The Feather River & The Hillcrest 49 Mins #SRP-FRH $39.95 Flooding behind the Oroville Dam eventually drowned the Feather River Railway and its magnificent canyon scenery, but not before Glenn Beier had the chance to commit almost the entire line to film. This includes the 90 ton monster Shays numbers 2 and 3 barreling across an S-curved trestle above the awesome gorge of the South Fork to tackle the famous 5.3% grade. Even has a scene of the two triple-heading with diesel 102. The refurbishing and delivery of their surplus shay number 1 to Oroville for permanent exhibition follows, including the special train of invited guests. This is an in-depth, full length coverage of California’s last surviving steam operated common carrier. Hillcrest More than 25% of all logging locomotives in British Columbia, including rod engines, were Climaxes. Here you’ll see the company that specialized in Climaxes, The Hillcrest, and their number 10. The engine works the mill yard at Honeymoon Bay and Lake Mesachie and then takes off on the main line to Lake Cowichan winding between the dramatically lit lakes and mountains of Vancouver Island. With its cylinders canted at a rakish 45 degree angle, a Climax in action resembled nothing so much as a fireworks pin wheel, but the men who worked them in the woods swore they were the world’s best geared locomotives. Comox A brief look at the rod engines of the Comox Railway working at Headquarters and Ladysmith. back