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WOW! thanks for ALL of that info! [:D] [quote]QUOTE: There were TWO 2 other DT2s at Coleman, Alta., at Coleman Collieries in the Seventies. One in Operation, and CP 23??? on it's side, for Parts.[/quote] I would think the other DT-2 that worked in Coleman is the one that is in Champion Park at Oaktoks (That's #19) #23 (I think #23 was eventually scrapped) was a parts machine as you said (As is #14 going to be for #15) [quote]QUOTE: CP 15 was used at Elko until the early eighties, then used as a End-of-Track Buffer, ultimately getting shoved off the End of Steel by Switching Crews. [/quote] That would explain why the step ladders on the rear end was bashed in... [quote]QUOTE: We legally obtained the HS5 Class Plate from 14 around 1990, the CLC Diamond Builder's Plates, the other Class Plate and the Bell are missing.[/quote] You know, if you give Fort Steele a pic of those plates (I would be curious as well! [:D] ) then maybe they could make some decals to replace those! I guess a bell makes a nice novelty, so it could have been the first to get nicked... [quote]QUOTE: The 'Front' of the Locomotive was Marked by an "F" and was the End that put the Engineer on the Right Hand Side.[/quote] ...and decals in the cab to tell you the front and back [quote]QUOTE: While on the Subject. I was of the impression that CP 15 at Elko came from the Shell Oil Sulphur Plant at Pecten/Drywood on the Pecten Subdivision South off the CPR Crowsnest Sub at Brocket, Alta., about 100 Miles East of Elko.[/quote] Crowsnest industries was under the ownership of Shell Canada before the mill was bought by Crestbrook. [quote]QUOTE: CP 14 Arrived at Canal Flats in 1968 and operated there until c. 1980. Track Lifted and Unit isolated. ( It replaced a Home Built Critter made from a Small CP Steam Locomotive Tender on Arch Bar Trucks that had a GM Diesel Engine CHAIN Driving one Axle beneath the Tender. [/quote] Now a pic of that would be interesting! There is still a Rail line running through the mill. It is "Condemed" right now, and cars that are used for loading are attached to a forklift or a log loader and pulled in and out. I heard from a guy in Fort Steele that #14, when it was last running, was having problems with pulling cars, and had to had a forklift help it out. [quote]QUOTE: The Engineers Hated the Units, as they were rather small and could not Start and, especially, not STOP Heavy Cuts of Cars not on Air Brakes. Another reason they were disliked was that the Engineer had to work the whole Shift alone, rather than change off with the Fireman, then Eat and Snooze. Cunning Engineers would abuse these Units and female dog and Whine and Snivel until they got a Baldwin, Alco or MLW Series AND a Fireman. [/quote] (That could explain all the cans of starting either around #15 [:S]) So you could say the DT-2's were high maintenace, underpowered and disliked by the lazy! :D Those poor things... [V]
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