Bumpsteer
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That's ok, we'll let you off...............
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Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!
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Wow some very nice berries, Steve. Hey that truck would look great no matter how dirty she is. Did you repaint the front of the truck, the little sign is gone. Or does everyone know that as a matter of fact that you do own the road, now? Save a few of those for the summer I love to see those big logs, too. Looks like the working conditions are pretty darn good for this time of the year. Thanks for sharing the pictures, with us!
Blk prince
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Well Steve,you have a line of defence with this crew,however I will hold back on the wipe down.
Blk prince
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Dirty4fun,hello Jim are you still in the land of sun and sand or home in cold and snow?
DonBC
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BTC, I really don't know if Doug lived in Northwest Bay or not. I know him well and he has become a somewhat famous as a painter. His father was involved in logging and he grew up in logging camps at the time that most logs were moved by trains. The locomotives from that time are the subject of many of his paintings as well as many of the boats that plied the waters of the west coast of the island. If you Google "The Last Whistle" which is the newsletter for the Hillcrest Lumber Co.'s employees reunion newsletter you can click on his name and get lots of details.
Blk Prince, I am still in Florida, where they complain if it gets to be 50 degrees at night. Been doing some riding to stay in shape for my return to Vancouver Island this summer. Hope to spend more time there as I really enjoyed my time there, the scenery, and mostly the people I met who have become friends. Never met such a bunch of great people, willing to make my time there special.
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Gordy I. Munns Lumber ,# T-101 Loading "Heli Single Stem" old growth , Cragg Creek M/L .Spencer K. running loader . Nice "JAG" EH !!
camptramp
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Gordy I. Munns Lumber , #T-101 Hauling Alder Old Wolf Cr. in the Victoria Watershed , Dale Chumley running loader .
A P-16 captured in the wild up Nanaimo Lakes at the junction between main road and Green River valley. (image can be found on google earth at that location) Pulling a low bed, apparently brought a grapple yarder over from the Alberni area. This was 2009.
The Cat with the train is courtesy Jack Judson in Ladysmith. He was driving, probably in the '70s. Also up Nanaimo Lakes.
I have some shots of the Pacific from the rear that I will dig up.
KP
The Cat with the train is courtesy Jack Judson in Ladysmith. He was driving, probably in the '70s. Also up Nanaimo Lakes.
I have some shots of the Pacific from the rear that I will dig up.
KP
I guess tugs are fair game for this thread? Certainly an essential part of the machinery spectrum in the industry.
Hecate Straits in Nanaimo Hbr. Not the worlds prettiest tug, but solid and kind of brutal looking. It had just fueled up and idled dockside for a good 15 minutes while one of the crew ran up into town. I just sat on the dock and listened. It sounds like an old diesel lokie, especially when it spools up and gives of a nice turbo whistle.
Victory and friends. Smaller, but a bit better looking line-wise.
Hecate Straits in Nanaimo Hbr. Not the worlds prettiest tug, but solid and kind of brutal looking. It had just fueled up and idled dockside for a good 15 minutes while one of the crew ran up into town. I just sat on the dock and listened. It sounds like an old diesel lokie, especially when it spools up and gives of a nice turbo whistle.
Victory and friends. Smaller, but a bit better looking line-wise.
Len Burton
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I can relate to these pics of Dodd Narrows. I've been stuck many times on my boat waiting for these little "Hot Rods" to go through Dodd Narrows at slack. The old Hecate Straits looks just as ugly as she did when I was Chief Engineer on her. In her day she was one of the fastest towboats on the coast. You were right about the power, a Detroit Diesel V8 EMD (Electro Motive Diesel) engine. When I was on her we towed scows to Rupert,Ocean Falls and the Charlottes. Good pics of all of the towboats tied up at the Petrocan Fuel dock in Nanaimo inner basin. I'll see if I can 
find a pic of the Hecate Straits in better shape when I was on her.
find a pic of the Hecate Straits in better shape when I was on her.VIPMedia
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Cowichan Bay Railway Trestle
Here is a video of a old trestle in Cowichan Bay .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxhJnrRDlHs
Here is a video of a old trestle in Cowichan Bay .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxhJnrRDlHs
camptramp
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Gordy I , Munns Lumber #T-101 moving a Madill 124 on Walker M/L .
