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CPR line, downtown Kamloops
2013.6.36.1.104.02 · Item · [13 June 1993]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot and a westbiund container freight standing in the yard. Two cabooses for local way-freight and a switcher were located on the rear spur.

Sperry Rail testing car
2013.6.36.1.104.11 · Item · Nov. 1993
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Sperry Rail testing car in the CPR yard in downtown Kamloops. These cars must have been between 60 and 70 years old, but they were kept in excellent condition. Car #127 was built in 1926 and modernized in 1989.

Turntable in Kamloops
2013.6.36.1.095.02 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a turntable located at the CN Junction in Kamloops. It was strpped of rails and decking prior to being lifted out of the well.

Former CN turntable pit
2013.6.36.1.095.05 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a turntable that had been lifted out of a pit and set on the ground at the Kamloops Junction. Lifting had been done by two powerful sterling cranes.

2013.6.36.1.093.08 · Item · Aug. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Beaver Trucking located on Kamloops Indian Reserve No. 1 on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc territory, Kamloops, BC. It had been a company since 1990 and received 2 or 3 boxcars weekly loaded with items from Toronto that were then delivered around town. Davies later noted that the business was destroyed by arson in 1997.

Former CN turntable pit
2013.6.36.1.095.03 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a former turntable pit that was pictured immediately after the table was removed. The pit was later filled in with dirt/gravel. R.H. track wioth 2 locomotives was made into a running line. L.H. track that had a switcher was made into a dead-end spur.

CN crane 50397
2013.6.36.1.096.02 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a crane that had just finished loading a flat car, minus its trucks, onto a road vehicle. It was going to be used on a logging bridge.

Former CN turntable pit
2013.6.36.1.095.04 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a former turntable pit iat the CN Kamloops Junction that was pictured immediately after the table was removed. CN lost no time in filling the pit. A running rail was salvaged by the 2141 Society.

CN crane 50399
2013.6.36.1.096.04 · Item · Oct. 1995
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a crane that had been overturned and damaged after it had been by a rock that had tumbled down a creek in north Thompson.

Group of scale testing cars
2013.6.36.1.090.02 · Item · 4 Sept. 1996
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a set of 4 scale testing cars, consisting of 2 sealed tank cars and 2 special purpose-made cars, one of which was 4-wheeled. Found at the CPR Kamloops yard.

2013.6.36.1.093.03 · Item · [May 1996]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a spur located next to Pounder Emulsions Ltd. Electric capstan (Jeffrey Electric Co, Montreal) used to move full and empty tank cars of bitumen (for blacktops). Did not appear to be used.