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              326 Archival description results for Kamloops, BC

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              Rocky Mountaineer
              2013.6.36.1.107.04 · Item · [21 June 1998]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve.

              Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours
              2013.6.36.1.105.07 · Item · Nov. 1993
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts cars of the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours. Believed that the year the photograph was taken was the first that cars of the company were stored in Kamloops as before they were stored in Vancouver. The initial experience was bad because there was an unseasonable cold snap in November and December that froze all the batteries underneath the cars and ruined them (bursting occured).

              2013.6.36.1.104.17 · Item · [13 May 2004]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts westbound freight undergoing a crew change. The second and third locomotives were brand new "Alaska Railways." Presumed to be delivered to Alaska, but the engineer Davies spoke to said that they were on lease to the CPR.

              Sperry Rail testing car
              2013.6.36.1.104.11 · Item · Nov. 1993
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a Sperry Rail testing car in the CPR yard in downtown Kamloops. These cars must have been between 60 and 70 years old, but they were kept in excellent condition. Car #127 was built in 1926 and modernized in 1989.

              CPR Kamloops ballast train
              2013.6.36.1.104.09 · Item · [May 1998]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a ballast train that was ready to depart. The caboose was one of 60 built in 1981 at CPR Angus Shops and was the last batch to built before the company closed in 1990.

              CPR Kamloops snow plows
              2013.6.36.1.104.10 · Item · [June 1997]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts one of the two snow plows that had arrived in January from the northbend and stayed until May. CPR # 401035 built in 1952. It was the 6th last snow plow built for the CPR (majority were built in 1920's).

              CPR spur
              2013.6.36.1.104.07 · Item · Mar. 1999
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a CPR spur leading into a lumber reload facility in Campbell Creek, east of Kamloops.

              CPR caboose
              2013.6.36.1.104.05 · Item · Sept. 1991
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a slightly damaged CPR caboose sitting in a gondola. Damaged as a result of an accident in August at the Kamloops yard. It was on its way to Calgary.

              CPR caboose
              2013.6.36.1.104.03 · Item · Sept. 1991
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a CPR caboose sitting in a gondola in the Kamloops yard after being rammed in a switching accident. Another caboose is visible. Both cabooses were still used for local freights, ballast trains, etc.

              CPR caboose
              2013.6.36.1.104.04 · Item · Sept. 1991
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a damaged caboose body sitting in a gondola car. Damaged as a result of an accident in the Kamloops yard, where the photograph was taken.

              Pedestrian overpass
              2013.6.36.1.104.01 · Item · [13 June 1993]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a pedestrian overpass, with rail below, leading to the Riverside Park and Coliseum. CPR container freight was moving westwards.

              CPR line, downtown Kamloops
              2013.6.36.1.104.02 · Item · [13 June 1993]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the CPR depot and a westbiund container freight standing in the yard. Two cabooses for local way-freight and a switcher were located on the rear spur.