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Photograph depicts 2 steam locomotives, handwritten annotations on recto read, "59 & 161 at North Yard P.G.E. R."

Photograph depicts steam locomotive # 163

Photograph depicts the last car on a train. One man is standing on a step, there is an outdoor viewing deck at the end of this railroad car.

Photograph depicts a steam locomotive pulling 1 railroad car.

Photograph depicts 2 steam locomotives approaching, three tracks, and a switch in the foreground, trees in the background.

Photograph depicts a steam locomotive in action. There are snowy fields in the foreground and mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts a train on a wooden trestle. The track is above and inlet with a steep rock cliff between the ocean and the tracks.

Photograph depicts PGE pile driver 6040 replacing a washed out section of track with a new trestle. The original track is visible, dropping down into the washout on the left edge of the photograph. The photograph is believed to have been taken after 1949, likely in the 1950s.

Photograph depicts PGE pile driver 6040 replacing a washed out section of track with a new trestle. The photograph is believed to have been taken after 1949, likely in the 1950s.

Photograph depicts PGE pile driver 6040 replacing a washed out section of track with a new trestle. The photograph is believed to have been taken after 1949, likely in the 1950s.

Photograph depicts PGE pile driver 6040 replacing a washed out section of track with a new trestle. The photograph is believed to have been taken after 1949, likely in the 1950s.

Photograph depicts PGE pile driver 6040 replacing a washed out section of track with a new trestle. The photograph is believed to have been taken after 1949, likely in the 1950s.

Photograph depicts three men working on early sawmill equipment.

Photograph depicts an Arch logging truck. The truck in this image is a 1962 Pacific model SUD-A serial number T6261-192, purchased by Church Sawmills of McGregor River, BC. The truck was delivered October 16, 1962 came equipped with a Cummins NH250 engine, 5 speed main transmission and 4 speed auxiliary with power tower (for running the winch on the arch).

Winter scene, logs being pulled to bush landing. Photograph depicts arch logging truck, pulling several logs in winter. Notes on envelope read: " c. 1970 Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)."

Photograph depicts arch logging truck. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)."

logging truck dragging a large cluster of logs

Photograph depicts an Arch-logging truck dragging a large load of logs, uphill on a snowy road. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)." The truck in this image is a 1962 Pacific model SUD-A serial number T6261-192, purchased by Church Sawmills of McGregor River, BC. The truck was delivered October 16, 1962 came equipped with a Cummins NH250 engine, 5 speed main transmission and 4 speed auxiliary with power tower (for running the winch on the arch).

Photograph depicts a large load of logs being pulled on a snowy road. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)."

typed annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Heisler locomotive pulling CNR log cars to Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Giscome, Circa 1925. Track ran from Giscome to Willow River area. This was the only standard gauge log railway to operate in the Prince George Area."

typed annotation on verso of photograph reads: "One of two steam-powered "McGiffert Log Loaders", loading timber bound for Eagle Lake Spruce Mills Giscome. Circa 1925. this machine was used by several logging railways in western North America from about 1915 to 1950. It was designed to pull empty flat cars underneath itself from behind and position them for loading, an earlier version from California lacked its own wheels and was therefore much less versatile than the cranes used at Giscome. From Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. Archives"

Photograph depicts two men with a team of eight horses and a large load of logs. Typed annotation on verso of photograph reads: "The Pole Cart at work, circa 1930, opposite Longworth"

Photograph depicts an aerial view of Eagle Lake sawmill, Giscome BC. Typed annotation on verso reads: "Eagle Lake Sawmill, Giscome, looking southwest and showing the mill, the community, and the CNR Mainline. From Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. Archives"

Photograph depicts 3 men atop a large stack of logs. The logs are on a cart being pulled by a team of 8 horses. Near Longworth BC

Photograph depicts a steam locomotive used for logging at Eagle Lake Sawmill.

Photograph depicts Canfor steam locomotive # 113 used for logging at Woss Camp, Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts a derailed Canadian Pacific train along a stretch of mountainous track covered in snow. A rail mounted crane is visible mid-ground.

Photograph depicts a derailed Canadian Pacific train along a stretch of mountainous track covered in snow.

Photograph depicts a derailed Canadian Pacific train along a stretch of mountainous track covered in snow. 4 or more crew members stand alongside derailed train.

Photograph depicts a derailed Canadian Pacific train. Cars have rolled down and embankment. The boom of a crane is in the left upper corner of the photo.

Photograph depicts steam locomotive 5141 on the tracks. Crew members appear to be filling the water tank.

Photograph depicts a steam crane lifting a set of rail car wheels.

Photograph depicts a Canadian Pacific Railroad train on the tracks near Kootenay Lake BC

Photograph depicts abandoned Canadian Railroad Station Fernie BC

Photograph depicts abandoned Canadian Railroad Station Natal BC

Photograph depicts train collision. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "Innisfale Alberta"

Photograph depicts train derailment. Nine or more crew members are at work alongside the track. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "Derailment near Kwinitsa in 1967"

Photograph depicts a crowd of people in an outdoor location, buildings in background people in foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "1984 Okanogan Express - Retiring conductor, last passenger run (O.K. Express) gets kess from Mission Hill Vinyards employee catering on O.K. Express"

Photograph depicts Canadian Pacific crane # 414325 on tracks near Kootenay Lake BC. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "circa 1975 near Tyre Kootenay Lake"

Photograph depicts train wreck on Canadian Pacific Railway at an unknown location