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Map depicts the City of Squamish, Howe Sound, and the Britannia Mine.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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 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".

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 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.

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 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Annual Reports for the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, and 1972-1974.

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in British Columbia.

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".