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Image depicts a saw cutting a log in half at a saw mill in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a large saw at an indoor location, likely in a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts machinery in a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts machinery stripping a log of its bark in a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts numerous stripped logs and several unidentified individuals in hard hats at a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts logs being cut into planks in the interior of a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts wood planks in the interior of a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts two unidentified individuals examining a thick log still attached to the machine that cut it down. It is located somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts two unidentified individuals examining a tractor meant to delimb trees. It is located in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts an unidentified individual examining a piece of heavy machinery used in the forestry industry. It is located in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts several pieces of heavy machinery used in forestry. The Coast Inn of the North is seen in the background.

Image depicts several pieces of heavy machinery used in forestry. The Coast Inn of the North is seen in the background.

Image depicts a piece of heavy machinery lifting numerous logs. It is likely located in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a piece of heavy machinery lifting numerous logs off the back of a logging truck. It is likely located in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a piece of heavy machinery lifting numerous logs off the back of a logging truck. It is likely located in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a man attaching a logging trailer to a crane on a wooden structure to stack the trailer on the truck. A Crestbrook Forest Industries sawmill is located in the background.

Image depicts a logging truck with its trailer being attached on top of it. A Crestbrook Forest Industries sawmill is located in the background.

The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.

Plan depicts Granville Island industrial sites in False Creek, Vancouver. Shows revised trackage from 1955 annotated in colour by Davies.

Photograph depicts coal miners near Buckley Bay. The afternoon shift (3 p.m.) is going down the Tsable drift mine, which is the only working coal pit on Vancouver Island in 1964 and has a total of 70 employees. It is run by the Comox Colliery Co. and has a daily production of 200-300 tons.

Photograph depicts the Tsable coal pit on Vancouver Island as the first coal of the afternoon shift being hauled up.

Photograph depicts a small coal tram at Tsable coal pit near Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a general view, looking north, of Westview Harbour with the Powell River paper plant smoking in the background.

Photograph depicts the newsprint plant of MacMillan, Bloedell, and Powell River Ltd. In Powell River, B.C. The view is looking northwards and shows that the plant is working on Easter Day/

Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts dumping logs at Gold River on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts a baby seal at C.N. log drop at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a mill on the north stream of the north arm of the Fraser River, looking east from the Fraser St. bridge.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts logger sports at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts a logging museum in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts an early type of spool donkey circa 1890-1900, on display at Promised Land Park on the Olympia Peninsula in Washington state.

Photograph depicts a steam donkey located in the Crown Zellerbach Museum at Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a tractor owned by G. Wellburn at the Duncan Forest Museum.

Photograph depicts an early type of steam donkey mounted on a flatcar and attached to a Shay Tank. It is displayed on the roadside at Promised Land Park, probably near Forks, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

Photograph depicts a steam donkey beside a mill pond of a shingle mill at Sappho or Tyee, on the Olympic Peninsula. It is steam fed from the main plant boiler.

Photograph depicts a Vancouver Iron Works built steam donkey in use until the early 1950s. It was purchased for $800 by an enthusiast in 1963 , set up beside home and roadside at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts the reverse view of a steam donkey at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a view of a steam donkey probably at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a saw on the outskirts of Courtenay on the road to Cumberland.

Photograph depicts an early spool donkey at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum

Photograph depicts a donkey engine at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum

Photograph depicts a beehive burner at Brownsville Sawmills Ltd. On Olson St. in south Westminster, Surrey. It is on the banks of the Fraser River just below the Patullo Bridge.