Amazing! My mom's grandpa was the lifelong engineer of this locomotive. Seeing this locomotive cosmetically restored is really awesome!

Good one, Mike. I like the slo-mo at the end to see all the parts moving in sync. Thanks

Thanks Mike. That was a lovely review of different whistles. Thank you for putting that out there. Too bad the whistle off M&B's 1044 could not reach it's full potential. The smaller Shay boiler may not have had a large enough whistle outlet in the dome cover combined with lower MAWP (pressure) than 1044 to give it a fair test. Perhap you could suggest to Alberni Pacific to give it a try on their #7 (ex M&B 1055)

Great vid Mike!

thats one good looking Shay.

The other night -I can hear the steam whistle in my house 2 km away -I love it - Its loud

man, I wish I could have seen it this year! just got back to the island after 5 or so years away, and heard the shay was just finished. but the timing never worked out.

Greetings from San Lorenzo Valley, Roaring Camp Railroad. Love our Shays!

Agh, I love that Kinsley 4 chime so much!! Has to be my favourite whistle ever... well, maybe tied with the Canadian Pacific 4 chime.

If they have the money to do it. They should consider possibly sending the whistle to the Rizzoli Locomotive Shop. They can fix that whistle and get it to sound as if it was brand new!

That's cool that it's the 1044's whistle, but I think they should have done some more adjusting to the whistle.

My family worked at and out of all the reloads up there. As a kid I 'helped' the operator lift the log loads off trucks and back rail cars down the grade often in summers. Love seeing these now, too bad not running anymore.

Wish they’d take better care of the MLW RS3. She should be restored in her original CP Tuscan and grey wish her high short hood.

Terrible that rails are not maintained … good for emergencies!

Quite the compendium, Mike - history, both original and recent; the conditions; your personal involvements; and some excellent photos. Just be careful walking over those dodgy trestles, though, Mike. So, thankyou very much, eh.

not sure when so just sit and wait

I've ridden (mountain bike) the entire Kettle Valley Railway grade (no rails), very interesting to see rails still in place on the E&N to present day. The trestle sections shown in your video remind me of the KVR trestles west of Castlegar, there are several tunnels as well.

What a great vid and what a beautiful railline ! 👍

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Great stuff. I was only dimly aware of this.

I'm in Parksville, and for years I used to walk down the abandoned railway track here taking pictures. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my photographic mojo and haven't done it for a while. I'm sure it's a temporary thing. It's happened before and always came back. It better, because I also need the exercise!

Thanks for this, what is essentially a rare-mileage trip on the Alberni Sub. Unobtainium on so many levels - good work!

Thanks, Mike for another good, historical record of Vancouver Island railways.

Love the photography and the Video.Glad to have it back,Although my wife does not like you picking on her favourite hockey team

Thanks again for another amazing video Mike! Your soothing voice, keen eye and attention to detail makes for a very beautiful Sunday morning to watch and see all the amazing colours of autumn unfold on one of my favourite railways. Have you ever thought about spending a little bit of time around Qualicum Beach Station? I’d love to see your interpretation on film. I’ve done that task myself, and there’s so many architectural cues on that old building. I think you would enjoy taking some pictures of it if you haven’t already. Appreciate you documenting this historic piece of legendary Canadiana rail history. I’m sure that I can speak for many other viewers that appreciate your talents and enthusiasm. I’m a big fan of your work, my friend ! 😊

Awesome video Mike 👌 never been there to the junction before I am hopefully going to do a hike with my dad this Monday starting at the Goldstream campground and then north to the Niagara creek trestle I’ve seen pictures of it. Dose look really cool just got to make Shure the ties aren’t wet otherwise you could slip!

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Thank you for this video. I try to find videos with nice dusk sky. Yours came across very nice 😊

September 8 2013 we cycled the 20km LTT end-to-end kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGPFnWabnsaGjZosi=yIqYtIAEpAGc2It_ Thanks for all your videos Mike

Hi Mike, Good reporting, again. Nanoose is in the newspaper this morning for all the wrong reasons. Bill Times Colonist Sunday October 6 2024 Sec.A9 "In 1912, the Crown granted the right-of-way to the E&N Railway Company, owned and operated by Canadian Pacific Railway, to build and operate a railway on Vancouver Island, but passenger service on the E&N shut down in 2011 because of the poor condition of the rails. In March of last year, senior governments announced that the right-of-way would be returned to the Snaw-naw-as nation. But Chief Brent Edwards said the former rail corridor was returned in a “contaminated and dilapidated state.” Edwards, whose nation began to remove old ties and the railway tracks this week, said the lands “must be remediated to a state that is acceptable to the Snaw-naw-as.”

The Red Bridge in Kamloops was destroyed by fire on September 19, 2024.

Was this standard gauge?

What a gem that little Shay is! It is so beautifully redone it almost looks like a tabletop model train, lol. My very first cab ride, at the age of six years old, was in a similar 3 foot gauge Shay at Allaire State Park in New Jersey (USA). If I am not mistaken, Forest Discovery Center has a second Shay which is larger. Are there any long term restoration plans for that locomotive? Great video.

Great coverage of the south end, Mike. It is nice to see trains operating again on the long inactive line. Thanks for being so dedicated to your cause. The scenes within scenes are enjoyable. Speeding up the video in choice places is novel.

Thankyou, Mike. Pretty comprehensive view of the new ops. Better now, with that south end opened up... 'well done, and thanks' to the crews that worked on it.

Exciting and Interesting .Good work

Love it

Mike, I think the “large passenger car” is the one that is at the Industrial Heritage Center in Port Alberni. It was salvaged by Gerry Wellburn but was later donated to the City of Port Alberni Industrial Collection. That’s my understanding at least

Absolutely wonderful to have such a dedicated team to get this project across the finish line. Well done everyone. There’s nothing that beats the raw power of steam. Im so happy for your community, to hold it together to see this project to the end.You guys did a top notch job. Sadly over in Port Alberni they’re slowly letting their steam projects down size, they just recently tore up the tracks across from the pulp mill all the way over to Roger street.They replaced the tracks with asphalt and street lights and for what purpose I’m not sure, a walk way maybe? There’s already a sidewalk on Stamp ave so it’s a mystery to me as to why that walkway was duplicated about one hundred feet or less away from where the tracks were located. It seems short sighted somehow. keeping the steam history alive and well is not in the interest of the community anymore and that has me wondering why. what will come of Maclean’s sawmill. The community had a perfect set up going, you could take the train to McLeans mill and back to the train Station at the bottom of Argyle. They had everything in place and they let it go.They even let the train Station go.They had a Shay locomotive at the bottom of Redford street for years.I think it was a Shay #7 but I could be wrong on the number but I was told it was a Shay. It’s too bad that community let all their assets go like that, it’s like “cancelling history “ and should never be permitted. Now they don’t really have anything to attract tourists anymore, the water bombers will be gone soon, one just left this summer. They let all their opportunities go, meanwhile they could have had a wonderful setup similar to Lake Cowichan. I saw your project on Global tv today and they gave you a wonderful presentation. Be very proud of yourselves and your community, a job completed and well done. 👍

This is a beautiful steam engine. Is it narrow gauge? And was it used to bring lumber to a sawmill? Thank you for uploading this video

Was great meeting you that day Mike. My daughter and I had a great day at the museum.

Pretty cool Mike

There's just something unforgettable about live stream.

Always very informative, thanks for these videos!

I like that little red speeder that is in the shot :)

Hi Mike I’m a fan of your channel and I have two pieces of good news about the E&N #1 a few months ago as I was walking along the E&N by my high school Esquimalt high school I saw one of those trucks that have those train wheels that can be lowered onto the tracks. #2 not long ago about 2 months before summer break at the railroad crossing at Intervale Rd I saw that the crossing signals where activated! Just the lights the bells and arms were not activated it was just the lights that were blinking so cool my theory as of why the crossings lights were activated is that the island railway corridor was testing the crossing super exciting! we need the E&N any who Oh you should check out the old logging railroad up to the top of the island I’ll edit this comment with the name when I remember anyway Peace ✌️

l love seeing the flags up front flapping in the wind-looks cool

Is the Crosby going to be the Shay's new whistle?

AWESOME!

The whistle sound really cool. It sounds different from your other recordings. Did you get a better camera? :)