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CNR Kallum
2013.6.36.1.053.16 · Item · Sept. 1982
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a private crane in a private pole yard adjacent to mile 3.5 on the Skeena Subdivision, on the western outskirt of Terrace.

CNR Hope
2013.6.36.1.036.35 · Item · 1 Mar. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a wreck crane and train standing by while freight trains pass. Image captured before the freight train returned to the wreck of some locomotive and freight cars about 2 miles north of Hope.

CNR Hope
2013.6.36.1.036.32 · Item · 2 Mar. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Port Mann wrecking train with a crane. The image captured the train waiting for allowance to pass before the crane was to be propelled 2 miles up the Fraser Canyon to a wreck of freight in which a train ran into a mud slide causing it to fall upright into the icy shallowness of a river.

CNR Hope
2013.6.36.1.036.25 · Item · 1 Mar. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at about 2 miles west of Hope. The visible crossing here leads to the airport in Hope. The track further west of this was being laid in a continous welded rail.

CNR Hope
2013.6.36.1.036.33 · Item · 2 Mar. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Port Mann wreck train standing on siding to allow westbound grain trains to pass by and then to be propelled back to a working site of a wreck 2 miles north in Fraser Canyon. On February 28, a freight ran into a slide and fell upright into ice at the rivers edge. About 8 cars were destroyed in a fire.

CNR heavy duty snow plow
2013.6.36.1.109.24 · Item · [Jan. 2007]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Image captures a close up of the coupler and moveable lower front plate.

CNR heavy duty snow plow
2013.6.36.1.109.25 · Item · [Jan. 2007]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Photo captures details of a door on its left side.

CNR Greater Vancouver lines
2013.6.21.2.4 · File · 2002-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material relating to the Canadian National Railway Greater Vancouver lines. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "CN Extends Ewen Branch on Lulu Island" by Johnson; "The Canadian Northern Pacific on Lulu Island" by Johnson; and "CNR's Lulu Island Branch Failed to Make Connections" by Johnson.

CNR Fraser Canyon
2013.6.36.1.036.20 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused depot at Chapmans which is located about 25 minutes north of Hope and 1/2 north of Alexandra Bridge near Spuzzum.

CNR Fort Langley
2013.6.36.1.036.10 · Item · 24 Apr. 1971
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CN stock car with a second loading train in position. The stock car was built iin 1931 and on the side of it states: "Return to Eckville."

CNR Fort Langley
2013.6.36.1.036.24 · Item · [June 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a water tank car, #80097. The top view, from the rear end shows 6 filling holes (3 pairs) covered by wood foot boards and an empty coal bunker can be seen beyond.

CNR Fort Langley
2013.6.36.1.036.31 · Item · [June 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the passenger station in Fort Langley. Davies notes that one of the rooms in the station used to be a communications office. The rest of the of the building was disused and some rooms were in shambles.

CNR Fort Fraser
2013.6.36.1.039.10 · Item · [9 July 1980]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Phot taken at a passing poin in Fort Fraser. A third-class station was built at this location in 1923, but it was removed in 1971.

CNR Finmore
2013.6.36.1.039.09 · Item · [10 July 1980]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on mile 50.2 at the Nechako Subdivision. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway erected a type "e" station at this location in 1914.

CNR Falkland
2013.6.36.1.043.01 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Falkland which is located between Kamloops and Vernon. It was opened by the CNR in 1926, but closed in 1966. However, freight service was still maintained in 1966. Principal freight came from a gypsum mine that operated from 1926 to 1956.

2013.6.36.1.014.35 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused C.N.R. rail barge at Tilbury in the lower Fraser River, looking upstream. The shadow is of a bridge, sleeping and messing quarters for the crew. It is not known if the barge is self-propelled but it seems unlikely from its appearance.

CNR diesel locomotives
2013.6.10.2.3 · File · 2002-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding Canadian National Railways diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CN GP9s; the CN dieselization program; GE Dash 8 locomotives; SW1200RS locomotives; RS-3's and RS-10's; and many other depictions of various locomotive types.

2013.6.36.1.060.03 · Item · 23 Sept. 1971
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 23 car train that belonged to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey. 2 of the cars are visible. The train's make-up included: 1 observation car for the circus manager, 1 generator and tool car, 4 animals cars, which also was used for baggage, and 17 accomodation cars for the performers, but were also devoted to circus equipment.

2013.6.36.1.060.02 · Item · 23 Sept. 1971
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 23 car train that belonged to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey. 19 cars were on one string on the north side and 4 were on the south side. Presumably, visible is the circus manager's car which is at the end of the train. The circus performed at the Pacific Coliseum from September 22-26. It was its 100th year anniversary.

2013.6.36.1.009.12 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) station at Clearwater, on the mainline between Kamloops and Tete Juane Cache Junction, about 75 miles north of Kamloops. The main trade is lumber. The view is looking south.

CNR Deerholme Junction
2013.6.36.1.044.37 · Item · [May 1985]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the former Deerholme Junction. Image captured looking southward, towards an abandoned lien that led to Victoria. A locomotive and caboose are visible. Both were used for traffic between Cowichan Harbour and Youbou, but not frequently.

CNR Deerholme Junction
2013.6.36.1.044.43 · Item · [6 May 1975]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the view of the yards looking north towards the Youbou branch. The southwards branch, located behind the camera, had just re-opened to Leechtown 2 days prior. Way freights are visible on the line.