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I was working on the Kootenay Central Wyft. when CP 14 Arrived at Canal Flats in 1968. The Critter was then moved to the Pulp Mill at Skookumchuck which had just been Steamed Up. I took Photos of this Machine Derelict at the Pulp Mill c. 1972 at the North End of Track beyond the Chip Dumper. Numbered 003 Painted Green over Orange with Crestbrook Railway on Side. Was on hand when Cut Up Spring 1974. The CFI 003 was Cut Up next to Track 8, the Chemical Spur or Track 11 the Pulp Shed Spur at the Mill. There was a Photo in the Cranbrook Paper at the Railway Museum of it when New. Concrete for Traction was Poured onto the Floor where the Coal Bunker and Water Space was in the Tender and a Bay Window Grafted on to the Side. Door at End. MUST have been Hot in Summer!! When they Cut the Unit Up, the Frame and Concrete precluded easy Cutting, so they just sliced off what they could, the Diesel Engine already gone, and Crestbrook used their Big Loader from Chip Handling to dig a hole and the Frame Shoved in right next to the Track. Still there? The Scrap was haulled by Truck to a now-abandoned Scrap Yard on the Right of King Street beyond the Hulk of the Tudor House. Photos CFI 003 at Skookumchuck and Class Plate ex CP 14 now at Railway Museum in Cranbrook. The HS 5 Concept was to get rid of the Fireman and provide a Small Unit less Costly to Operate in Low-Useage Jobs. Good Idea, but not feasable to Crews used to Big Heavy Locomotives. Made their job more difficult as Switching Moves could get out of hand on Wet Rail with only Locomotive Brakes in Use. A Locomotive that cannot Start it's Train is an inconvenience. Just Uncouple a few Cars and move them in chunks. A Locomotive that cannot STOP it's Train when Switching without Air Brakes on Train is a Disaster waiting to happen! The Train Weight takes control, and Pushes the Locomotive. I was not aware of CNI/Shell connection, but explains why 15 went to Elko. On those Units, the CPR Front was the End with the Grey going to Top of Hood and the Three Horizontal Yellow Stripes on Radiator Shutters, Just Like " Front" of other CP Diesel Locomotive prior to their Uglification with the 'Multi Mark' Paint Scheme in 1968. Asking around the Mill at the Flats, or at Elko, for that matter, might Turn Up Bells and other Plates. Place Ad offering Cash for same in Kootenay Advertiser or Tembec Magazine. Put Ad on Bulletin Boards at Mill. Probably an "Inside Job" as would take Guts to sneak in there off the Street. CP 14 was right next to Big Burner. Bell probably on someone's Patio at the Flats. There is a Photo of CP 14 on a 'Train' on the Spur handling Two Flats and a Caboose in 1978 belonging to Adolf Hungry Wolf in the Book 'Rails in the Canadian Rockies' by Adolf Hungry Wolf, copies of which can be found at the Library or the Railway Museum. CP 14 did not last much longer after this Special Train. The Logs are on Skeleton Flats modified by Crestbrook c. 1977 from about 20 Ex CP 1929 Flat Cars. These Skeleton Flats were in Captive Service Haulling Logs from Parson to Canal Flats. These Flats were Painted Dark Green, carried Reporting Marks 'CFLX' and the Crestbrook Diamond Crest. If you are intrerested, a later version of these Crestbrook Skeleton Flats can be seen Without Trucks in Tembec's Log Yard in Cranbrook behind their Truck Scale beyond where they are Scrapping those Freight Cars at Boston Pizza.
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