Postcard depicts Kamloops station at about 1895.
File consists of postcards collected by David Davies of the Thompson and Fraser River Canyons in British Columbia.
Postcard depicts "VIA Rail Canada Nos. 6456 and 6454 hauling Train No. 1, "The Canadian" between Spences Bridge and Drynoch, British Columbia, on Canadian Pacific's Thompson Subdivision, having been delayed by the need to detour, from its usual route, on Canadian National's Ashcroft Subdivision, seen here across the Thompson River. May 14, 1993."
Postcard depicts "VIA Rail's eastbound and westbound "Canadians" meet at Glenogle, BCon C.P. Rail's Mountain Subdivision in the Kicking Horse River Valley. May 23, 1985."
Postcard depicts a "Spectacular sight to be seen while travelling through this Canyon. Many trains rumble past with heavy loads making a grand sight when they twist and turn around corners along the clear blue water of the Thompson River."
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon. "One can catch thrilling sights through the Canyon such as this. Just a few miles south of Lyton, this view offers one some of the Fraser's best scenery."
Postcard depicts an area along the Thompson River, towards the Fraser Canyon. Looking left, downstream. Westbound CPR freight is visible. Short train by any standards in the 1980s and 1990s.
Postcard depicts Spences Bridge "overlooking the scenic beauty of the Thompson River as it flows past the entrance to the Nicola River and Valley, downstream from Kamloops-the Heart of Funland."
Postcard depicts a "few miles up river from Spences Bridge this spectacular sight of the deep-blue Thomspon, among the sagegreen hills. Scores of ardent fishermen have found this river excellent for catching Steelhead throughout the fish run." Eastbound way freight of the CPR, upgrade. Way freights going from Kamloops to Ashcroft, etc. Still carried cabooses in 1996. Main line freights lost their cabooses in Jan./Feb. 1990. Photo likely taken in the late 1980s.
Postcard depicts the junction of Fraser River and Thompson River, near Lytton, BC
Postcard depicts the Thompson River, 6 miles north of Spences Bridge, on the Okanagan Trail.
Postcard depicts a bridge on the CPR line.
Postcard depicts the CPR crossing Skuzzy River, Fraser Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts the CNR and CPR crossings in the Fraser Canyon.
Postcard depicts Hells Gate, Fraser Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts Cantilever Bridge near Cisco, BC
Postcard depicts Vancouver's "Old 374" crossing the Spuzzum River, Fraser Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts a reproduction of a photograph from 1880s/1890s. "The Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) was officially completed to the Pacific Coast in 1885 but upgrading was continually being carried out as seen here near Spence's bridge in 1905."
Postcard depicts CPR and CNR bridges at Cisco-Fraser River, Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon near North Bend, BC
Postcard depicts "Twin Bridges in the Fraser Canyon." The CPR and CNR changes sides at this point just a few miles south of Lytton below the Siska Market. One can see this spectacular view where trains change from oe side to another. During construction one briodge was for easier grading. In later year when the second railway was constructed, it [had] become a must to reverse the side of [the] river at this point."
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, showing Cariboo Highway, CPR and CNR Railways, British Columbia, Canada.
Postcard depicts "Twin Bridges in the Fraser Canyon. The CNR and CPR change sides at this point."
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon, BC"The Saddle Rock view shows some of the rugged grandeur on the Canyon route between Hope and Lytton. It's muddy waters, at this time, gathered fourteen large and many small tributaries as it flows to the great Pacific."
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, near North Bend, BC
Postcard depicts a CPR train labelled "Kamloops" in Yale, BC
Postcard depicts a "massive 4-4-0 wood burning locomotive ready to enter the turn table from the round house. These CPR locomotives were in common use from 1886 until 1915, running from the Kootenays through the Fraser Canyon."
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels on the CPR line through the Rocky Mountains.
Postcard depicts Yale on the Fraser River.
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada.
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels in Fraser River Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts the tunnels of the Fraser Canyon, Rocky Mountains, BC
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels over Fraser River, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Yale, BCin 1881.
Postcard depicts Fraser River in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, BC"When travelling through this mighty scenic gorge, the highway often gets too narrow at points, and rock ledgeds required cutting tunnels in order to restore safety. This tunnel lies just north of Yale, BCIt handles traffic along the Trans-Canada Highway."
Postcard depicts Sailor Bar Tunnel on the Fraser Canyon Section of the Trans-Canada Highway.