Below is a copy of an email I received from a friend of mine; it is self explanatory: Hi to all, The highlight of "Kamloops Railroad Days", held Saturday, September 15th, at Kamloops, B.C., Canada, was to see the Kamloops Heritage Railway 2-8-0 steam locomotive, #2141 fired up and working! The crew at the shop has laid approximately 200' of track out from the shop, but this does not, as yet, connect to the CPR main line. So, she was "all fired up-and had nowhere to go" Many volunteers have been working on rebuilding this Canadian Locomotive Co. 2-8-0 since 1996. The #2141 was originally built for the Canadian Northern Railway, in 1912, as a coal burner, and was later converted to oil in 1948. Prior to retirement, #2141 could be found working near Cowichan, on Vancouver Island, pulling log flats, and mixed freight. After it's last run in July 1958, Kamloops Mayor Jack Fitzwater, saved this loco from being scrapped. The City of Kamloops purchased it for $2000, and installed it in Riverside Park on Oct. 29, 1961. Needless to say, by 1996, it had deteriorated badly! Congratulations to the many hard working volunteers that have worked long hours to restore this great old locomotive!
There is a hope that the locomotive will get some main line running time, it should be recieving its CN Certificate of Operation, soon. It will be nice if she could come out to Vancouver, never seen a fired up Canadian National Steam locomtoive before (at least in recent memory!) Happy Railroading! Dane
