File consists of research material regarding Canadian Pacific Railway diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotives; CP C-Liners; E&N dieselization; CP Rail switchers; and depictions of various CPR locomotives. Also includes a 1985 publication by Jim Hope entitled "Those Beautiful 'C' Liners: A Photo Album of 'C' Liners in British Columbia".
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.
File consists of research material regarding BC Rail diesel locomotives and diesel locomotives owned by other smaller railways in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the first PGE diesel locomotives; the PGE/BCR roster of diesel locomotives; BCR electric locomotives; BNSF diesel locomotives; GNR diesel locomotives; and VIA Rail diesel locomotives, among others.
File consists of research material regarding Budd cars (rail diesel cars) and earlier self-propelled coaches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on car schematics; the operating history of CNR Railiners; CPR Dayliners; GNR RDC-3 Budd car; CNR 15820; the CPR 'Motor Car' of 1906; the first use of diesel traction in British Columbia; GTW Doodlebugs; KVR Budd cars; and Kamloops rail jitneys. Also includes issue no. 491 of Canadian Rail, which features articles on Budd cars in Canada.
File consists of research material regarding miscellaneous topics related to diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on diesel-electric locomotives; train horns; locomotive servicing; end-cab switchers; early diesel locomotive designs; and locomotive remote control.
File consists of research material regarding examples of mainstream power related to diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Included examples of locomotives had a minimum of 1,000 units built in North America, such as the ALCO RS1, EMD SD40-2, EMD GP38-2, and Montreal Locomotive Works M420, among others.
File consists of a publication by Donald C. Lewis entitled "Rail Canada: PGE/BC Rail Diesels 1948 to 1981".
File consists of a publication by Murray W. Dean and David B. Hanna entitled "Canadian Pacific Diesel Locomotives".
File consists of research material regarding passenger cars in general, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on rail diesel cars (RDC/Budd car), baggage coaches, diner cars, Pullman cars/sleeper cars, observation cars, and other passenger coaches.
File consists of research material regarding passenger cars owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway and BC Rail (PGE), which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding business cars and private coaches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding revenue head-end cars attached to passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding the manufacturers and major repairers of passenger cars, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding freight cars in general, including statistics, general reviews, and their evolution and historical development. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes "Locomotive, Trolley, and Rail Car Builders: An All-Time Directory" by Ian Arnold (Railway History Quarterly, 1965); a CN Rail freight car roster from 1972; "CN's Freight Car Fleet & Numbering System--1919-1996" by Ian Cranstone (CN Lines, 1996); and excerpts from a 1979 CP Rail Equipment Data Book with data sheets from stock cars, flat cars, ore cars, and woodchip cars.
File consists of research material regarding various topics related to freight cars, including reporting marks, car design, weight, and consolidated stencils. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes issue no. 244 of Canadian Rail magazine, which features an article by Wilkinson entitled "A Quarter-Century of Freight Car Design", and a 2010 issue of the Sterling Rail classifieds.
File consists of research material regarding freight car components, including couplers, trucks, brakes, doors, grab irons, wheel sets, and axles. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of a 2006 publication by James W. Kerr entitled "Illustrated Treasury of Modern Freight Cars of North America".
File consists of two 2000 publications by Richard Yaremko from the "Canadian Rail Car Pictorial" series entitled "Volume Five: Canadian Pacific Stock & Refrigerator Cars" and "Volume Six: Canadian National Refrigerator & Stock Cars".
File consists of research material regarding boxcar design progression over the decades, including profiles for 36-footer, 40-footer, 50-footer, and 60-footer boxcars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding boxcars owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway, and BC Rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding boxcars in general, excluding boxcars owned by CPR, CNR, and BCR. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding hoppers, including open hoppers, coal cars, pneumatic discharge covered hoppers, covered hoppers, and cylindrical covered hoppers (grain hoppers). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding stock cars, including double-deck stock cars, the end of stock car service, and depictions of stock car types. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding tank cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding refrigerator cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding gondolas, coiled steel cars, and ore cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding lumber cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding flat cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding woodchip cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding automobile carriers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding container cars and intermodal service. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding cabooses. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes a 1990 issue of Trains magazine featuring articles related to cabooses.
File consists of research material regarding various topics related to cranes, pile drivers, ditchers, ballast spreaders and flangers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding freight car service cars, work trains, and other miscellaneous non-revenue cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway timetable code resources.
File consists of two photocopied early Canadian Pacific Railway timetables: Kettle Valley Railway Time Table 2 (29 Aug. 1915) and Lulu Island Branch Time Table 3 (7 June 1903).
File consists of photocopied Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N) timetables. Includes time table 17 (6 Aug. 1914); time table 20 (16 May 1920); time table 6 (28 Apr. 1963); and a public time table (24 Sept. 1950).
File consists of photocopied Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Division timetable 8 (6 June 1909) and timetable 15 (6 May 1906).
File consists of original Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Region Timetables 102 (27 Sept. 1953) and 108 (30 Sept. 1956).
File consists of an original Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Region Timetable 95 (24 Apr. 1966)
File consists of an original Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Division timetable 99 (28 Apr. 1968).
File consists of original Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Region timetables 85 (25 Oct. 1970), 96 (25 Apr. 1971), and 99 (29 Oct. 1972).
File consists of original CPR Pacific Region timetables 96 (28 Oct. 1979) and 98 (3 Feb. 1980).
File consists of original CPR Pacific Region timetables 97 (30 Oct. 1983) and 100 (7 Nov. 1985).
File consists of an original CPR West timetable 92 (7 June 1987).
File consists of an original CPR Alberta, Revelstoke, and Vancouver Divisions timetable 87 (26 Apr. 1992). Also includes Supplement No. 1 to Time Table No. 87.
File consists of an original CPR Vancouver Service Area timetable 62 (20 Jan. 2006).
File consists of CNR timetable code resources.
File consists of CNR British Columbia District time tables:
Timetable 2 (1 Oct. 1922) - Photocopy, complete
Timetable 7 (15 Nov. 1925) - Photocopy, incomplete (includes only Albreda, Clearwater, and Kamloops Subdivisions)
Timetable 10 (8 Jan. 1933) - Photocopy, complete
Timetable 28 (27 June 1943) - Original, complete
File consists of an original and complete CNR BC timetable 3 (30 Oct. 1960).