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CPR depot Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.051.04 · Item · 15 Oct. 1974
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a close up of a shay locomotive last steamed in service at the Elk Falls Mile near Campbell River on October 9, 1973. Here, it was on en-route to the National Museum of Sciene in Ottawa after being off-loaded from a Gulf of Georgia barge at the CPR "A" dock.

CPR depot at Proctor, BC
2013.6.36.1.028.43 · Item · 16 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Proctor, located at mile 117.5 from Cranbrook on the Nelson Subdivision. David Davies notes: "The view is looking east and shows the spur at right leading to a barge slip on Kootenay Lake. The majority of the spur rails here are dated 1908-1910." An updated description provided by a subject expert suggests that this view is actually looking west.

CPR depot at Okanagan Falls
2013.6.36.1.023.08 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Okanagan Falls, located at mile 10.6 from Penticton. The depot is locked and unused but it used to be the southern terminus of Skaha Lake when the line first opened in 1922. When the route along the edge of Skaha Lake was built, the Okanagan lost its barge and car slips in 1931. There is also a water pump at the right of the depot.

CPR depot at Castlegar
2013.6.36.1.028.40 · Item · 14 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Castlegar. The left-hand track leads to Trail and the right-hand track to Midway and Penticton. The picture was taken at about 1 pm with the Nelson to Midway way freight train standing at the depot. The caboose was built in 1913. The view is looking west.

CPR crane at Osprey Lake
2013.6.36.1.022.27 · Item · 3 Aug. 1981
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR crane at Osprey lake on the Kettle Valley Railway line. It is located at mile 38.8 on the Princeton Subdivision. The crane is #414204, manufactured by Browning in Cleveland, Ohio.

CPR crane at Osprey Lake
2013.6.36.1.022.28 · Item · 3 Aug. 1981
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR crane at Osprey lake on the Kettle Valley Railway line. It is located at mile 38.8 on the Princeton Subdivision. The crane is #414204, manufactured by the Browning Crane and Shovel Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. It is model NL 300 locomotive crane, with a boom length of 38 to 55 ft. and a lifting capacity with a varying radius from 30 T to 40 T.

CPR Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.130.06 · Item · Sept. 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts weighing track in Cranbrook. Presumably, locomotives took the track on the left side, while cars used the weigh track on the right side.

CPR Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.130.07 · Item · Sept. 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a brick roundhouse of 5 or 6 stalls that were used for stores and non-locomotive activities.