A large quantity of rolling stock formerly owned and operated by BC Rail, originally the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, have been preserved in museums, on tourist railways, and various other locations all across North America.
Preserved steam locomotives ImageNumberBuild dateBuilderWheel arrangement (Whyte notation)Disposition and locationNotesReferences2February 1910Baldwin Locomotive WorksStatic display, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British Columbia53July 1914Canadian Locomotive CompanySunken, Seton Lake, Squamish-Lillooet, British ColumbiaRemains lost after plunging into the lake on January 23, 1950.561914Sunken, Anderson Lake, Squamish-Lillooet, British ColumbiaCrashed into the lake on August 8, 1944, drowning the engineer and fireman.
Preserved diesel locomotives ImageNumberBuild dateBuilderModelWheel arrangementDisposition and locationNotesReferences551June 1948General Electric65-tonB-BStatic display, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British ColumbiaPreviously MacMillan Bloedel Limited No. 1012. Third diesel locomotive to operate in British Columbia.556February 195070-tonOperational, BWXT Canada, Cambridge, OntarioPreviously Waterloo Central Railway No. 1556 until being sold to BWXT Canada for switching use.561May 1951Montreal Locomotive WorksRSC-3mA1A-A1AOperational, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British ColumbiaOriginally built with a B-B configuration but modified in 1993.586June 1956RS-10sB-BStatic display, Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum, Prince George, British Columbia631January 1966American Locomotive CompanyC420Operational, Arkansas and Missouri Railroad, Springdale, ArkansasSold after being retired in December 2001. Originally Lehigh and Hudson River Railway No. 25.632Sold after being retired in December 2001. Originally Lehigh and Hudson River Railway No. 26.641September 1973Montreal Locomotive WorksM420WUnoperational, Sartigan Railway, Vallée-Jonction, QuebecUsed for spare parts since acquisition in 2020. Previously Ontario Southland Railway No. 641.642Operational, Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad, New YorkCurrently numbered No. 2042.644October 1973Operational, Sartigan Railway, Vallée-Jonction, QuebecCurrently No. 2044. Previously Ontario Southland Railway No. 644.645Operational, Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad, New YorkCurrently lettered for parent company, Genesee Valley, and numbered No. 2045. Frequently operated in Pennsylvania.646Operational, Sartigan Railway, Vallée-Jonction, QuebecPreviously Ontario Southland Railway No. 646.647Currently No. 2047. Previously Ontario Southland Railway No. 647.705December 1970M630C-COperational, Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad, Scranton, PennsylvaniaRepainted as No. 1776 for U.S. Semiquincentennial. Sold to Delaware-Lackawanna as No. 3007. Previously General Electric No. 5000.706Currently No. 3000. Previously operated by General Electric.4618April 1990General ElectricC40-8MOperational, Alberta Railway Museum, Edmonton, Alberta6001November 1983General Motors DieselGF6CStatic display, Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum, Prince George, British ColumbiaDonated to the museum in March 2004.BC-10August 1956Budd CompanyRDC-11A-A1Unoperational, Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad, Emmett, IdahoIn storage since excursion operations were ceased in 2016.BC-11BC-14December 1962Static display, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British ColumbiaPrivately owned. Originally BC-20.BC-15February 1957Operational, Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway, Aquidneck Island, Rhode IslandPreviously Wilton Scenic Railroad No. 15 until 2006.BC-21December 1962Operational, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British ColumbiaCurrently the primary motive power for excursions.BC-30September 1956RDC-3Operational, Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway, Aquidneck Island, Rhode IslandPreviously Wilton Scenic Railroad No. 30 until 2006.BC-31July 1956Unoperational, Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad, Emmett, IdahoIn storage since excursion operations were ceased in 2016.BC-33January 1957Static display, Railway Museum of British Columbia, Squamish, British ColumbiaRCC1March 1950Electro-Motive DieselRCC F7BB-BStatic display, Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum, Prince George, British ColumbiaPreviously RCC10 until the original RCC1 was retired. Originally Great Northern Railway No. 454C.
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