THE AVR WENT TO VANCOUVER ISLAND MODEL ENGINEERS AS OUR FOURTH STOP ON THE RAMBLE JUNE 7TH, 2006. WE BROUGHT OUR TRAILER FULL OF EQUIPMENT AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES. OUR PACIFIC #2365, OUR F-7 #202, PETER'S WOOD CARS, CABOOSE, STOCK CAR, BOX CAR AND REFRIGERATOR CAR ALONG WITH THREE GONDOLAS AND AN OPERATORS CAR. WE UNLOADED EVERYTHING EXCEPT TWO GONDOLAS. MEMBERS OF THE CLUB FROM WINNIPEG WERE, BILL TAYLOR, PETER ABEL, VIC ST-GERMAIN, BARRY SOLOMON AND MARY-LOU TAYLOR. MEMBER FROM THE AVR BUT FROM OTHER PLACES WAS CLIFF PLUMPTON.
ALL PICTURES TAKEN BY BILL TAYLOR OR MARY-LOU TAYLOR UNLESS NOTED. CLICK ON SMALL PICTURES TO MAKE THEM BIGGER If you can add names or details about equipment and people in the pictures please send them along. Just go to the AVR main page and click my e-mail
# 1 - AVR F-7 #202 HEADED UP BY PETER TAKES MAUREEN FOR A TRIP AROUND VIME.
# 2 - AVR TRAIN 2365 WITH ENGINEER VIC IS ABOUT TO STOP FOR A REST.
# 3 - SOME OF THE NEW GRADE UNDER VIME'S BIG STEEL BRIDGE.
# 4 - ONE OF THE FIVE NEW BRIDGES DOWN ALONG THE SALMON CREEK THAT THE NEW EXPANSION WILL PASS OVER. THIS NEW EXPANSION WILL MAKE THE TRIP AT VIME MOST MEMORABLE.
# 5 - MORE OF THE NEW GRADE.
# 6 - A LANDMARK AT VIME IS THEIR SNACK BAR MADE AS A SMALL STATION.
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Page new on January 26th, 2007 by Bill Taylor of Winnipeg
