Photograph depicts a 10 ton Wallis & Stevens Ltd. #7985 steam roller. It was built at Basingstoke, England from about 1925 to 1927. It is located at 6110 Curtis St. in Burnaby, BC
Plan depicts sections, elevations, and floor plans for the addition to the Kamloops roundhouse.
Plan depicts "scheme B" of the proposed 6 stall addition to the roundhouse at Kamloops, BC.
Architectural block plan depicts a proposed addition to the CNR roundhouse in Kamloops.
Photograph depicts an abandoned coal mine in Coal Creek, 5 miles east of Fernie, BCThe entrance to the mine is unusual and is 2/3rds up the mountainside. The mine was closed in 1959. Flat ground in foreground is littered with at least 100 mine tubs of approximately 3'0' gauge.
Map depicts the Abbotsford area, including railway lines.
Photograph depicts a baby seal at C.N. log drop at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a beehive burner at Brownsville Sawmills Ltd. On Olson St. in south Westminster, Surrey. It is on the banks of the Fraser River just below the Patullo Bridge.
Government map depicts railway lands, lands "disposed of", grazing leases, and timber berths. Shows the British Columbia 'railway belt' running from Greater Vancouver to Field, B.C.
Map depicts railways in British Columbia, with insets for the Lower Mainland and the Kootenays.
Map depicts Canadian railways in operation at 2011.
Map depicts the Canadian National Railway system, including trackage for the Central Vermont Railway, the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, the Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Railway, and the Northern Alberta Railway.
Map depicts the CNR system in Canada and the United States and all of its connecting lines, including the Central Vermont Railway, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, and the Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Railway.
Map depicts passenger routes on the Canadian Pacific Railway and its connecting lines in 1925.
Map depicts the city of Vancouver and its railways.
Photograph depicts the Tsable coal pit on Vancouver Island as the first coal of the afternoon shift being hauled up.
Photograph depicts coal miners near Buckley Bay. The afternoon shift (3 p.m.) is going down the Tsable drift mine, which is the only working coal pit on Vancouver Island in 1964 and has a total of 70 employees. It is run by the Comox Colliery Co. and has a daily production of 200-300 tons.
Photograph depicts the coaling wharf at Union Bay on Vancouver Island. It is the property of the Canadian Colliery Resources Ltd. It was last used on August 15, 1960. Thereafter, all equipment and railways were dismantled but the water tank is still standing.
Photograph depicts the coking ovens at Union Bay on Vancouver Island. They belong to the Canadian Collieries Ltd. and the date last used is unknown.
Photograph depicts the Cominco Ltd. In Kimberley, near Cranbrook. There is a 3' gauge overhead electric railway serving the underground workings of Sullivan mine. The view shows the C.P.R. access in the valley and the old mine portal, still used for in-going materials and supplies, at the right center of the photo.
Technical drawing depicts a condensed profile of the CN Albreda subdivision.
Real estate map depicts the areas around Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody, including rail trackage.
Map depicts the Cowichan Lake area, including rail trackage for the Western Forest Industries Logging Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the BC Forest Products Logging Railway.
Map depicts the Cowichan Lake area, including rail trackage for the Western Forest Industries Logging Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the BC Forest Products Logging Railway.
Photograph depicts a C.P.R. lumber train at Cowichan Lake to go to Crofton Mill on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a C.P.R. wrecking train unit at Vancouver station.
The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.
Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia, as well as a small selection of other subjects such as historical ships, buildings, vehicles, and bridges. All photographs created by David Davies.
Photograph depicts a derelict copper smelter at Princeton, BC. The ore comes from Copper Mountain.
Photograph depicts a derelict gold mine at Hedley, BC.
Architectural plan depicts a proposed standard 10 stall engine house with annex for machine shop and boiler room to be erected at Kamloops, BC.
Photograph depicts a donkey engine at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum
Photograph depicts an early type of spool donkey circa 1890-1900, on display at Promised Land Park on the Olympia Peninsula in Washington state.
Photograph depicts an early type of steam donkey mounted on a flatcar and attached to a Shay Tank. It is displayed on the roadside at Promised Land Park, probably near Forks, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.
Series consists of employee timetables for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, BC Rail, the Great Northern Railway, the Great Northern Railway, the Burlington Northern Railway, the BC Electric Railway, and the BC Harbours Board Railway. Also known as “working timetables”, these are a valuable research tool that include timings at every station or other significant location along the train's journey, the train's reporting number, its maximum speed, and any other information relevant to the operation of the train.
Photograph depicts a floating log saw cutter moored in the north arm of the Fraser River on the Lulu Island side near the #8 road.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the forest and lumber industry in British Columbia.
Series consists of general histories, statistics, and sources for railway subjects, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions and clippings from periodicals. Most documents are Canada-wide in scope.
Photograph depicts a general view, looking north, of Westview Harbour with the Powell River paper plant smoking in the background.
Plan depicts Granville Island industrial sites in False Creek, Vancouver. Shows revised trackage from 1955 annotated in colour by Davies.
Photograph depicts the Hedley Gold Mine, 26 miles east of Princeton. Crusher workings.
Map depicts historical rail lines in the BC lower mainland, including trackage for the BC Electric Railway, the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Great Northern Railway, and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, among others.
Plan depicts the location of buildings occupied by the Northern Construction Company on the old Kamloops Station ground.
Map depicts the city of Kelowna and area. Annotated by Davies to emphasize rail lines.
Map depicts area around Kelowna, with annotated Kettle Valley Railway Carmi subdivision line, Hydraulic Lake, and McCulloch.
Technical drawing of Kettle Valley Railway depicts trackage and a gradient profile for the line.
Photograph depicts loading coal at Buckley Bay. Coal is from Tsable Mine belonging to the Comox Colliery Co. The view is looking north.
Map depicts locations of all mining properties in British Columbia. Includes index with names of owners of properties.
Plan depicts the location of the Lyon Creek Bridge and borrow pit on the CNR Clearwater subdivision.
Series consists of research material relating to steam and diesel locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the steam to diesel transition period, details about specific locomotives, locomotive manufacturers, and self-propelled coaches.