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Britannia Beach mine electric railway
2013.6.36.1.054.39 · Pièce · 30 Sept. 1975
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mine electric railway. Visible is a powder car that was painted red and head a wooden box. It was used twice weekly on the explosives haul till the Anaconda Britannia Mine was closed on November 1, 1974.

Britannia Beach mule locomotive
2013.6.36.1.054.29 · Pièce · 30 Sept. 1975
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depits a mule locomotive. A contractor from Calgray won the contract to remove the rails of the Anaconda Britannia Mine that was closed on November 1, 1974. The contractor bought the locomotive to do the job. It pulled out 2000-3000 ft. of twin sets of rails from the far end of a tunnel to open air at this point. Then, it unbolted them further into lengths and stocked them for shipment possibly to the Yukon.

Britannia Beach railway equipment
2013.6.36.1.054.40 · Pièce · 30 Sept. 1975
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a view of some of the auctioned mine railway equipment in the yards of the Anaconda Britannia Mine. Visible on the left are repair shops and dump ore cars. On the left are flat cars including one with pole support used to depoit graphite grease on an overhead copper cable.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive
2013.6.36.1.054.34 · Pièce · [8 June 1974]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #8 built by Baldwin and was presumably the oldest amongtst the locomotives at the Britannia Copper Mine. It was only used for track maintenance.

Britannia Copper Mine tunnel
2013.6.36.1.054.08 · Pièce · [8 June 1974]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a dead end 100 yard tunnel beyond the ore bins in Britannia Beach. Davies notes that it was easier to tunnel than to make a track shelf.

Brodie Junction on CPR line
2013.6.36.1.020.13 · Pièce · 15 Oct. 1972
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Brodie Junction on the CPR Spences Bridge to Princeton line, located at mile 65.2 from Spences Bridge. The former northbound connector of the Coquihalla line (Hope to Brodie) is in the right foreground but it's not a dead-end spur of 200 yards in length. The mainline makes an 180 degree loop at this point. The tracks in the left rear of the photo lead to Merritt. The elevation is 3025 ft.

Brookmere water tower
2013.6.36.1.149.19 · Pièce · 10 Aug. 1991
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a water tower maintained by volunteers. It moved to the present site from a concrete base near the KVR trackside.

Buildings at the CPR McCulloch depot
2013.6.36.1.026.06 · Pièce · [22 June 1979]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a possible storage and coal shed, and toilets located on the west side of track about a quarter mile north of the McCulloch depot building. McCulloch depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

"Butterchurch" on Comiaken Hill
2013.6.36.1.074.09 · Pièce · Sept. 1966
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts "Butterchurch" that was built in 1870 under the direction of Father Rondeault of the Oblate Order for missionary work among the Comiakan Natives, a tribe of about 100. It was abandoned by about 1880 because of its location. It was recently restored as a historical shrine.