Cowichan Valley Travel, Tourism and Photography Information

If you enjoy Christmas lights and trains head out to the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan for their Christmas Express. You will have an opportunity to ride through the forest and among their many historic buildings in one of their old steam trains, ”Sampson” built in 1910. Take a look at the stats, impressive:

Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25 “Sampson”

Technical Data:

Designation: Class C-6, 0-4-0 ST.
Weight: 18 tons.
Built: 1910, as c/n 1549.
Cylinder dimensions: 10×16
Boiler pressure: originally 140 pounds per square inch – now 150 psi).
Hauling capacity on straight level track: 95 tons.
Gauge: narrow (36 inches).
Fuel: originally coal – now oil.

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