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CPR President's train
2013.6.36.1.120.01 · Stuk · Aug. 1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 3 car train that was ridden by the President of the CPR. Nelson was celebrating its centennial as a municipality and had invited him as an honoured guest. The 3 car train consisted of a sleeper-"Killanney," built in 1916, a Diner-"Assiniboine," built in 1929, and a parlor/observation car-"Mount Stephen," built in 1926.

"Mount Stephen"
2013.6.36.1.120.02 · Stuk · Aug. 1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts close up of the car named "Mount Stephen," built in 1926. It was one of the cars that comprised the President's train that stayed in Nelson for the first weekend of August, 1997 during the city's centennial celebrations.

Model of 2 man track car
2013.6.36.1.121.01 · Stuk · Sept. 2002
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a model of a 2 man track car presented to Giovanni Marra in 1973 upon his retirement as a CPR Kamloops road master. Model made by L.G. Snowden (modeller and then locomotive engineer for CPR).

Margaret Hope
2013.6.36.1.122.03 · Stuk · [1 July 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Margaret Hope, organizer of a 3 week tour. She was standing beside her husband's deluxe machine that was built from scratch. Taken on the CNR Okanagan line.

2013.6.36.1.123.01 · Stuk · [29 June 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a speeder meet of "Motor Car Operators West" enthusiasts. Comprised of 25 cars. All taking part in a weekend tour of the Okanagan. On this day, they were going from Vernon to Lumby and Kelowna. Cars were getting ready to depart at the yard of the Kelowna Pacific Railway in Vernon. The cars were headed south to be preceeded by hi-rail of the KPR.

KPR yard
2013.6.36.1.123.02 · Stuk · [29 June 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Kelowna Pacific Ralway yard in Vernon, near the CNR Okanagan Subdivision.

Kelowna "main" line
2013.6.36.1.123.03 · Stuk · [29 June 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on the Kelowna "main" line, which was perhaps half of a mile south of the Lumby Junction on the very outskirts of Vernon.

2013.6.36.1.123.06 · Stuk · [29 June 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Kekuli Bay Provincial Park and boat launch. On the speeder meet, there was always a semi-official photograph of the whole group and this was the selected spot. Here, no power boats could take the see-saw.

2013.6.36.1.123.08 · Stuk · [29 June 2002]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Kekuli Bay Provincial Park and boat launch. Image captures the view of all 25 speeders on an Okanagan tour of "Motor Car Operators West" (a U.S. group with western Canadian additions). On this segment, Davies travelled in the fifth speeder from the front.