Photograph depicts rail cars in Vancouver, B.C.
Map depicts the City of Squamish, Howe Sound, and the Britannia Mine.
Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia, as well as a small selection of other subjects such as historical ships, buildings, vehicles, and bridges. All photographs created by David Davies.
Photograph depicts a locomotive near Cowichan Bay, B.C.
Photograph depicts a locomotive near Cowichan Bay, B.C.
Subseries consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail employee timetables and schedules.
File consists of a photocopied PGE Squamish Division timetable 4 (11 Oct. 1914).
Series consists of research material regarding industrial railways in British Columbia. Includes information about industrial locomotives, logging railroads, mining railways, and other industrial railway lines. Also includes monographs and periodicals about the history of various industrial railways.
Series consists of general histories, statistics, and sources for railway subjects, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions and clippings from periodicals. Most documents are Canada-wide in scope.
Series consists of research material relating to steam and diesel locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the steam to diesel transition period, details about specific locomotives, locomotive manufacturers, and self-propelled coaches.
File consists of an original and complete CNR BC timetable 3 (30 Oct. 1960).
Postcard depicts the town of Field and Mt. Stephen. Near Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts a CPR spiral tunnel that traversed through the Rockies near Yoho National Park.
Postcard depicts the Van Horne Range, looking west from Field, BC
Series consists of articles, clippings, and other research material related to rolling stock used on British Columbia railways. Although the term “rolling stock” encompasses all vehicles that move on a railway, some material regarding rolling stock is filed separately, such as locomotives (see series 2013.6.11). Includes information about passenger cars, freight cars, and non-revenue cars (cabooses, cranes, service cars, etc.).
File consists of a BC Department of Commercial Transport Railways Branch publication compiled by R.E. Swanson entitled "A History of Railroad Logging".
Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia separated from the textual records of the David Davies Railway Collection.
Postcard depicts a Canadian Pacific's all stainless steel scenic dome streamliner, "The Canadian," in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts a CPR scenic dome streamliner "The Canadian" in the Canadian Rockies. Taken at Morant's Curve, east of Lake Louise and the B.C./Alberta border. Looking west towards Bow River. Morant's Curve caled so because it was the favorite spot of official CPR photographer, Nicholas Morant, 1910-1999.
Postcard depicts a CPR scenic dome streamliner "The Canadian" in the Canadian Rockies. Taken at Morant's Curve, east of Lake Louise and the B.C./Alberta border. Looking west towards Bow River.
File consists of original Pacific Great Eastern Railway timetables 83 (12 Nov. 1961) and 92 (16 Nov. 1969).
Map depicts the Abbotsford area, including railway lines.
Series consists of records from the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Includes “CRHA Communications” newsletters, issues of “The Sandhouse”, issues of “Canadian Rail”, and information about the Exporail Canadian Railway Museum.
File consists of an excerpt from "The Steam Chest" periodical, which contains a listing of every railway incorporated in British Columbia. The list does not include logging or other uncommon carrier lines unless they were incorporated as railways.
File consists of material regarding the Canadian Railroad Historical Association (CRHA). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals, which were all produced by the association for the association.
File consists of indexes to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's periodical, "Canadian Rail". Includes indexes for 1962 issues, 1973 issues, and a complete index to issues #1 to #455 (1937-1996).
File consists of an original "Uniform Code of Operating Rules, Revision of 1962" effective October 28th, 1962 and "approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General order no. 873, dated the 15th day of November, 1961".
Subseries consists of material regarding industrial railway lines in British Columbia. Includes information about colliery railways, the Northwood Pulp & Timber private industrial railway, the Hedley Gold Mine railway, the Sullivan lead-zinc mine railway, and the Britannia Copper Mine railway.
File consists of material regarding other railway associations, including the BC Railway Historical Association and the National Model Railroad Association. Consists of correspondence and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the forest and lumber industry in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a metal C.P.R. caboose at Osoyoos, B.C.
Photograph depicts a C.P.R. train switching at Osoyoos, B.C.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in British Columbia.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Annual Reports for the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, and 1972-1974.
File consists of a BC Railway Historical Association publication by Elwood White and David Wilkie entitled "Shays on the Switchbacks: A History of the Narrow Gauge Lenora, Mt. Sicker Railway".
Photograph depicts a steam donkey beside a mill pond of a shingle mill at Sappho or Tyee, on the Olympic Peninsula. It is steam fed from the main plant boiler.
Photograph depicts a water crane on the southwest side of the Pacific Great Eastern station at Pemberton.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous railway preservation activities in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.
Photograph depicts a railway in Washington state that was used to service dams that were built to generate electricity.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of logging railways in British Columbia and Washington State.
Photograph depicts the Comox Logging Railway main yard at Ladysmith.
Photograph depicts the M.B. & P.R. Logging Railway Nanaimo River division, which is the only railroad left in the company. The photo depicts locomotive #1077 at the Nanaimo River Camp, 16 miles west of Ladysmith. It is a 2-6-2 tank locomotive built by the Montreal Locomotive Company in December 1923.
Photograph depicts MacMillan, Bloedel, & Powell River Ltd. 90 ton saddle tank #1055, Baldwin built 1928 (max 40 cars). It is located at the Nanaimo River yards.
Photograph depicts the Nanaimo River yards and camp probably belonging to the MacMillan, Bloedel, & Powell River Ltd. It is about 16 miles west of Ladysmith. Being steamed on a Sunday afternoon for Monday.
Photograph depicts a 2 truck 50 ton Shay locomotive owned by Elk Falls Ltd. It was built about 1925 and brought to Vancouver Iron and Engineering Works from somewhere on Vancouver Island and was refitted from June 25 to August 16, 1960. It received new tubes, odd repairs, cladding, painting, and a given number. It came to Elk Falls in Campbell River in August or September 1960.
Photograph depicts Elk Falls Ltd. in Campbell River.
Photograph depicts a 2-6-6-2 Bladwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1934, and possibly numbered 38. The weight is 146 1/2 tons with 59, 600 lb. tractive effort.
Photograph depicts locomotives at the Rayonier Railroad Camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. The locomotive on the left is #110, 2-6-6-2 Baldwin. It is 111 tons and has 37, 500 lb. tractive effort. The main line from Crane Creek is on the left.
Photograph depicts a #45 2-6-2 Baldwin locomotive built on display a Hoquiam in Grays Harbour County on the Olympic Peninsula. It was built in 1906, weighs 44 tons, and has 16, 700 lbs. of tractive effort.
Photograph depicts #120 2-6-6-2 Baldwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line, 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1936, weighs 186 1/2 tons, and has 59, 600 lbs. of tractive effort. Probably locomotive #38 behind her.