Savona, BC

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              Boiler in Savona
              2013.6.36.1.053.09 · Item · Oct. 1980
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a compressed air operated locomotive frame and H.K. Porter boiler, built in 1912. It was believed that the locomotive frame came from the Canmore coal mines.

              Boiler in Savona
              2013.6.36.1.053.08 · Item · Oct. 1981
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a narrow gauge contractor's locomotive boiler owned by Mr. Shane Sherman of Lake Shore Road, Savona. It was built by H.K. Porter as boiler #1451 B on August 18, 1912.

              2013.6.36.1.117.05 · Item · [26 Aug. 1995]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a collision between two freights (visible is the head of one and the tail of the other) at this switch. The signal was knocked down, but a replacement was erected. It was being tested while the photograph was being taken. Switch blade movements were remotely controlled.

              CPR Savona
              2013.6.36.1.053.25 · Item · 13 Oct. 1980
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the spur to the used mine machinery depot of the Nelson Machinery Company Ltd. The rail found in the middle distance was property of this company, not the CPR.

              Locomotive frame in Savona
              2013.6.36.1.053.11 · Item · Oct. 1980
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a compressed air operated locomotive frame that had unequal sized cylinders (high and low pressure) and was believed to have come from the Canmore coal mines.

              Pipe yard
              2013.6.36.1.117.02 · Item · [Nov. 1991]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a pipe yard of West Coast Gas Transmission. Two large pipes had gotten away and rolled onto the railway.

              2013.6.36.1.117.07 · Item · [26 Aug. 1995]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the site of two derailment mishaps in 1991 and 1995. In November 1991, there was (and still is) a pipe yard of West Coast Gad Transmission Ltd. located above the track. Two huge pipes got away and rolled down the cut into the path of oncoming train. A concrete block wall was erected to stop this. Also, all pipes were stored at 90 degrees to the rail track.