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Contractors locomotive No. 2 "Emory" (later "Curly") ca. 1882 during construction of the CPR in the Fraser Canyon. Built in San Francisco in 1868-1869, one of the first locomotives built on the Pacific Coast, she served Peru, San Francisco and then British Columbia. |
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A side view of the Emory during construction of the CPR in the Fraser Canyon ca. 1881. |
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Curly in 1891 at the Port Kells log dump. With the completion of the CPR, Curly was brought up the Nicomekl River on a scow in 1887 to help log the Kensington Prairie area, where four miles of track encompassed Surrey Municipality's first railway. |
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Two views of Curly in 1894 at Mud Bay near the Nicomekl River in Surrey. |
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Curly at the Hastings Mill store (owned by the B.C. Mills, Timber & Trading Company) in Vancouver ca. 1906, probably enroute to logging service further north where she was used until 1927. |
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Curly at the Vancouver CPR yards, probably taken in the late 1920's just after the historic locomotive was restored by the CPR. It was displayed at Vancouver's Hastings Park beginning in 1931 and later at its current home, Burnaby's Heritage Village where it survives as the oldest locomotive in western Canada. |
| Notes: Robert D. Turner's summary of preserved logging locomotives in British Columbia lists Curly as being built in San Francisco in 1879 by Marschuetts (Marshutz) & Cantrell, which would mean it is not one of the first locomotives built on the Pacific Coast. Shortly after the Emory came to British Columbia in 1881, a newspaper reported the locomotive as "well on in years", not reflecting an 1879 build date. In a 1959 list of surviving steam locomotives published in Railroad magazine, Curly is described as "CPR 2, Curly (originally Emory), second engine to arrive in BC (1881) to help build CPR. She was built in San Francisco 1868-1869. Served Peru, San Francisco, and Hasting Mills logging road." Much of what the magazine listed is reflected in the photograph above and in the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. |
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