28 minutes DVD (CN1009)

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To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of steam engine 1009 (ex CNR) the Canadian Railroad Historical Association (New Brunswick), the New Brunswick Railway Museum & OBE Video have teamed up to create this video .

1009 has a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement and was built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912 for contractors O'Brien, McDougall & O'Gorman who were building the National Transcontinental Railway. After construction of the NTR was finished, the locomotive was purchased by the Canadian Government Railways which later became Canadian National Railways. 1009 last operated (as 1165) on the CNR in March 1958.

She was stored and subsequently went to the CRHA museum in Delson, Quebec in the 1960s. 1009 came to Hillsborough in November 1983 on a flat car. She was restored and operated on the CRHA(NB)'s tourist railway between Hillsborough & Baltimore for 10 years. Her final appearance in steam (albeit at reduced pressure) was for the movie "Paradise Siding" in August 1998. 1009 is now a static exhibit at the New Brunswick Railway Museum in Hillsborough.

The DVD begins with photographs of 1009 in operation as early as 1938 and a commentary on her history. The video portion starts with her trip to Hillsborough in 1983 and then shows her being steamed. Next, 1009 is filmed from both the lineside and from on board the train as she carries tourists between Hillsborough and Salem. We also see operations on the footplate (annotated with the names of the controls). Finally we see 1009 with a work train at several locations during the filming of the movie "Paradise Siding".