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On December 14, 2025, the Hillcrest #1 Shay steam locomotive wore a Nathan 5 chime step-top whistle, as a special treat. Usually in 2025, this Shay has worn a Kinsley 4 chime barrel-style whistle.

This was during the "Christmas Express" holiday train events on the narrow-gauge Cowichan Valley Railway, at the BC Forest Discovery Centre in North Cowichan, on Vancouver Island.

This Nathan steam whistle was in the CN Shops at/near Edmonton, and that's where Vern Wellburn (son of Gerry Wellburn, who founded this Forest Museum) obtained it from his brother in-law. So presumably it worked a CN mainline steam locomotive (my assumption).
Then Vern Wellburn later gave it to Brian who is a locomotive engineer at the BC Forest Discovery Centre.

This Nathan steam whistle is designed for 200psi of steam, but this little Class B Shay only runs at approximately 150-160psi of steam.

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Thanks to Ben Miller for use of his in-cab video which I was able to sync to my audio at the 11:57 mark of my video.

Photo Album link is here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1320134...

2024's video is here:
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0:00 - Introduction
2:12 - Shop Area
3:30 - Departure
4:51 - 4:00pm Trip
7:41 - 4:30pm Trip
11:25 - 5:00pm Trip
11:50 - Best Part
12:28 - 5:00pm Trip
14:02 - 5:30pm Trip
15:30 - 6:00pm Trip
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The Hillcrest #1 Shay is a narrow-gauge oil burning steam locomotive in the Cowichan Valley of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

This Class-B Shay has a present-era weight of approximately 28 tons. She was construction number 3147 in 1920 at the factory in Lima Ohio, USA.

After a pre-delivery factory conversion from narrow-gauge to standard-gauge, she arrived at Hillcrest Lumber on Vancouver Island in early 1921, and worked for Hillcrest Lumber in Sahtlam, and then for other companies in the Cowichan Valley and Crofton until 1963.

Following conversion back to narrow-gauge and oil burning, she was donated to the newly formed Cowichan Valley Forest Museum which opened in 1965. This museum is now known as the BC Forest Discovery Centre, located on Drinkwater Road in North Cowichan, on Vancouver Island.

The Hillcrest #1 Shay was one of the steam locomotives that pulled the visitor train in the early years of the forest museum, and she did this from the late 1960s until 1998. Following this, she went into storage, and the visitor train was then pulled mainly by the Vulcan #25 "Samson" steam locomotive.

A rebuild project was started in 2016 and was completed in Spring 2024. The Hillcrest #1 Shay is now in-service, pulling the visitor train on various days during weekends in Summer and for special events.

Viewer comment quote from Lynx8779 regarding Shay locomotives: "I love these little guys. They try so hard and go so slow, yet pull half the earth behind them."

https://bcforestdiscoverycentre.com/p...