Photograph depicts a scow owned by Island Tug and Barge Ltd.
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, BC"When travelling through this mighty scenic gorge, the highway often gets too narrow at points, and rock ledgeds required cutting tunnels in order to restore safety. This tunnel lies just north of Yale, BCIt handles traffic along the Trans-Canada Highway."
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey traction engine in Nanton, Alberta. The device parallel and topside of the boiler to heat feed water. The water tank is small so it must have had a water cart in constant attendance.
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey steam engine in Nanton, Alberta. It was built in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw.
Photograph depicts a sawmill at the edge of Okanagan Lake at the north end of downtown Kelowna. The end of a chip loading spur is visible on the left.
Photograph depicts a sawmill yard at CPR yard adjacent to barge slip at the end of the branch line. Slocan Lake is in the distance.
Photograph depicts a sand car at the Great Northern Railway depot in Vancouver, beside the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot.
Photograph depicts sample lettering that read "Canadian National Kamloops Auxiliary."
Photograph depicts sample lettering that read "CN Kamloops Auxiliary Dining Car."
Photograph depicts the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Photograph depicts the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Postcard depicts Sailor Bar Tunnel on the Fraser Canyon Section of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Photograph depicts a saddle tank built by Porter Company, Pittsburgh, USA in 1901. It was used for charging coke ovens and was acquired from the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company in 1970.
Photograph depicts a solid rubber tire on wooden spokes. It came from an early type of truck, but was now used on a two-wheel trailer carrying a tank.
Photograph depicts a wharf spur in Squamish. Visible is locomotive #2860 "Royal Hudson" and a baggage car that is running around the train prior to its departure.
Photograph depicts a wharf spur in Squamish, with the "Royal Hudson" waiting while tourist passengers explore Squamish.
Photograph taken at the BC Rail depot in North Vancouver, with "Royal Hudson" tourist train captured prior to its departure.
Photograph taken at the BC Rail depot in North Vancouver, with tourist train "Royal Hudson" departing to Squamish.
Photograph depicts the front end of locomotive #2860 "Royal Hudson" that was used to haul a daily tourist train to Squamish.
Photograph depicts a roundhouse with 16 bays at Cranbrook. Currently 7 were fitted with rails, of which 5 bays are in use. Four of these bays were holding snowplows and 2 were clearly not used. Three of the sixteen bays appear to never have been fitted with track.
Photograph depicts rolling stock on a spur trestle at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum on Somenos Lake.
Series consists of articles, clippings, and other research material related to rolling stock used on British Columbia railways. Although the term “rolling stock” encompasses all vehicles that move on a railway, some material regarding rolling stock is filed separately, such as locomotives (see series 2013.6.11). Includes information about passenger cars, freight cars, and non-revenue cars (cabooses, cranes, service cars, etc.).
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Kamloops. Locomotive #7488.
Photograph depicts the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours yard. Main line track is found on the left and was still used by CN for Okanagan freights and other miscellaneous trafffic.
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).
Photograph depicts the sidings of the Rocky Mountaineer Railway Tours CN depot in downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tour train passing a newly completed yard.
Photograph depicts a completed yard of the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours built on the Kamloops Indian Reserve, about 1 1/4 miles northeast of the VIA waiting room at the CN Kamloops Junction.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer Jasper train that had just been propelled into the downtown Kamloops CN station. Once passengers de-trained, the empty train was pulled into R.M.R private trackage on K.I.R. for overnight stabling, cleaning, and restocking.
Photograph depicts a southbound Rocky Mountaineer train coming into the CN Kamlops Junction. Included about 8 empty cars.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train proceeding westward onto the North Thompson bridge. It was then propelled down to the branch to downtown Kamloops.
Photograph depicts a southbound Rocky Mountaineer train coming into the CN Kamlops Junction. Included about 8 empty cars.
Photograph depicts a work in progress in extending access to a new depot for Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tour trains.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve. St. Joseph's Church is on the left.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve.
Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of motorized vehicles in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of horse drawn vehicles in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts road vehicles parked outside of the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Photograph depicts a road trestle bridge for cars about halfway between south Wellington and Nanaimo Lake, southwest of Nanaimo.
Photograph depicts a road roader at work doing black top patching and that belonged to the Pavements Department of the City of Vancouver. Built by Aveling Barford Ltd., Grantham, Lincs, England.
Photograph depicts a road crossing somewhere on the "loops" on the Princeton to Jura line.
Photograph depicts a road crossing leading to the Forestry Department campsite at the south end of Hydraulic Lake. The location is about 1 mile south of McCulloch depot or at about mill 75.5, on the Carmi Subdivision. The rail here is 85 lbs. and dated 1940. The view is looking west.
Photograph depicts the uppermost crossing before Jura. Davies noted that though it was not listed on any timetable, it was believed that there was a waiting shed on the left side of the track beyond the road. Note the generous width of the railway property beyond the road that was possibly for putting in a level spur.
Photograph depicts the uppermost crossing before Jura.