Transportation and Utilities

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  • Act of means of transporting from one place to another
  • Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities
  • Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)
  • Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries
  • Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)
  • Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)
  • Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)
  • Professional organizations and unions
  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military

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          4832 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

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          2013.6.36.1.003.103 · Item · [May 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the B.C. Hydro station at Shalalth, 15 miles southeast of Lillooet on Seton Lake. Photograph shows penstocks carrying water from Bridge River to the powerhouse.

          2013.6.36.1.058.02 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912.

          2013.6.36.1.058.03 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also displayed is a PGE business car that was now called the "Peace River" and was used to sleep and feed the museum train staff.

          2013.6.36.1.058.05 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also displayed is a PGE business car that was now called the "Peace River" and was used to sleep and feed the museum train staff.

          2013.6.36.1.058.09 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also shown is a flat car, labelled "Caycuse River," that operated as a steam driven exhibit.

          2013.6.36.1.058.13 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Image captures the view of the whole train. It included a locomotive, 4 freight cars, and 4 passenger cars.

          2013.6.36.1.058.14 · Item · [3 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716. First spotted at McPherson and Watling in a vacant inudstrial yard.

          2013.6.36.1.058.04 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also displayed is a PGE business car that was now called the "Peace River" and was used to sleep and feed the museum train staff.

          2013.6.36.1.058.06 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also visible is locomotive #3716, a water car, 2 flat cars, labelled "Chemainus River" and "Caycuse River," as well as a box car that held an electric generator and various tools.

          2013.6.36.1.058.12 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912 by Montreal Locomotive Works.

          2013.6.36.1.058.08 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also shown is a steam driven donkey engine.

          2013.6.36.1.058.10 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912 by Montreal Locomotive Works.

          2013.6.36.1.058.11 · Item · [1 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912.

          BC Rail
          2013.6.36.1.045.01 · Item · [26 July 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Williams Lake. A Vancouver bound passenger train on BC Rail (former Pacific Great Eastern) track is visible.

          2013.6.36.1.126.04 · Item · 16 Oct. 2002
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          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.

          BC Rail Britannia Beach
          2013.6.36.1.045.05 · Item · 30 Sept. 1975
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Britannia Beach looking at the Ana-Canada Britannia Mines Ltd. Image captured the view of the concentrated ore dock with BC Rail in the foreground. The mine was closed on November 1, 1974.

          BC Rail Fort St. James
          2013.6.36.1.045.52 · Item · [10 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a switcher and a way freight locomotive that was stationed in Fort St. James. The passenger train ran from Driftwood to Fort St. James.

          BC Rail Horseshoe Bay
          2013.6.36.1.045.12 · Item · [May 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts work cars adjacent to the north portal of the recently (1974) opened tunnel at Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver. Visible is a train standing on what was formerly the main line of the track.

          BC Rail Lone Butte
          2013.6.36.1.045.22 · Item · 24 Sept. 1972
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts various work spurs. The spur on the left of the image is a work train, behind it is a running loop. The spur on the right led to a gravel pile. Not shown is the spur which was used for loading equipment like carts and shovels.

          BC Rail Lone Butte
          2013.6.36.1.045.21 · Item · 24 Sept. 1972
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts various spurs. One spur was for a work crew train, another led to a gravel pile as well as one which was located at the far end and was for loading heavy equipment onto flat cars. A passing loop to the main line can be seen in the background.

          BC Rail Porteau Cove
          2013.6.36.1.045.28 · Item · [19 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a speeder proceeding north to Squamish. Davies notes that it was easier to lift a speeder over the blades than work the switch.

          BC Rail Porteau Cove
          2013.6.36.1.045.11 · Item · [19 July 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a few speeders passing by. The one on the right is preceding southbound freight. Siding has the capacity for 55 cars.

          BC Rail Prince George
          2013.6.36.1.045.59 · Item · [12 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the passenger depot in Prince George, sited on a dead-end spur. It is situated in an industrial park some miles away from the city centre.

          BC Rail snow plow
          2013.6.36.1.109.13 · Item · [May 1998]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a BCR snow plow on a spur located opposite a former Squamish depot that was burned down. All the windows of the snow equipment in front of the plow were broken by vandals, so there was spare service for winter operations.