is the only exaniple from its
era of Pacific Great Eastern
Steam Engines.

NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE
By Dorothy Foster

This wain, which operated on the
North Shore, is now a focal point at
the entrance to the newly opened
. West Coast Railway Heritage Park,

- two kilometres north of Squamish.

" 66 The collision
at mile 6.5
was “quite a
surprise.’ 99

_. The park is located just off
Highway 99, alongside the BC Rail
‘tracks, and has on display more than
20 vintage rail cars and locomotives,
plus others in various stages of
restoration, as well as a substantial
-collection of memorabilia.
“ The No, 2, pictured above, was
‘built in 1910 by the Baldwin

Locomotive Works in Philadelphia
for the Howe Sound, Pemberton
Valley, and Northern Railway,
which eventually became the Pacific
Great Eastern (PGE).

The sidetanker No. 2 served as a
construction and work train, building
the lines from Squamish to Lillooet.
The engine was then sold in 1920 to
the Comox Logging and Railway
Co, (later Crown Zellerbach) where
it worked in its lumber operations.

The *“Two-Spoi.” as it was affec-
tionately known, was retumed to the
PGE until its acquisition by the West
Coast Railway Association in 1965.

An interesting anecdote from No.
2’s history came during the Labor
Day weekend in 1916 when it was
involved in a head-on collision with
PGE Motor Car No. 103 at West
Bay (West Vancouver).

All trains on the North Shore line
ran at half-hour intervals due to the
holiday crowds going to festivities at
Whytecliff which included band con-
certs, races, and picnics.

The No. 2 left North Vancouver
sometime during the afterncon with
three cars full of passengers, while
the No. 103 departed Whytecliff at
the same time with a single coach
containing a few siders.

The two trains were supposed to
meet at Dundarave; however, when
the No. 2 arrived first, it stopped
briefly and then continued north-
ward, its engineer obviously had for-
gotten about the arranged meeting.
Needless to say, the collisicn at mile
6.5 was “quite a surprise.”

The No. 2 smokebox (the engine

was backwards pulling its cars)
rammed into the No. 103°s moter
compartment with such force that the
No. 103 was damaged beyond repair.
The No. 2 was re-built at North
Vancouver shops and, amazingly
enough, it has survived to today.

* Friday, duly 29! 1994 - North Shore News = 17

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