Felstead Traditional Cache
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A cache near the Western Development Museum.
"Whoaa?? How long do we have to wait at this station before the train comes, eh? I've been bench warming for neigh on to a coon's age."
The Canadian Press Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:53:00 CST
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A steam locomotive that once hauled hopper cars in Western Canada is pulling passenger coaches this summer after being rebuilt.
The narrow-gauge locomotive, built in 1914 at the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., worked in coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass and later hauled hopper cars loaded with sodium sulphate.
Over the past 12 months volunteers and staff at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon restored mechanical components and "today the Vulcan looks like new," the museum says.
Engine 101 — Saskatchewan's only operating steam locomotive — will be used to take visitors for 15-minute rides on an oval track at the museum's Moose Jaw branch on weekends until Sept. 5, weather permitting, said museum spokesperson Kathy Fitton.
The locomotive was acquired by the museum in 1958 and was used for rides in Moose Jaw for many years until 2008 when repair work was needed.
The Vulcan 0-4-0 Locomotive required a new boiler. Work on the restoration began in Spring 2010 and was completed in June 2011. While the Short Line is now back on the rails, the new boiler is not yet paid for, WDM is fund raising through the sale of railway ties.
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