File consists of material regarding the hobby of model railroading, predominantly consisting of articles and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of material regarding the Cranbrook Railway Museum. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of a publication by Barrie Sanford entitled "Railway by the Bay: 100 Years of Trains at White Rock, Crescent Beach, and Ocean Park, 1909-2009".
File consists of material regarding the Revelstoke Railway Museum and Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive 5468 held therein. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of material regarding the preservation of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive 2816 'The Empress'. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "They Call Her 'The Empress'" by Jeff Terry; "CPR 2816 Back in Steam After 40 Years"; "Steam Returns to the Crowsnest" by John Godfrey; "six October Days Behind 2816" by Fred Angus; "2816 Bids Farewell--For Now" by Ian Smith; "CPR 2816 Reawakens after 40 Years" by Ian Smith; and "CPR 2816 Reborn for 21st-Century Service" by Ian Smith.
File consists of a publication by Maurice Williams entitled "Myra's Men: Building the Kettle Valley Railway, Myra Canyon to Penticton".
File consists of two issues of "All Aboard!", the onboard magazine of the White Pass & Yukon Railway, from the years 2005 and 2008.
File consists of material regarding federal and provincial travelling museum trains in British Columbia, including the 'Great Steam Exhibition of 1975' and the Confederation Train. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of the 2007 edition of the "Canadian Trackside Guide 2007" by Bytown Railway Society.
File consists of issues of "The Sandhouse", the journal of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Pacific Coast Division. Contains various complete issues relating to multiple railway subjects. Also includes miscellaneous excerpted articles from Sandhouse issues.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of snow plows and flangers in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Image captures a close up of the coupler and moveable lower front plate.
Photograph depicts a train commencing its trip in its yard, not at the station, in Port Alberni. Locomotive at the lower/city end (ie formation at the end of the last trip). It, at the time, needed to get to the head-end, so it took the siding.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific tourist railway train.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway locomotive about to uncouple and run around its train. A sawmill station was behind the camera.
Photograph depicts a switching locomotive and stand-in locomotive.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Alberni Pacific tourist steam railway in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific tourist railway locomotive backing onto its train of passenger cars (3 opened, 2 closed, all CN transfer cabooses, now remodelled).
Photograph taken on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway main line out of Port Alberni with run-around siding over the right out of sight. Yard is found towards the rear. On the left, there was private trackage of the Nordeske paper mill that was in daily use until December 31, 2001 when Rail America stopped runnning freights because the mill went to road transport.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific railway train that was just coming into a run-around loop at the end of a sawmill spur. Trackage built 2000/01.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Port Alberni only used by the Alberni Pacific tourist railway. Visible is an interesting throw-type switch.
Photograph depicts a water tank car used for fighting line side fires. Propery of Alberni Pacific tourist railway. Sat in a yard in Port Alberni. Formerly owned by Crown Zellerbach of Ladysmith.
Photograph depicts an old tank car owned by a logging railway on Vancouver Island, parked at the end of a spur behind a locomotive shed of the Alberni Pacific Railway.
Photograph depicts a tiny switcher that belonged to the McLean sawmill and was buily by Buda of New Westminster, circa 1927. Sat on unconnected trackage adjacent to the Alberni Pacific Railway and was part of a sawmill exhibit.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway locomotive built in 1929 by Baldwin. After at least four years of restoration, it commenced running in 2001. It was spotted outside of a locomotive shed in Port Alberni.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway train that was very close the McLean sawmill (opened in 1926, closed in 1965).
Photograph depicts a primitive logging caboose. Believed to have been built by or for the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in 1898.
File consists of material regarding the movie, "Iron Road", which was a Chinese-Canadian co-production filmed in the Kamloops area in June 2007. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, news releases, and clippings from periodicals. Includes an article by Davies entitled "A Movie Called Iron Road: A Construction Saga of 1880s in BC" and an article by Meridew entitled "2141 Puts on Disguise for TV Movie Role".
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Photo captures details of a door on its left side.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Rails Convention of Victoria on a field trip to Port Alberni. Travelling on the Alberni Pacific Railway to visit a steam-driven sawmill at its outer terminal. Chartered trip for convention members (one coach/bus load) as the line was not yet open for the tourist season.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway train travelling on Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway track, not used since 2002 and was now at the beginning of a connecting spur to a steam sawmill museum. It was built in 2000, but commenced in the 2001 summer season.
File consists of copies of Davies article, "Moving Livestock by Rail: An Inquiry into an Extinct Traffic", which was published in the Spring 2006 issue of The Sandhouse.
Photograph depicts 2 freight cars of the Okanagan Valley Railway.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Langford, Greater Victoria. Looking east towards Victoria and a grade crossing of Jacklin Road (north/south road).
Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway depot in Ladysmith. Track visible. Looking southward.
Photograph depicts former Comox Logging locomotive #11.
Photograph depicts a locomotive lettered "Central Kansas Railway" (possibly a parent company).
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage on the outskirts of Greater Victoria, on the southwest edge of Langford Lake.
File consists of research material compiled in conjunction with an article by David Davies and John (Jack) K. Moilliet entitled "Railway Recollections of a B.C. Sheep Rancher". Includes notes by Davies about one example of sheep ranching in the Kamloops area.
File consists of material regarding miscellaneous rail tour operators in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about West Coal Rail Tours, the Coast Mountaineer, Wells Gray Tours, VIA Rail's Skeena, Pacific Wilderness Railway, and the Okanagan Valley Wine Train, among others.
File consists of material regarding Expo 86 and its transportation theme. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes an article by Ian Smith entitled "SteamExpo's Magic Drew Railfan Crowds to Vancouver"; an Expo86 SteamEXPO souvenir programme; an article by Jim Boyd entitled "SteamEXPO and the Grand Parade"; and ticket stubs to the event.
File consists of publicity material produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway, including promotional pamphlets, a CPR catalogue of merchandise, "Spanner", and a booklet about the Rogers Pass Project.
Photograph depicts 2 car freight near Oyama on the CN branch from Kelowna to Vernon. The lead locomotive was lettered "Hudson Bay Railway." Central Kansas Railway may be a parent.
Photograph depicts 2 locomotives and a 2 car train, both northbound.
Photograph depicts what was believed to be a former repair coach/car shop. It held a Budd car in storage. Vegetation in the foreground shows passage of a vehicle in the last 2-3 months.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of artifacts of the Comox Logging Railway in Ladysmith, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a homemade (?) device used to scour boiler tubs of scale. Taken at the former site of the Comox Logging Railway's yard and maintenance facilities.