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Nice photos Terry. Those Idler Flats that the 8830 is pulling look in much better shape than they do today...

Terry, Would you mind if I posted those photos on www.railroadforums.com ?? Thanks

Well at least they used GM locomotives ;)

I think I'll be chasing the train in my new Chevy S10.

The two rebuilt RDC's(6135 and 6148) will be making an "inaugural" run on May 6th, 2003 on the E&N Railway from Victoria to Courtenay and return. Wine and Cheese, and other refreshments will be served ON BOARD. Train will leave Victoria at the regular time, 08:15. For more info watch The New VI...

A shot of CP/E&N Baldwin Road Switcher working the Wellcox yards in Nanaimo,BC. Gordon Hulford photo.

A shot of the yards in Deerholme, BC. The track heading off to the left is the Tidewater Subdivision which led to the bargeslip at Cowichan Bay. To the right, through the yards, the tracks led to Victoria, BC until 1983 when the tracks between the south yard limit at Deerholme and the wye in...

A GE 80-Tonner switches the Point Ellice Yards in the late 1950's. Gordon Hulford photo.

Unfortunately I can't find a better shot of the wooden boxcars, but here's a shot, taken a few years later, with CN GMD1 1003 on the shop track with the wooden boxcar on the left. Jason King photo.

Yes, it is the David Othen that has that website. BTW, I'm sure my dad is happy you saw his site...

Thanks for the welcome. The building in the background is a steel retail building. They were a customer on the line. The two wooden boxcars made up the shops. Here's a close up of the switcher. Gordon Hulford photo.The switcher was later replaced by GMD1 1003, which was in turn replaced by...

E&N Railway GP38 3876 rests with sister unit, 3877, in the Wellcox Yards in late 2002, not long before service to Port Alberni ended. Gordon Hulford photo.

Gordon Hulford snapped a shot of the CN Point Ellice Yards in Victoria, BC in the early 1980's. This yard is being redeveloped as I type this, and the entire CN operation was abandoned by 1990.

CP/E&N GP38AC 3001 switches Top Shelf Feed Mill in Duncan, BC on the southend of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, about 40 miles north of Victoria. David Othen photo.