Locomotive No. 2 'Emory' c. 1882
BCA Negative No. I-30840
Photo: City of Vancouver Archives, CAN.P.124
Photograph in Onderdonk Album, #5, 6. (BCA Accession No. 98401-6)

The locomotive arrived at Emory on October 25, 1881, aboard the S.S. Western Slope. It had previously been used by Onderdonk in the building of the sea wall at San Francisco.

The Inland Sentinel reported on November 3, 1881, that:

The new engine, No. 2, has arrived and is not the ‘monster’ some of our down river friends would have it. The weight of No. 1 is 36 tons, while No. 2 is only 16 tons. However, as a ‘Yard Engine’—sometimes called ‘Pony Engine’—it is all right to appearance and can render good service in handling the train, should No. 1 require to go to the Machine Shop for repairs, or at times when two propelling powers may be needed to facilitate business. Altogether No. 2 is an acquisition to the plant—even if it is comparatively small and well on in years.

The locomotive was also nicknamed 'Curly,' an expression also used to describe the devil. Apparently, this locomotive had been known to move on its own in the Engine House...

An item in The Inland Sentinel of March 2, 1882, informs us that a Mr. F. Crotty was "building a 600 gallon tank, now on wheels as a tender to the small engine." Another view of this locomotive is included in the Onderdonk Albums (#1, 23a.)