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Canfor Logging Railway
2013.6.36.1.131.31 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canfor Logging Railway yard in Beaver Cove, located adjacent to a salt water dump. Visible is a railway terminal. There was one running track and 4 storage lines.

Canfor Logging Railway
2013.6.36.1.131.28 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train on display at Beaver Cove. It was built in 1923 and had always been a logging liner, first in the USA. It was purchased by Canfor (Englewood) in 1947 and retired around 1960.

2013.6.36.1.131.03 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a locomotive built by America Locomotive Co. in 1920 for revenue service in Oregan. Purchased in 1948 for logging work. Canfor purchased it in 1953 and used it till 1966. It was kept servicable until 1976, then was displayed at Woss. In 1988, it was restored in Nimpkish to working order.

2013.6.36.1.131.01 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a free tourist attraction on the Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train. The trip of 8 and a half miles from the Woss terminus was operated by Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Englewoood Logging Division.

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.

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.

Connaught Tunnel
2013.6.36.1.128.03 · Item · [3 July 1994]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the western portal of the 1916 Connaught Tunnel. The tunnel used to be double tracked, but was singled in the 1960s in orde to take piggy-back/container traffic. Curiously, the switch to the single was inside the tunnel.

Connaught Tunnel
2013.6.36.1.128.02 · Item · [3 July 1994]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Connaught Tunnel. Traffic was normally eastbound through it, while westbound traffic went through the new Mt. Macdonald Tunnel.