Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (RailAmerica) June 2001

In June 2001 we see trains at several locations on both the Victoria & Port Alberni subdivisions with GP10 1001, and dynamic braked GP38s 3870, 3876 (high hood) & 3877. The steep climb out of Port Alberni and the winding track with several trestles along Cameron Lake are particularly impressive. For more information on our videos go to users.eastlink.ca/~othen/video...

[@jamesd2128]

Thanks for an invaluable time capsule from better days for the old E&N.

[@patricklucas8801]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@waldenhouse]

Having just spent 3 weeks on Vancouver Island the railway would make a fabulous tourist trap if any entrepreneur would take it on. Had I been younger I would've put a bid in for it! Would make a tourist attraction without doubt.

[@BNforever2009]

real nice

[@david-othen]

BNforever2009 Thank you.

[@brodybombardir915]

At 3:51, was that a K5lar24, or a custom tuned K3L / K3H?

[@traindev1]

Where was 7:17 taken?

[@michaell2168]

Wow, the tracks were bad even back then.

[@ontheedge33371]

Lived on the island most my life and one story that seemed to go around was of a steam train loaded with model t cars and whiskey or some other treasures all went to the bottom of the lake off one of the trestles along Cameron Lake ? Is there anyone that knows if there's any truth to that ?

[@TMB5BER]

Get some scuba lessons and go get rich yo

[@MrMASSEYJONES]

Too bad it's mostly all gone.
I visited Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo May 2015 and it looks as though everything is just about ready to be wrapped up for good.

[@david-othen]

MASSEY JONES Unfortunately that is the situation on both coasts of Canada. Yesterday I filmed the last locomotives leaving Sydney Nova Scotia - that line to St Peters Junction will soon be wrapped up for good.

[@judgedredd8657]

+MASSEY JONES there are still a few customers on the island so its not dead yet

[@david-othen]

+Cold War There is a group trying to save the line on Cape Breton Island and the government is developing new rules to govern abandonment. G&W can apply after 1 April 2016 for an abandonment hearing. Personally I do not see an easy solution - it is going to cost a lot of government money to keep the line open and the potential customers are all small volume shippers.