EDMONTON TRANSIT SYSTEM
 LRT Specialty Equipment
2001- 1912 GE/ Alco 50 Ton Steeple Cab Locomotive, ex BC Hydro, nee Oregon Electric

#2001 was purchased used by Edmonton Transit from BC Hydro for use as a work locomotive on the LRT extensions under Jasper Ave. In this roll it has been used to haul spoil out during construction, and supplies in, including the tunnel boring machine. The locomotive was also used for construction work on the University Extension, and other maintenance purposes around the LRT system. The locomotive was retired and donated to the Edmonton Radial Railway Society around 1998. Subsequently, the ERRS donated the locomotive to the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway where it is was display, and since then it has been repatriated to Oregon in 2017 after the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society acquired the locomotive.

(Sources: Personal observations, Edmonton's Electric Transit, Various Editions of the Canadian Trackside Guide)

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 100012		 2001 July 11, 1980 Edmonton Transit #2001 posed for photos near Cromdale
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 100014		 2001 July 11, 1980 Edmonton Transit #2001 posed with a dump car.
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 100013		 2001 July 11, 1980 Edmonton Transit #2001 with a dump car in the "dump" position
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 100015		 2001 July 11, 1980 Edmonton Transit #2001 with Cromdale in the background.
2001 September 1981 Edmonton Transit #2001 in the Cromdale Yard.
2001 June 23, 1982 Edmonton Transit #2001 in the Cromdale Yard.
2001 May 26, 1986 Edmonton Transit #2001 posed for photos out in the DLM Yard. Note the different pantograph that the car now sports.
ex 2001 July 9, 2016 ex ETS 2001 in Cloverdale, BC on display with the FVHR, fitted with a trolley pole and it's BC Hydro fleet number.
ex 2001 July 9, 2016 ex ETS 2001 in Cloverdale, BC on display with the FVHR.
ex 2001 July 9, 2016 ex ETS 2001 in Cloverdale, BC on display with the FVHR.
ex 2001 July 9, 2016 ex ETS 2001 in Cloverdale, BC on display with the FVHR.
ex 2001 July 9, 2016 ex ETS 2001 in Cloverdale, BC on display with the FVHR.

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