The B.C. Mills, Timber & Trading Company's wood-burning locomotive "Curly" at a log dump alongside the Fraser River near Port Kells in 1891. This was the first locomotive on the NWSR, formerly used in the construction of the CPR in the Fraser Canyon, known then as the "Emory" (contractors locomotive no. 2). Previous to the NWSR's completion early in 1891, the company had been pushing ahead, mile by mile, through the last three years of the 1880's and into the first two years of the 1890's. Bob Harvie, who later would become a GN employee, sometimes ran this logging engine along the completed section, carrying small items in order that the company keep running rights alive while they got more funds together (the railway was built without any government subsidy).

The B.C. Mills, Timber & Trading Company acquired this Great Northern locomotive to free "Curly" for other duties. Identified as on or near Halls Prairie road in 1891, this is most likely a spur at Port Kells or Hazelmere.

Noted only as the 1890's, this is probably the same locomotive as above.

B.C. Mills, Timber & Trading Company logging site (ca. 1890's). The locomotive appears to be the same one in the two previous photos except with a different spark arrester. (Select for a full-size view.)

VW&Y locomotive in service on the Port Guichon-Cloverdale line of the VTR&F (ca. 1904).

Valley Lumber locomotive (ca. 1915).