Photograph depicts a locomotive crew change point in Boston Bar. Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours train visible.
Photograph depicts a collision between two freights (visible is the head of one and the tail of the other) at this switch. The signal was knocked down, but a replacement was erected. It was being tested while the photograph was being taken. Switch blade movements were remotely controlled.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the CN Mount Macdonald Tunnel in British Columbia Rockies.
Photograph depicts the eastern portal of CPR Mount Macdonald Tunnel. The door was lifted vertically upwards. The ventilation system pushed air into the tunnel from a halfway vertical shaft, purging the bore of exhaust gases that came from the locomotives.
Photograph depicts the eastern portal of CPR Mount Macdonald Tunnel. Construction for the tunnel began in 1984 and was completed on November 9, 1988.
Photograph depicts the eastern portal of CPR Mount Macdonald Tunnel. Visible are delegates from the annual conference of the CRHA.
Photograph depicts a maintenance of way shed incorporated into the Salmon Arm depot.
Photograph depicts what Davies noted to be a rare sight, short lengths of rail.
Photograph depicts northbound freight passing near the Salmon Arm depot.
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.
Photograph depicts a track car model (in fact, the base to the lamp shade).
Photograph depicts a speeder meet at the Campbell Creek Junction. Visible is a large home-built version.
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.
Photograph depicts CP/KVR trackae at the south end of the station in Summerland. The switch was put in by the restoration society. It was not there in CPR days.
Photograph depicts a train, labelled "Mayo Lumber," at the KVR Museum in Summerland.
Photograph depicts a locomotive car at the KVR Museum in Summerland.
Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.
Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.
Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.
Photograph depicts machinery stored in Summerland beside KVR track. Property of the KVR Historical Society.
Photograph depicts former KVR track in Summerland. CPR speeders were parked on the main line.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the KVR in Princeton, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts the west yards of the KVR.
Photograph depicts a spur that led off on the norst side of the main line between Princeton and Brookmere. The last train seen here was in May, 1989.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a BC Rail passenger train at Exeter Station in 100 Mile House, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts 2 Budd cars of a departing southbound train.
Photograph depicts a departing southbound train. Here, in another 20 days from the time the picture was taken, all passenger traffic would cease. It had never happened in the 80 year old history of the PGE/BCR.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Connaught Tunnel. Traffic was normally eastbound through it, while westbound traffic went through the new Mt. Macdonald Tunnel.
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.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of railway features in Cranbrook, British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a public passenger trip on the Canfor Logging Railway in Woss, BC on Vancouver Island.
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.
Photograph depicts a water tank fitted with a pump for fire fighting.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a bridge of the Canfor Logging Railway.
Photograph depicts a bridge of the Canfor Logging Railway.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a returning Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train.
Image depicts an old road through the trees near Yellowhead Pass. The slide labels it as the origin of the Yellowhead highway.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway.
Image depicts the railway running near Crescent Spur in the Rocky Mountain Trench.
Image depicts the CN Railway and Station at Goat River, B.C.
Image depicts the CN Station in Dome Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a strangely shaped orange vehicle somewhere in Dome Creek, B.C.