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Photograph depicts a water tank that was now part of the Cranbrook Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts locomotive cars waiting for stage two of the Cranbrook Railway Museum's development of artifacts.

Photograph taken looking north, with a spur in the foreground. It was used by ore mixed freight daily. It was believed that at the bottom of the grade was a junction with a GNR branch that ran from the US border south of Creston to Kootenay Lake (built in 1904, then was hardly used, finally ceased in 1910).

Photograph depicts the rear view of an elevator showing its name. Track was on the far side.

Photograph depicts a grain elevator which Wynndel was famous for.

Photograph depicts a grain elevator that had a 7 car spur to service it. Davies doubted if grain traffic ever moved by rail near Wynndel. Two flat cars appeared to have used the platform to overload machinery and vehicles.

Photograph depicts the disused CPR Glacier station that was now usd a temporary storehouse.

Photograph depicts the disused CPR Glacier station.

Photograph depicts the disused CPR Glacier station. Visible is the end of a moving emptying coal train.

Photograph depicts the western portal of the 1916 Connaught Tunnel. The tunnel used to be double tracked, but was singled in the 1960s in orde to take piggy-back/container traffic. Curiously, the switch to the single was inside the tunnel.

Photograph depicts the Connaught Tunnel. Traffic was normally eastbound through it, while westbound traffic went through the new Mt. Macdonald Tunnel.

Photograph depicts the western portal of the 1916 Connaught Tunnel. Glacier station was located behind the camera.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.

Photograph depicts a departing southbound train. Here, in another 20 days from the time the picture was taken, all passenger traffic would cease. It had never happened in the 80 year old history of the PGE/BCR.

Photograph depicts the rear of a train where disabled passengers are elevated to door level. This was a coach Budd car.

Photograph depicts 2 Budd cars of a departing southbound train.

Photograph depicts a three times weekly southbound train.

Photograph depicts the Exeter station of the BC Rail which had a hand-cranked elevator for wheelchair passengers. Visible is the view of a Budd coach #15, which was probably almost 50 years, but still looked modern.

Photograph depicts a southbound passenger of 2 Budd cars approaching the Exeter station in 100 Mile House. Davies notes that the shot is important because it was the first time traffic ceased on all PGR/BC Rail lines on October 31, 2002.

Photograph depicts a train called the "Cariboo Prospector." It was supposed to arrive to the station earlier, but a freight locomotive failed north of Williams Lake and blocked the line.

Photograph depicts a southbound passenger tain pulling into the Exeter Station of the BCR.

Photograph depicts a BC Rail passenger train that had stopped to let passengers board at Exeter Station. Jobs were being lost as a result of the cessation in passenger traffic.

Photograph depicts an open space where former yards of the KVR were located. Visible is a 2 stall engine shed, a turning ballon (in place of a wye), and the connection with the 14 long Copper Mountain Bracnch which conveyed copper concentrate and closed in 1957. Just out of view, on the right, was the Princeton Tunnel built by the GNR in 1910.

Photograph depicts a spur that led off on the norst side of the main line between Princeton and Brookmere. The last train seen here was in May, 1989.

Photograph depicts the west yards of the KVR.

Photograph taken looking west towards the depot in Princeton on mile 70.5.

Photograph taken looking east, towards the depot and town of Princeton. Behind the yard lay the beginnings of the former Copper Canyon branch.

Photograph depicts abandoned KVR track. The depot was located just behind the camera.

Photograph depicts details of a switch stand.

Photograph taken in the KVR yard area where there was a ballon in the place of a turning wye.

Photograph depicts former KVR track in Summerland. CPR speeders were parked on the main line.

Photograph depicts a car (at the left) which is an office and on display. The car on the right was operating equipment. Photograph taken at the KVR Historical Society headquarters.

Photograph depicts machinery stored in Summerland beside KVR track. Property of the KVR Historical Society.

Photograph depicts 2 cars in use between Summerland and Trout Creek bridge.

Photograph depicts a train spotted at the Summerland depot.

Photograph depicts a home built open car of the Kettle Valley Steam Railway.

Photograph depicts a train that was reconditioned at the Forestry Museum in Duncan in 1995/6. At that location, Davies had seen its fire box being rebricked.

Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.

Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.

Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.

Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.

Photograph depicts a train at the KVR Museum in Summerland.

Photograph depicts a locomotive car at the KVR Museum in Summerland.