What We Love: The Old Comox & Campbell Lake Logging Tramway

This photo is from 1912 when crew members still rode the loads

VanIsle.News Staff

Black and white photo of a logging train from the Comox and Campbell Lake Railway Company.
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This prairie-type locomotive was a workhorse on VanIsle after the turn of the 20th century.

But look past the train and who do you see?

Riding the loads was dangerous work.

The folks at Old Vancouver Island on Facebook brought this beauty out from the archives. Check them out for more history.