Photograph depicts three men working on early sawmill equipment.
logging truck dragging a large cluster of logs
Photograph depicts an Arch-logging truck dragging a large load of logs, uphill on a snowy road. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)." The truck in this image is a 1962 Pacific model SUD-A serial number T6261-192, purchased by Church Sawmills of McGregor River, BC. The truck was delivered October 16, 1962 came equipped with a Cummins NH250 engine, 5 speed main transmission and 4 speed auxiliary with power tower (for running the winch on the arch).
typed annotation on verso of photograph reads: "One of two steam-powered "McGiffert Log Loaders", loading timber bound for Eagle Lake Spruce Mills Giscome. Circa 1925. this machine was used by several logging railways in western North America from about 1915 to 1950. It was designed to pull empty flat cars underneath itself from behind and position them for loading, an earlier version from California lacked its own wheels and was therefore much less versatile than the cranes used at Giscome. From Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. Archives"
Photograph depicts an aerial view of Eagle Lake sawmill, Giscome BC. Typed annotation on verso reads: "Eagle Lake Sawmill, Giscome, looking southwest and showing the mill, the community, and the CNR Mainline. From Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. Archives"
Photograph depicts a steam locomotive used for logging at Eagle Lake Sawmill.
Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.
Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.
Photograph consists of an old wagon and another unidentified piece of old equipment in a grassy field.
Photograph depicts train collision. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "Innisfale Alberta"
Zonder titelPhotograph depicts a crowd of people in an outdoor location, buildings in background people in foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads, "1984 Okanogan Express - Retiring conductor, last passenger run (O.K. Express) gets kess from Mission Hill Vinyards employee catering on O.K. Express"
Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian National train stations, derailments, equipment, locomotives and staff.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts Canadian National Railway steam cranes at work. Three railwaymen are in the foreground.
Photograph depicts high water & flooding conditions at Goat River, BC. One unnamed man in the photograph.
Photo depicts a large brick building adjacent to railroad tracks. Handwritten annotations on verso read, "Smithers Roundhouse"
Photo depicts a CN rail passenger car being transported by truck.
Photo depicts a CN rail passenger car being transported by truck.
Photograph depicts a winter landscape with Mt. Park visible.
Photograph depicts an abandoned railroad grade. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: " Abandoned K & S RR grade"
Photograph depicts a railroad station. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: " Claresholm Alberta"
Photograph depicts an abandoned water tower. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Brookmere, BC"
Photograph depicts 3 unnamed railway employees posing for a photograph in front of a railroad station in an unknown location.
Photograph depicts Hart Gardner. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads, "Hart Gardner".
Photograph depicts Grand Trunk Pacific locomotive 624 and equipment at a railyard.
Photograph depicts construction of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway trestle by Bostrom & Green Contractors near Fort Fraser, BC.
Photograph depicts what is possibly a Canadian National Railway steam shovel digging alongside railway tracks with onlooking railway workers.
Photograph depicts a steam locomotive on rail tracks in an unknown location
Photograph depicts a trestle over railroad tracks in an unknown snowy location. (Possibly Mountain Park?)
Subseries contains timecards, labour records, and employee documents.
Subseries contains textual material produced and recorded by Canadian National Railway relating to employee safety and accidents.
Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Canadian National Railways. Predominantly consists of record plans of the B.C. Mountain Region. Also includes technical drawings of CN railway equipment.
Subseries contains material related to BC Rail train movements and operations. Employee time tables and operations forms are included within.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) series consists of materials documenting CPR operations in British Columbia from 1927-1996. Series includes correspondence, time tables, publications and ephemera used or created by Canadian Pacific. Also comprises tariff and freight materials developed by Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Freight Association used by Canadian Pacific.
Zonder titelSubseries contains passenger and employee time tables for Canadian Pacific Railway and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, a railway on Vancouver Island owned by CP Rail.
This series consists of material created by various societies, companies, railways, unions and government branches for the use and instruction of railway companies and employees. Includes publications, time tables, training materials, union materials, forms, maps and plans related to rail operations in North and South America, but predominately related to Canadian railway operations. Also comprises material created by several American and Canadian railways and transportation companies.
Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.
Subseries contains employee time books and payroll ledgers developed by various companies and union groups for the use of rail workers and railways. Includes a time and payroll ledger used by Magofin Bergh & co., a railway construction contractor.
Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.
Subseries contains material pertaining to employee operations. Includes records of hours worked, payment, first aid treatments received and other employee documentation. Also comprises publications related to employee insurance and unemployment benefits.
Subseries contains records related to logging operations. Includes scaling booklets, monthly scale return, lumber tallies and other records of logging and logging operations.
Subseries contains materials created by Northwood Pulp Mill, various other sawmills in Northern BC, the BC Forest Service, and BC Chemicals.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.