Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi List Members,
Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island. I'm not quite able to read the
road name, but some of us who are more familiar with Canadian roads will
probably know right away. Car is stencilled BLT 3-50 and the length is indicated
as 52ft.
Enjoy!
Claus Schlund
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Gavin
Based on font, my guess is CPR, as they had an extensive operation on the island.
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From: Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Sent: May 9, 2021 9:12 AM To: STMFC Subject: [RealSTMFC] Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island
Hi List Members,
Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island. I'm not quite able to read the road name, but some of us who are more familiar with Canadian roads will probably know right away. Car is stencilled BLT 3-50 and the length is indicated as 52ft.
Enjoy!
Claus Schlund
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James Musgrove
Claus,
These photos are great.
Still hoping for an RF&P one.
Jim Musgrove
-----Original Message-----
From: Claus Schlund \(HGM\) <claus@...> To: STMFC <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Sun, May 9, 2021 12:12 pm Subject: [RealSTMFC] Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island Hi List Members,
Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island. I'm not quite able to read the
road name, but some of us who are more familiar with Canadian roads will
probably know right away. Car is stencilled BLT 3-50 and the length is indicated
as 52ft.
Enjoy!
Claus Schlund
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Based on the length of the word between the stake pockets, I would vote for Canadian National.
FWIW
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gavin
Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 11:14 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island
Based on font, my guess is CPR, as they had an extensive operation on the island.
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From: Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi List Members,
Flat car with lumber load Vancouver Island. I'm not quite able to read the road name, but some of us who are more familiar with Canadian roads will probably know right away. Car is stencilled BLT 3-50 and the length is indicated as 52ft.
Enjoy!
Claus Schlund
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John Riddell
CN flat
John Riddell
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cptracks
I cannot identify the flat car, but it appears that the ship is
not one of the CP Pacific Prinesses, as none of their single
stackers seem to have been set up that way. On 09/05/2021 9:12 a.m., Claus Schlund
\(HGM\) wrote:
-- Colin Riley 20-2500 Florence Lake Road Victoria BC V9B 4H2
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Larry Rice
Greetings,
Almost certainly Canadian National, being unloaded and the lumber loaded directly aboard ship at Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island. Watch this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5GBPmwoZo Larry Rice Port Townsend WA Within sight of Vancouver Island
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Richard Wilkens
Name on the ship is the "Fides" which was a WW2 Liberty Ship and was sold to an Italian shipping company and it sunk in the Elbe estuary on January 20, 1962.
Rich Wilkens
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Chuck Soule
I would suspect it is much more likely the lumber is being loaded ONTO the ship to go elsewhere. There would be little need to ship lumber TO Vancouver Island :)
Chuck Soule
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Gavin
It would be like shipping copper to Britannia Beach :).
On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 7:46 PM Chuck Soule <timken2626@...> wrote: I would suspect it is much more likely the lumber is being loaded ONTO the ship to go elsewhere. There would be little need to ship lumber TO Vancouver Island :)
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Dave Lawler
The ship’s name board shows the letters “FIDE?”. If someone has an old Lloyds Register they might be able to identify it. Dave Lawler
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Larry Rice
Yes, as I wrote and is clearly shown in the video I provided the link to, the lumber is being loaded onto the ship.
The flatcars were loaded in the vicinity of Lake Cowichan, roughly centered in the southernmost portion of the island, and then taken eastward to saltwater at Cowichan Bay. This was an export operation in Cowichan Bay on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island. Larry Rice Port Townsend WA
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