Subseries contains material relating to the administrative functions of the Grand Trunk Railway, including financial records.
Subseries contains material relating to the administrative functions of the Canadian National Railway Prince George office, including financial records and publication material meant for management staff.
Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.
Subseries contains BC Rail manuals, publications and directories related to BC Rail projects, operating rules, and safety.
Consists of photographs depicting various scenes on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and British Columbia Railway (later known as BC Rail).
The British Columbia Railway (BC Rail) series consists of promotional ephemera material, employee time tables, fare rates and multiple forms, used and unused, pertaining to daily train movements and BCR operations. Several employee manuals, employee examination material, employee seniority listings, and union agreements are also contained within. Three plans detail various BC Rail sites.
British Columbia RailwayPhotograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment on a bridge. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway rail yard at Prince Rupert, BC.
Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian National train stations, derailments, equipment, locomotives and staff.
Photograph depicts Canadian National Railway steam cranes at work. Three railwaymen are in the foreground.
Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian Pacific train stations, derailments, equipment and staff.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) series consists of materials documenting CPR operations in British Columbia from 1927-1996. Series includes correspondence, time tables, publications and ephemera used or created by Canadian Pacific. Also comprises tariff and freight materials developed by Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Freight Association used by Canadian Pacific.
Canadian Pacific RailwaySubseries contains material created by various Canadian railways. Includes forms, condensed profiles, time tables and promotion material.
Photograph depicts a CNR locomotive pushing snow removal equipment #51070 near a building, possibly a railway station.
Subseries contains internal and external correspondence created by or pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway.
Subseries consists primarily of interdepartmental correspondence and incoming correspondence to Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Subseries consists of interdepartmental correspondence primarily in the form of telegraphs and internal correspondence bulletin books.
Subseries consists of correspondence between Grand Trunk Railway and other railway systems, particularly the Wabash Railroad Company.
Photograph depicts derailed rail cars and locomotive # 5119 in a ditch.
Photograph depicts derailed rail cars and locomotive # 5119 in a ditch.
Photograph depicts the Dorreen railway station on the Canadian National Railway main line, located on the west bank of the Skeena River between Cedarvale and Terrace, British Columbia. CN boxcars visible on the siding.
Subseries contains materials related to employee development, union and training. Seniority lists, examination materials, memorandum and union agreements are contained within.
Subseries contains employee time books and payroll ledgers developed by various companies and union groups for the use of rail workers and railways. Includes a time and payroll ledger used by Magofin Bergh & co., a railway construction contractor.
Subseries contains employee training and instruction materials for general rail operations.
Subseries contains ephemera related to Canadian National Railways.
Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.
Subseries contains ephemera related to the Grand Trunk Railway.
Subseries contains ephemera related to Pacific Great Eastern Railways.
Subseries contains letterhead, pamphlets, ticket stubs and stamps used and created by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Subseries contains published material pertaining to BC Rail operations but not created by BC Rail.
Subseries contains used and unused railway and financial forms.
The Fyfe Lake Sawmill series consists of administrative, financial, and operational records created by Fyfe Lake Sawmills. The series includes labour, logging, sale, and order records. Also comprises correspondence between Fyfe Lake Fir and a number of individuals, organizations and companies. Records created by the Northern Interior Lumberman’s Association, equipment manuals, and instructional publications that were collected and used by Fyfe Lake are also included.
Fyfe Lake SawmillPhotograph depicts Grand Trunk Pacific locomotive 624 and equipment at a railyard.
The Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway series consists of administrative records, correspondence between railways, and ephemera. Also consists of maps and technical drawings depicting Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail lines and structures.
Photograph depicts construction of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway trestle by Bostrom & Green Contractors near Fort Fraser, BC.
Subseries contains employee and personal material used or created by H.S. Unwin, a Canadian Pacific Railway Employee.
Subseries contains timecards, labour records, and employee documents.
Subseries contains textual material concerning yard, station, track, and train maintenance. A majority of the records are in the form of work orders.
Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced Pacific Great Eastern Railways. Predominantly consists of plans of the rail line in the B.C. area. Also includes technical drawings of Pacific Great Eastern Railway structures.
Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways. Predominantly consists of plans of the rail line in the BC area. Also includes technical drawings of Grand Trunk Railway structures.
Subseries contains maps and plans depicting railway sites in British Columbia and the Yukon.
Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Canadian National Railways. Predominantly consists of record plans of the B.C. Mountain Region. Also includes technical drawings of CN railway equipment.
Photograph depicts man standing in CNR / GTP roundhouse at Endako. Typed annotation on verso reads: " Matt Caldwell in CNR/GTP roundhouse at Endako, pre-1950. Pre-WW1, Matt worked for Grand Trunk in Montreal as a boiler maker, moving to GTP in Edson. Served in WW1 with First Pioneers from P.G. Eventually promoted to Loco Foreman in Endako: retired c. 1950. Photo: May Caldwell Dockrill (daughter) & "Deeper Roots & Greener Valleys", published by Fraser Lake & District Historical society."
Typed annotation on verso reads: "Matt Caldwell on GTP/CNR turntable at Endako c. 1950. Pre-WW1, Matt worked as boiler maker for Grand Trunk in Montreal & later in Edson. He served in WW ! with First Pioneers from P.G. and after the war became (eventually) Loco Foreman in Endako: retired c. 1950. Photo: May Caldwell Dockrill (daughter) & "Deeper Roots & Greener Valleys", published by Fraser Lake & District Historical Society."
Subseries contains miscellaneous material created by BC Rail, BC Rail employees or through a partnership between BC Rail and Mountain Outin’ Tours, Inc.
The Miscellaneous Forest History Material series consists of material created or used by various logging and pulp mill companies. Includes forms, union materials, maps, plans and other records related to the forestry sector in British Columbia. The series also comprises publications related to equipment and employee training, and correspondence and memorandum developed by B.C. Chemicals, a division of Canfor.