BC Rail

## General Info

Full Name: British Columbia Railway 1972 Onwards.

Previous Name: Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) 1912 – 1972.

Country of Origin: Canada.

Locale: British Columbia Canada.

Headquarters: North Vancouver British Columbia Canada.

Established: 1912.

Defuct: 2004.

Cause of Demise: Sold to Canadian National Railway.

Successor: Canadian National Railway.

## History

The Pacific Great Eastern was a Canadian Railway Company based in The Province of British Columbia, near the pacific coast. The Company was founded in the early 1910's and began operate between North Vancouver, Fort Nelson and Dease Lake. Like many Railroads The Company started out with Steam Locomotives until the 1950's when they where mostly replace by Diesel Locomotives in that era. Durring the 50's There passenger roster was upgraded to Budd RDC Diesel Railcars that were used in service until 2002, In 1972 The Company Changed it's name from Pacific Great Eastern to British Columbia Railway, After and The name change the Company still had a large Verity of Montreal Locomotive Works Diesels, The SD40-2's were the only EMD Locomotives ever purchess by the railroad. In 1983 The Name British Columbia Railway was shortened to simply just BC Rail. during that time, The company slowly began to replace The Two Tone Green Paintscheme, left over by PGE with a then new Red White & Blue Paintscheme to match the provincial flag of British Columbia. In the same time. BC Rail opened the Tumbler Ridge Electric line to haul coal, The GMD GF6C's where the only Electric Locomotives on that line. The Tumbler ridge line remained in service until it was closed down in 2000. In 1990 BC Rail purchased their well known Diesel Locomotives. known as The GE C40-8M's. The C40's and C44-9WL's were bought just to Replace Their Alco and MLW Diesels Durring The 1990's. They used to have a Intermodal Service before it was Discontinued. In 2000 The Company Once again change its paintscheme. From Red White & Blue to Phantom Blue. In 2004 the BC Government Sold BC Rail to CN.

## Steam Locomotives

0-6-0

2-6-2

2-8-0

2-8-2

## Diesel Locomotives

Alco, C-420

Alco, C-425

Budd, RDC

GE, B39-8E,

GE, Dash 8-40CM

GE, C44-9W

GE, C44-9WL

GMD, SD40-2

MLW, M420

GE, C36-M

MLW, M630

MLW, M630W

MLW, RS-18

GE, B36-7

## Liveries

Yellow & Green.

Green & Yellow.

Two Tone Green.

Red White & Blue.

Phantom Blue.

## Notable Engines

BC Rail #641

BC Rail #642

BC Rail #643

BC Rail #644

BC Rail #647

BC Rail #704

BC Rail #747

BC Rail #756

BC Rail #758

BC Rail #763

BC Rail #4613

BC Rail #4621

BC Rail #4625

## TV Shows

Airwolf (Deathtrain)

Highlander (1992 TV Series) (The Innocent)

The X-Files (Nisei), (731).

The Sentinel (Night Train), (Crossroads).

Millennium (In Arcadia Ego) - North Vancouver yard, BC Rail locomotives featured in the background.

Taken (2002) - featured in "Jacob and Jesse".

## Movies

La Menace (1977)

The Grey Fox (1982) - Railway line used for the film.

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) - Railway line used for the film.

Narrow Margin (1990) - One EMD SD40-2, painted in the Via rail livery for the movie.

Bird on a Wire (1990) - One MLW M630, rebranded into "S&C railway" for the movie.

Heck's Way Home (1995)

Hostage Train (1997)

Wrongfully accused (1998) - One engine rebranded into "the Friggin Express 3607 " for the movie.

Atomic Train (1999) - Two MLW M420s Repainted into "West rail 642 and 644 " and Two other MLW M420s Rebranded into "TCN&R 4920 and 4922" for the movie.

Final Run (1999) - One engine rebranded into "Americana 647" for the movie.

Final Destination (2000) - BC Rail MLW M420 747 as Itself just renumbered for the movie.

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

Extreme Ops (2002)

Agent Cody Banks (2003) - One engine rebranded into "Western Pacific Railway" for the movie.

Are We There Yet (2005) - One engine unlettered and numbered except number boards for the movie.

The Christmas Train (2017)

## Image Gallery

BC Rail, #641. MLW, M420.BC Rail, #642. MLW, M420.BC Rail, #643. MLW, M420.BC Rail, #644. MLW, M420.BC Rail #647, MLW M420.BC Rail, #609. MLW RS-18. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail. GE, Dash 8-40CM. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail. EMD, SD40-2. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail, #4643. GE C44-9WL. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail. Budd, RDC-9. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail, #4613. GE Dash 8-40CM. Featured in "Nisei".BC Rail, #4625. GE, Dash 8-40CM.BC Rail, #4625. featured in Atomic Train (1999).BC Rail Map, Before the merger with Canadian National.BC Rail, #747. MLW, M420. Featured in "Final Destination" (2000).Pacific Great Eastern Railway, MLW, M630, Featured in "La Menace" (1977).BCOL C36M #3624 In, Are We There Yet? (2005)BC Rail GE, Dash 8-40CM #4621 as Western Pacific Railway #4621 in, Agent Cody Banks (2003)BCOL SD40-2 #758 Lettered as "olympia Rail' in, The Sentinel-"Night Train"BC Rail RDC's in, "The Christmas Train" (2017)BC Rail GE, Dash 8-40CM #4625 In," Heck's Way Home" (1996)BCOL SD40-2 #758 In, "Heck's Way Home" (1996)BCOL M630 #704 Lettered as "S&C Railway" In, "Bird On a Wire" (1990)BC Rail, Budd Rdc-3, In, "Hostage Train" (1997)BC Rail, EMD, SD40-2 #757 as Via Rail #757. Featured in "Narrow Margin" (1990).BC Rail #642 as West Rail #642. Featured in "Atomic Train" (1999).BC Rail #644, as West Rail #644. Featured in "Atomic Train" (1999).BC Rail #643, as TCN&R #4920. Featured in "Atomic Train" (1999).BC Rail #641, as TCN&R #4922. Featured in "Atomic Train" (1999).BC Rail #647 as Americana Rail, #647. MLW, M420. Featured in "Final Run" (1999).BC Rail C40-8M 4606, Featured in "Highlander" "The innocent"