Summerland British Columbia - The Kettle Valley Steam Railway's locomotive will be featured in a new documentary.
 
The sounds of the locomotive could be heard in Summerland on Saturday, 31 Oct 2020, during the filming of the documentary.
 
Doug Campbell, a brakeman and board member with the steam railway and a history buff, said the documentary is about engine CP 3512, a 2-8-0 that was lost off the barge on Slocan Lake on New Year's Eve, 1946.
 
The engine, caboose, and snowplow are believed to be in relatively good condition at the bottom of Slocan Lake, he said.
 
Kettle Valley Steam Railway's engine 3716, was built in 1912.
 
It is a former Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 steam locomotive (N2b class) and is similar to the locomotive in the documentary.
 
Summerland's locomotive is larger in boiler size and the entire locomotive weighs 17,000 kilograms more than the one from the 1946 incident.
 
The Summerland locomotive was also built five years later, is oil-fired instead of coal-fired, and has a larger tender.
 
"It's just that 3716 is a little larger in boiler size, and the locomotive overall weight is 38,000 lbs. heavier, built five years later, oil-fired vs. coal-fired, and has a larger tender with a capacity of 45,000 litres instead of 22,700 litres. The Kettle Valley Steam Railway is the only place in Canada with an operating CP 2-8-0 configuration. Our access to track, steam locomotive expertise, ability to functionally operate without traffic constraints, and to suit film industry needs, were the major factors in the KVSR being selected to be part of this documentary," Campbell said.
 
HogHead Media is producing a pilot television documentary series showcasing the history of trains in B.C., the economic and the social impacts of the railway systems, and the people who are involved in it, said Producer Colten Wilke.
 
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