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Owner: Vancouver Wharves Limited
Model:Alco S6Built As:SP 1073 (S6)
Serial Number:81819Order No:21042
Frame Number:prime mover # 6907Built:11/1956
Notes:ex-SP 1073
Other locos with this serial:  OSRX 500(S6) OSR 500(S6) VWL 29(S6)
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VW 29
Title:  VW 29
Description:  NORTH VANCOUVER BC Aug 15 1981 -- Vancouver Wharves S6 29 awaits a crew and switching assignments. Alco built the unit (s/n 81819) in November 1956 and delivered it as Southern Pacific 1073, renumbered to SP 1240, acquired by Vancouver Wharves in 1980, retired in 1996 and became OSRX 500 in 1996. (Roster information from http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/BCindust.html and http://espee.railfan.net/sp_s06.html)
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 9/7/2012 4:57:53 AM
Location:  North Vancouver, BC
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VWL 29(S6)
Views:  762   Comments: 0
VWL 29
Title:  VWL 29
Description:  VWL 29 & VWL 21 run through the yard
Photo Date:  12/26/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2020 7:48:38 PM
Location:  North Vancouver, BC
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  VWL 29(S6) VWL 21(S6)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
VWL 29
Title:  VWL 29
Description:  VWL 29 & VWL 21 run through the yard
Photo Date:  12/26/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2020 7:48:53 PM
Location:  North Vancouver, BC
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  VWL 29(S6) VWL 21(S6)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
VWL 29
Title:  VWL 29
Description:  VWL 29 & VWL 21 run through the yard, I still wish I was earning as much as the switchmen working on a holiday
Photo Date:  12/26/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2020 7:49:12 PM
Location:  North Vancouver, BC
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  VWL 29(S6) VWL 21(S6)
Views:  90   Comments: 0


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