Saturday, May 9, 2026

The Budds in Squamish


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On Thursday, June 28, 1984, British Columbia Railway, aka BC Rail, (reporting mark BCOL) BC-31 was leading the Budd powered Cariboo Prospector northbound at Squamish, BC, Canada. Train engineer John (Johnny "The Jet") Alexander was in the open baggage door looking back at the boarding process.
BC-31 was a Budd RDC-3. Reportedly: it was built in 1956, builder's number 6302, as GN 2350, it became BN 2350, then AMTK 43. BCOL acquired it in 1976. In 2003 it was sold, it became ORRX 31, then WURR 31, then INPR 31.
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Nikon F2, Ilford Pan-F Film, Negative 1.1.17.31.40A
DSLR Scan 2026.5.1.1.14, 15-ph

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