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Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) switcher #7218 and caboose on Lulu Island about to cross the New Westminster Highway, travelling northward on a spur. It came southwards as a loaded freight with 3 boxcars for a small spur behind the photo, and 3 empty cement tank cars for the Lafarge Cement Plant on the south bank of Lulu Island, half a miles distant behind the caboose.

Photograph depicts a spur leading off the Canadian National Railway (CN) spur to the Lafarge Cement Plant on the south bank and east side of Lulu Island. This spur used to be the original line and led to a peat plant, just seen at left on the horizon. The second car is pushed onto unused and overgrown track, which is dated 1909 Algoma Steel. This siding much used.

Photograph depicts a southbound Pacific Great Eastern freight train with four locies, crossing the highway at Brackendale, near Squamish.

Photograph depicts a freight train at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Brackendale, as it is about to cross the highway. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts two Pacific Great Eastern locomotives at the North Vancouver depot. They are numbered 1002 and #585. Locomotive #1002 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Company. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts a southbound Pacific Great Eastern freight train on the south side of Britannia. It is headed by five locomotives.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern yards at North Vancouver. In the picture is Locomotive #1002 built by the Montreal Locomotive Works.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern two car Budd unit at Pemberton. It is unloading baggage. It arrived at 11:10 am and is travelling north.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern northbound daily two-coach Budd car unit approaching Horseshoe Bay depot. Car #31 is leading.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. The 4:05 pm train is about to depart for Vancouver, with a speeder leaving to check rock falls along Seton and Anderson lakes.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern two-coach Budd car unit on its daily run travelling north to Lillooet. It is stopped at Garibaldi Station to put down skiers. It is on a very tight schedule, giving it less than 60 seconds halt. At the right is the front car #31.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. In the photograph is the front coach #31 of a two-coach Budd car train, 5 minutes after arrival, being checked and serviced. On this day this two-coach unit left from North Vancouver at 8 am and arrived at Lillooet at 1:15 pm. It left Lillooet at 4:05 pm and returned to Vancouver at 9:30 pm. The total mileage run was 315 miles.

Photograph depicts Pacific Great Eastern Budd car #10 at the Lillooet yards. It is in good condition, but not in service when the photograph was taken.

Photograph depicts ballast cars at Squamish, near government wharves and chemical plant. They were built by the Western Wheeled Scrapper Co. in Aurora, Illinois and do not have a date.

Photograph depicts ballasting re-laid new track at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in North Vancouver, beside the Vancouver Wharves Ltd.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern steam yard crane at Brackendale yards, north of Squamish. The mainline wrecking crane is alongside. The crane was built in 1913 by Industrial Work, Oak Bay, Michigan, U.S.A.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern yard crane at the Brackendale yards, north of Squamish. The crane was built by Industrial Works, Oak Bay, Michigan in 1913. Can left 12 tons at a 12ft radius and 3 tons at a 35 ft. radius.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern snowplow at the Brackendale yards near Squamish.

Photograph depicts Pacific Great Eastern log cars beside Green Lake, 35 miles north of Squamish.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern auxiliary tool cars at Lillooet.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. In the photograph is an old locomotive tender on a flat car, used as a mobile water tank for the work crew train.

Photograph depicts a view from the Pacific Great Eastern mainline, looking east. A spur for logging is at Creekside, showing either Spetch or Mount Currie. The precise location in the photograph is unknown.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern track at about Mile 70, in the vicinity of Jordans and Brandy Wine Falls. The photograph was taken from the cab of a Budd car and has a view looking south.

Photograph depicts an old passenger car converted to a cafe at Pemberton and Anderson Lake. It is either at Mount Currie or D'Arcy.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern track at about Mile 70 from Vancouver. In the vicinity of Jordans and Brandy Wine Falls. The photograph was taken from the engineer's cab of a Budd car and depicts a view looking south.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern siding at Pemberton on the east and north side of the depot, leading to the pole yard.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake, west of Lillooet. The photograph was taken from the engineer's compartment of a Budd car unit/

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake. The temporary lumber spur was recently installed. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern track looking northeast along Seton or Anderson Lake.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake. The photograph was taken from the engineer's compartment of a Budd car unit.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern locomotive roundhouse at the Brackendale yards, north of Squamish. It was then used as a machine shop.

Photograph depicts a water tank at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Brackendale, near Squamish.

Photograph depicts a water crane on the southwest side of the Pacific Great Eastern station at Pemberton.

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern engine shed at Lillooet. At the right is Budd car #10 and at the left is an unidentified diesel.

Photograph depicts that Pacific Great Eastern depot at Horseshoe Bay, awaiting the dayliner to Quesnel. A two-coach Budd car runs from North Vancouver to Lillooet, and then a different 1-coach Budd car continues to Quesnel. It is possible to do a roundtrip from North Vancouver to Lillooet in one day.

Photograph depicts Birken Station on the Pacific Great Eastern. It is 113.6 miles from North Vancouver and at an altitude for 1575 ft. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Deerholme Junction on Vancouver Island, near Duncan. The wrecking train on siding is ready for emergencies. The caboose is newly painted.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) track at Milnes Landing,, looking north and about 17 miles west of Victoria.

Photograph depicts a piece of abandoned track leading to the peat plant at #8 road on Lulu Island on the Westminster Highway. The track runs parallel to the Westminster Highway, which is at the left beyond the photo. The rail is undated and marked, "Rlymney Steel" (South Wales). The photo is looking west and the Canadian National Railway (CN) spur lies a quarter mile behind the camera.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Deerholme Junction, near Duncan, on Vancouver Island. The wrecking train on siding is ready for emergencies.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) freight depot at Penticton, with a motor/rail tractor in the photo.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Peachland on Okanagan Lake. It was used for the lumber trade mainly, but also fruit in season. The track stops at the foreground of the photo.

Photograph depicts a disused Canadian National Railway (CN) passenger depot at Kelowna. The offices still used for parcels, ticket sales, etc. There is still good freight traffic.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Penticton. The wharf at the lake head is for loading rail scows.

Photograph depicts the combined Canadian National Railway (CN) and C.P.R. wharf at Summerland on Okanagan Lake. The trackage extends behind the camera for about 150 yards. It is used mainly for summer fruit traffic.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line in Kelowna. In the background are freight yards and a loading ramp to rail scows on Lake Okanagan.

Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway (CN) service car at Chilliwack.

Photograph depicts an old type of boxcar (#71139) at Canadian National Railway (CN) Kamloops Junction. It was left right beside the station to hold coal and had no building date marked on it.

Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway (CN) steam pile driver and steam generator used to make pile bridge over Mosquito Creek in North Vancouver, to increase the Pacific Great eastern trackage by one more set of tracks.