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Vancouver Right-of-way

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Vancouver Right-of-way
Posted by tiny_tank on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 9:35 PM
I am a beginner model railroader. The reason that Im on this forum is that I can't recieve information about the Dunsmir Limited and maps of its right of way.
The Dunsmir was owned by the rich Canadian family by the same (sur)name. It was a coal-hauler and had an interchange with the Esquimalt & Namino Logging Co., a logging railroad in Comox Vally, Vancouver Island, Canada. I also know that the interchange was nearby Royston, a log dump owned & operated by the Comox Logging Co. (branch of the CN).
They used ten wheelers and other six-coupled engines, there were also a few tank consolidations and there was one Mikido (tank engine).

Thank you for any information that can be contributed.
Peter
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 1:27 AM
The Dunsmuirs built the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway from Victoria/Esquimalt to Nanaimo/Wellington during the 1800s. They sold it to Canadian Pacific in 1905, and CP extended the E&N to Courtenay (just north of Royston), arriving there about 1913. Comox Logging Company (not related to CN) was the logging line that would have had the log dump.
Dale
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Posted by Pathfinder on Friday, September 8, 2006 12:20 AM
Here are some on-line resources for the E&N, my old stomping grounds:

One Link

Another
Keep on Trucking, By Train! Where I Live: BC Hobbies: Model Railroading (HO): CP in the 70's in BC and logging in BC
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Posted by Pathfinder on Friday, September 8, 2006 12:21 AM
Oh, for model railway info, try posting on the MR page of this forum, here
Keep on Trucking, By Train! Where I Live: BC Hobbies: Model Railroading (HO): CP in the 70's in BC and logging in BC

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