File consists of material regarding the preservation of interurban cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Downtown Historical Railway - A Look at Vancouver's Interurban Revival" by Webster; "BCER 1223 Joins in Trolley Revival" by McGeachie; and "The Downtown Vancouver Historic Railway" by Murphy.
File consists of material regarding Porter locomotives, a type of light-duty locomotive manufactured by H.K. Porter, Inc. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes background notes by Davies on the H.K. Porter company and a compiled list of all known Porter locomotives that worked in British Columbia and the Yukon.
File consists of material regarding the Alberni Pacific Railway and McLean Mill National Historic Site. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of rail activities in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
File consists of philatelic and numismatic material related to railways. Includes Canadian mint postage stamps; Cancelled-To-Order (CTO) postage stamps from Bulgaria, Hungary, Cuba, Cambodia, and Benin; souvenir booklets for Canadian Locomotives stamp releases; issues of the Commemorative Stamp Bulletin for the Canadian Locomotives releases; an article by Fred Angus entitled "Railway Subjects on Canadian Stamps"; and a 1999 commemorative Canadian quarter with a steam locomotive.
File consists of research material regarding Pacific Great Eastern Railway and BC Rail Dease Lake extension. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "PGE/BCR: Dease Lake Extension - First 25 Years, 1968 to 1993"; PGE/BCR Dease Lake Branch Progress at end of 1974; "Dease Lake or Bust: BC Rail's Takla Sub, a Socred Mega-Project, Lives On" by Johnson; and "To Alaska or Bust on a Mixed Train: Was BCR's Dease Lake line too late...or too early?" by Patterson and McMillan. Also includes a map of the Dease Lake extension annotated by Davies.
File consists of original Pacific Great Eastern Railway timetables 83 (12 Nov. 1961) and 92 (16 Nov. 1969).
File consists of PGE timetable code resources.
File consists of research material regarding Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) stations in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on various PGE stations and a listing by Davies entitled "Railway Stations in B.C. by Railway Company: PGE". Also includes an article by Patrick O. Hind entitled "Bridge River and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway".
File consists of a photocopied PGE Squamish Division timetable 4 (11 Oct. 1914).
File consists of publications published or sponsored by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway or BC Rail. Includes the following works: "Cariboo Prospector Passenger Train, 1956-2002" (2003); "Pacific Great Eastern Railway: A Presentation Depicting the Growth of the Railway Since its Inception" (1965); "Northern British Columbia: The Awakening Giant", a paper presented by J.S. Broadbent to the Prince George Construction Association and Northern B.C. Construction Association (1971); "Pacific Great Eastern: Profile of a Modern Railroad" (1969); and "Pacific Great Eastern Railway Patterns of Growth" (1972).
File consists of original Pacific Great Eastern Railway Pacific District timetables 75 (19 May 1957), 77 (27 Apr. 1958), and 78 (15 Feb. 1959).
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway original forms and paperwork.
File consists of research material regarding the Pacific Great Eastern Railway up until its transition to the British Columbia Railway in 1971. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Diverging Lines: The PGE at Lillooet" by Johnson and Hind; "Bridge River and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway" by Hind; "Passenger Fares, PGE, late 1958" by Davies; "P.G.E. between Quesnel and Prince George: Original Routing" by Davies; "The PGE Iron Ore Spur at Alta Lake and the Iron King Mine: PGE's First Bulk Mineral Shipper" by Johnson; "1931 PGER Deviation at Lillooet" by Davies; "Ballad of the P.G.E." by Harry Hopkins; "PGE's Shalalth Auto Ferry Service" by Hind; and "How the P.G.E. Changed my Life" by Basil Franey. Also includes information on the PGER dock at Squamish, the PGE in Lillooet, and the PGE's name train 'North Country Limited'.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Annual Reports for the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, and 1972-1974.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1957, 1964-1967, 1971-1972, 1974, and 1989.
File consists of publications by Timothy J. Horton entitled "The British Columbia Railway (Volume One)", "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Volume Two)", and "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Volume Three)".
File consists of historical summaries and general data for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and later, BC Rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "P.G.E.R. 1914 to 1923, Progressive Dates of Commencement of Passenger Service" by Davies; "Splintered Dream" by Schmidt; "Arriving at Squamish in 1928: The Story of Eric P. Stathers" by Eric Stathers; "Tales of Trails and Rails: CPR, PGE, and Others North of Squamish" by Eric Johnson; "Pacific Great Eastern Railway: Moving British Columbia's Resources to the Markets of the World" (1971); "B.C. Rail in Review" (1974); "An Electrified Finale" by Dale Sanders; "Brief Overview of the PGE, BCR, and BC Rail" by Douglas Smith; "Remembering BC Rail" by Mark Forseille; "All time PGE, BCR, BC Rail Roster" by Paul C. Smith; "The PGE is a 'Different' Railway" by Peter Cox; and "North to the Yukon!" by C. Willis Creighton. Also includes 1974 and 1995 BC Rail schedules.
File consists of material regarding the relationships between people and railways. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about railways and Remembrance Day, railway noise, railway nostalgia, railway hobos, and railfanning.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of historical objects in British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding the practical aspects of operating passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on equipment, running, maintenance, routes, speeds, and car weights. Also provides visuals of various passenger trains.
File consists of material regarding railway publicity directed toward potential passengers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes a 1924 CNR pamphlet "Across Canada from the Pacific to Atlantic", which contains a pull-out route map; a Canadian National 1928 pamphlet advertising the Canadian Rockies; ticket stubs; and many other ephemeral publications for rail passengers.
File consists of material regarding railway passenger fares. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes past passenger rates for E&N, CN, BC Rail, PGE, CPR, GNR, VIA Rail, and BCER Interurbans.
File consists of research material regarding passenger cars in general, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on rail diesel cars (RDC/Budd car), baggage coaches, diner cars, Pullman cars/sleeper cars, observation cars, and other passenger coaches.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Wilderness Railway tourist train in Victoria, British Columbia.
File consists of a 1984 publication by Patrick O. Hind entitled "Pacific Great Eastern Steam Locomotives".
File consists of a publication by Patrick O. Hind entitled "Pacific Great Eastern Steam Locomotives".
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Seton Portage Wreck in British Columbia.
File consists of maps of the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) and BC Rail (BCR) trackage in British Columbia, which consist of photocopy reproductions and hand drawn works by Davies. Includes maps of PGE/BCR track in various B.C. cities (Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Squamish, 100 Mile House, Lillooet, Fort Nelson, Williams Lake, West Vancouver, Quesnel); maps of PGE/BCR track at various times (1973, 1986); and maps of the Dease Lake extension.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in Seton Portage, British Columbia
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern (later BC Rail) main line of British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding other miscellaneous railway structures, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on handcar sheds, track scales, freight docks, gantry cranes, watchman's shanties, scalehouses, car repair shops, repair hoists, cattle docks, bunkhouses, and snowsheds.
File consists of material regarding other railway associations, including the BC Railway Historical Association and the National Model Railroad Association. Consists of correspondence and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding steam locomotives operated in British Columbia by owners other than CNR and CPR, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on steam locomotives used by Pacific Great Eastern (PGE), Great Northern Railway (GNR), and the White Pass & Yukon Route. Also includes the following articles: "The PGE's Steam Locomotive Fleet: 1912-1956" by Hind; "GNR Motive Power Used in Southwestern B.C." by Merilee; and "PGE and BCR Locomotive Roster" by Crozier Smith.
File consists of an original "Operating rules [for] Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Railway System, Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway, Central Vermont Railway, dated July 1st, 1929".
File consists of four issues of "On Track", the newsletter of the Kettle Valley Railway Heritage Society.
File consists of research material regarding the Okanagan Valley Railway, which was created on 21 Nov. 1998. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Okanagan Valley Railway, Short Line: 21 Nov. 1998 to Closure 1 Sept. 2009" compiled by Davies and an article in Okanagan Life magazine regarding the OVR and KPR.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Okanagan Valley Railway in British Columbia.
File consists of a document contains CN Rail Okanagan Sub-division track details for the Kamloops to Armstrong section.
File consists of photocopies of track plans for the CNR Okanagan branch between Kamloops and Armstrong.
File consists of depictions of the Canadian National Railway Okanagan branch. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, clippings from periodicals, and postcards.
File consists of research material relating to Canadian National Railway Okanagan branch locomotives and self-propelled cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, clippings from periodicals, and notes. Includes the following works: "M-3 Consolidations and the Significance of #2141 to Railroading in the Kamloops Region" by Bert Hyde; "Steam Locomotives Observed on Branch for 1926 through 1958"; and "The CNR Jitneys of Kamloops: 1920-1950" by Davies.
File consists of research material relating to the Canadian National Railway Okanagan branch infrastructure and operation. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, clippings from periodicals, and notes. Includes the following works: "CNR Kamloops-Armstrong Branch Line: Monte Lake" by Davies; "CP Okanagan Subdivision/CN Okanagan Subdivision/CN Lumby Subdivision"; "Okanagan Branch"; and "Trains to the Okanagan" by Jim Hope.
File consists of issue no. 476 of Canadian Rail journal, which features Davies' article, "Not 'A Bridge Too Far' But One Far Enough: How the G.T.P. Crossed the Fraser at Prince George, British Columbia".
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Northwood Pump Mill Railway in Prince George, British Columbia.
File consists of material regarding the Northwood Pulp & Timber Limited private industrial railway in Prince George. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of a May 1952 special edition of the Northwest Digest that features the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
File consists of research material regarding the Northern Alberta Railway in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Sixty Years to the Peace, 1916-1976" by George France; "End of an Era" by Marsh; "Northern Alberta Railways: Its History, as it Related to its most Westerly Branch that Terminates at Dawson Creek" compiled by Davies; "A Historical Tour of the N.A.R. Station"; and "Thunder in Peace River Country - The Last Great West: Canadian National's Former Northern Alberta Railways Lines" by Kozma and Bohi.
File consists of a publication by Douglas V. Parker entitled "No Horsecars in Paradise: A History of the Street Railways and Public Utilities in Victoria, British Columbia before 1897".