Showing 3643 results

Archival description
3374 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
2013.6.36.1.085.07 · Item · 1971
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts renovated windsor kicthen chairs. The adult chair on the right was made in Owen Sound prior to 1923. Child's chair on the left was likely pre-1940. It came from Sunday school room of a church in Vancouver. Owned and renovated by David Davies.

Replacement rail bridge
2013.6.36.1.091.02 · Item · Sept. 1998
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replacement rail bridge. Forms sat on a temporary pile of dirt, which in turns sat on a road bed of a new highway that had just been cut.

Replica of "SS Beaver"
2013.6.36.1.067.07 · Item · Aug. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replica of the "SS Beaver" built by the RCN in Esquimalt and moored in Vancouver, open to the public. Its pump handle that operated the capston, was reconstructed from a drawing done in 1870.

Replica of "SS Beaver"
2013.6.36.1.067.09 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replica of the "SS Beaver" entering the Inner Harbour of Victoria. Firing gun salute are forward on the paddle wheels and are making artificial smoke. Bow of the HMCS St. Croix is found in the foreground.

Replica of "SS Beaver"
2013.6.36.1.067.05 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replica of the "SS Beaver" entering the Inner Harbour of Victoria. It was open to the pubic over the May Long weekend of 1971.

Replica of S.S. Moyie
2013.6.36.1.013.19 · Item · [ 17 June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replica of the S.S. Moyie built and photographed at Burrard Shipyard & Marine Ways Ltd. on 1729 West Georgia St., Vancouver. It was launched on June 15, 1965.

Replica of S.S. Moyie
2013.6.36.1.013.20 · Item · [17 June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a replica of the S.S. Moyie built and photographed at Burrard Shipyard & Marine Ways Ltd. on 1729 West Georgia St., Vancouver. It was launched on June 15, 1965.

2013.6.36.1.005.15 · Item · Aug. 1964
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a retired Courtenay fire engine in front of a private house on the south side of the road from Lantzville to Hammond Bay, about 3 miles east of Island Highway.

Revelstoke Railway Museum
2013.6.36.3.07.01 · Item · [after 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts the Revelstoke Railway Museum. "Take a run down the track of Canadian History at the Revelstoke Railway Museum, located in the beautiful Columbia Valley. Museum exhibits trace the pople and events involved in the development of the CPR. Highlights include Steam Locomotive 5468 and a unique gift shop."

Rhone CPR depot
2013.6.36.1.027.04 · Item · [23 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Rhone CPR depot located at mile 24.8 on the Carmi Subdivision. There was no evidence of station buildings at any time, and it just had a passing point and some track maintenance shanties. The view is looking north.

Road crossing
2013.6.36.1.150.06 · Item · Sept. 1991
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a road crossing somewhere on the "loops" on the Princeton to Jura line. Looking downgrade at a loop.

Road crossing before Jura
2013.6.36.1.150.07 · Item · 11 Aug. 1991
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2013.6.36.1.026.14 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Rocky Mountaineer
2013.6.36.1.107.06 · Item · [21 June 1998]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Rocky Mountaineer
2013.6.36.1.107.04 · Item · [21 June 1998]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve.

Rocky Mountaineer
2013.6.36.1.107.05 · Item · [21 June 1998]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Rocky Mountaineer train with a propelling locomotive short distance away approaching Chilcoltin Road, Kamloops Indian Reserve.