Boston Bar, BC

2013.6.36.1.071.04
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Photograph depicts a free aerial car ferry crossing over the Fraser River. It took 1 car at a time and was in perpetual use at the time Davies crossed.

Canadian National Railway - Boston Bar

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File
[May 2004]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of CNR maintenance of way equipment in Boston Bar, British Columbia.

CN Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.116.04
Item
Aug. 1995

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Boston Bar CN depot that once was a dismissal point of some importance that had a roundhouse, turntable, etc. The depot was now empty, awaiting a purchase.

CN Boston Bar and Fraser Canyon

2013.6.36.1.116
File
1994-1998

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of CN in Boston Bar, British Columbia.

CN car

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Item
[May 1998]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CN car #55402, built in 1935.

CN car

2013.6.36.1.116.09
Item
[May 1998]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CN car #55402, built in 1935.

CN locomotive crew change point

2013.6.36.1.116.03
Item
Aug. 1994

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a locomotive crew change point in Boston Bar. Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours train visible.

CN locomotive crew change point

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Item
Aug. 1994

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a locomotive crow change point in Boston Bar. Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours passing eastbound. The depot was abandoned and up for sale.

CN locomotive crew change point

2013.6.36.1.116.01
Item
Aug. 1994

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a locomotive crew change point in Boston Bar. Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours train visible.

CN track

2013.6.36.1.116.06
Item
[May 1998]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts disused CN track that had been promised to Kamloops Heritage Railway.

CN turntable pit

2013.6.36.1.116.07
Item
[May 1998]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CN turntable pit in Boston Bar.

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.01
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts train #1, the Super Continental, headed westbound, that was just entering the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking southward.

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.03
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Its engineer made no attempt to pull the passenger cars in order to face the depot. As a consequence, 3 locomotives and 4 baggage cars occupied the platform area and the rest of the cars covered the grade crossing and track to the north.

CNR Boston Bar

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Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a former house about 200 yards south of the depot on the eastern side of the main track.

CNR Boston Bar

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Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking towards the north. Sign on the depot says "Restaurant" (which was defunct) and "Boston Bar: 2802 miles Montreal, 132 miles Vancouver."

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.09
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the three long distance westbound freights being held by the Super Continetal, a westbound train.

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.02
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking northward.

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.06
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a fire fighting tender that displays an older CNR insignia.

CNR Boston Bar

2013.6.36.1.036.04
Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking southward.

CNR Boston Bar

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Item
10 Oct. 1971

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a passenger train, the Super Continental. The train had stopped for a locomotive crew change.

CNR caboose

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Item
[July 1989]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR caboose, possibly near Boston Bar.

CNR caboose "For Engineering Use"

2013.6.36.1.114.02
Item
[May 2004]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR caboose labelled "For Engineering Use." Spotted on a spur behind several ballast cars labelled "Branch Line Rehabilitation."

CNR tractor

2013.6.36.1.114.01
Item
[May 2004]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR tractor, an old piece of Maintenance of Way equipment coverted to haul equipment required to run at low speeds. It also saved switchers.