File:1977-09-16 BCH85+89+88-1000-kW-generator-boxcars-at-McBride Ken-Perry 4800-dpi-1920x1297-pixels-1280x864.jpg

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To augment stationary generating capacity as demand increased, BC Hydro & Power Authority had a small fleet of generator boxcars, like these three 1000 kW examples numbers 85, 89, and 88, at McBride on Friday 1977-09-16. Their EMD 567 engines sounded just like locomotives, and the sound baffled me when standing at the CN depot just 0.3 mile east — there must be one heavy eastward freight approaching! This image ©Ken Perry all rights reserved.

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