Atkinson class S.V.2 4-6-0 I No. 200 (CPNS 7-97), constructed as a simple locomotive, is shown here as II No.494, class D5a, pulling the first train into Port Alberni, B.C., on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in December 1911. – Canadian Pacific collection. Photo and Information source – “Classification And Dimensions of Locomotives”, edited by Omar Lavalle’e, 1945.
This appears to be the locomotive – No. 494 that was resting in the La Riviere round house in Post number 220. (Click on photo for detail)
221 The La Riviere Yard, mile 111of the La Riviere Sub. and mile 0 of the Napinka Sub.
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