File consists of research material regarding the New Westminster Railway Draw Bridge, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes technical specifications of the bridge, maps of the area, and newspaper articles regarding the bridge.
File consists of the 1904 edition of a textbook by N. Hawkins entitled "New Catechism of the Steam Engine with Chapters on Gas, Oil and Hot Air Engines".
File consists of research material regarding the Nelson Electric Tramway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information regarding Nelson's Streetcar #23, schedules, and the Nelson Street Tramway Society. Also includes an article by Mike Culham entitled "The Nelson Electric Tramway" and BCRHA's Bulletin No. 3 entitled "Streetcars in the Kootenays" by Douglas V. Parker.
File consists of research material regarding named passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CP's The Canadian, CP's The Dominion, CN's Continental Limited, PGE's North Country Limited, and CN's Super Continental.
File consists of research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway Nakusp & Slocan Branch, South Slocan-Slocan City Branch, and Kaslo & Slocan Branch. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Memories of CPR's Kootenay Switchbacks" by D. Purdy; "Cecchini's Lost Mine" by N.L. Barlee; federal legal documents about abandonment of the Kaslo Subdivision; "The Nakusp & Slocan Railway: Early Railway Days in the Kootenays" by D. Smith; and "Rosebery Barge Slip - CP Rail Kaslo Subdivision August 1983" by Davies.
File consists of a publication by Maurice Williams entitled "Myra's Men: Building the Kettle Valley Railway, Myra Canyon to Penticton".
File consists of copies of Davies article, "Moving Livestock by Rail: An Inquiry into an Extinct Traffic", which was published in the Spring 2006 issue of The Sandhouse.
File consists of material regarding the hobby of model railroading, predominantly consisting of articles and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a model tank speeder in Kamloops, British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding miscellaneous topics related to diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on diesel-electric locomotives; train horns; locomotive servicing; end-cab switchers; early diesel locomotive designs; and locomotive remote control.
File consists of material regarding miscellaneous rail tour operators in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about West Coal Rail Tours, the Coast Mountaineer, Wells Gray Tours, VIA Rail's Skeena, Pacific Wilderness Railway, and the Okanagan Valley Wine Train, among others.
File consists of research material regarding various maintenance of way related subjects, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CPR maintenance of way methods; track speeders and rail cycles; and track ballast. Also includes a copy of the legislation regarding "Transfer and Discontinuance of Railway Line Operations and Railway Track Determinations".
File consists of two photocopied early Canadian Pacific Railway timetables: Kettle Valley Railway Time Table 2 (29 Aug. 1915) and Lulu Island Branch Time Table 3 (7 June 1903).
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous bridges in British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding various topics related to freight cars, including reporting marks, car design, weight, and consolidated stencils. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes issue no. 244 of Canadian Rail magazine, which features an article by Wilkinson entitled "A Quarter-Century of Freight Car Design", and a 2010 issue of the Sterling Rail classifieds.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of various views captured in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of industrial views in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous farming materials in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous close-ups of various items found in British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway minor rail lines in southeastern British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the following branches and lines: Nelson to Castlegar; Castlegar to Trail and Rossland; Castlegar to Midway; Lardeau to Gerrard branch; and copper hauling lines around Grand Forks.
File consists of a Pacific Coast Division Canadian Railroad Historical Association publication by Eric L. Johnson entitled "Mining Railways of the Klondike: Narrow Gauge Railways Serving Coal Mines on Cliff Creek and Coal Creek, and a Placer Gold Operation on Bear Creek, Yukon Territory, 1899 to 1918".
File consists of a publication by Jim Hope and Donald Bain entitled "Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam Power in British Columbia".
File consists of research material regarding mechanized railway maintenance after 1960, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on rail lifters, tie shearers, tampers, tie spikers, inspection cars, and other modern mechanical maintenance of way vehicles and practices. Also includes a 1963 catalogue of Fairmont maintenance-of-way equipment and track motor cars.
File consists of a publication by Barrie Sanford entitled "McCulloch's Wonder: The Story of the Kettle Valley Railway".
File consists of maps of railway trackage in Vancouver Island, which consist of photocopy reproductions and hand drawn works by Davies. Includes maps of track in various cities on Vancouver Island (Victoria, Nanaimo, Duncan, Parksville, Qualicum, Nanoose, Ladysmith, and Port Alberni); maps of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N); and maps of logging railways on Vancouver Island.
File consists of material regarding manufacturers of track vehicles before 1960, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on vehicles manufactured by Fairmont, Kalamazoo, Beavercar, Railcar Company, Woodings-Railcar Limited, Crerar Adams & Company, and Sylvester Manufacturing Company.
File consists of research material regarding the manufacturers and major repairers of passenger cars, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of manual maintenance of way vehicles in British Columbia.
File consists of research material regarding railway management practices and personnel, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the CPR management attitude change in 2012 with Hunter Harrison, enforcement of rules, railway discipline, demerit marks (Brownie points), railway decline, and the culture of change.
File consists of issues of no. 492 of Canadian Rail magazine, which features Davies' article, "Maintenance-of-Way in British Columbia, 1890 to 1980".
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of track trollies in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of maintenance of way machines at BC speeder meet in British Columbia.
File consists of depictions of maintenance of way activities, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, postcards, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding lumber cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of material regarding logging railways in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes articles by Robert Turner entitled "Pacific Coast Logging: A General History", "Pacific Coast Logging: Steam Locomotives", "Pacific Coast Logging: The Diesel Era", "Pacific Coast Logging: Steam Era Equipment and Rolling Stock", and "Pacific Coast Logging: Gas-powered Speeder and a Transfer Caboose". Also includes the following works: "British Columbia Forest Products Cowichan Sawmill Division: The Youbou Story"; "A Perspective on Forest Policy" by Sorensen; "Locies for Loggers" by Hoffmeister; "The Water Tank at Chemainus" by D'Amato; "Logging Railways on Denman Island" notes by Davies; "Logging Railways in BC: Sources" by Davies; "Rayonier, Inc.: Railroading in the Northwest Pines" by Gutohrlein; "From Timber to Tidewater" by Sabol; "T & NVR Last Run" by Ballantyne; "Logging & Sawmilling" songs of the Pacific Northwest; "A Rainy Day in the Woods: Reflections on a Shay Day" by Bedfellow; "Crown Zellerbach Canada Logging Equipment Museum and Arboretum, Ladysmith, B.C."; and "From the Hill to the Spill: A Breathless History of B.C. Logging" by Trower.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a Canadian Forest Products logging railway in the Nimpkish Valley in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of logging railways in British Columbia and Washington State.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of logging railways in British Columbia.
File consists of material regarding livestock cartage in the United States. Moving livestock by rail was developed in the United States and later evolved in Canada. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the stock cars of the Santa Fe Railway, Rio Grande narrow gauge stock cars, South Pacific stock cars, Eastern stock cars, and other early American stock cars.
File consists of a pamphlet published by the City of Vancouver Archives commemorating the arrival of the first trans-Canada train from Montreal to Vancouver.
File consists of research material regarding railroad communication signals, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on universal hand signals, locomotive whistles, and train markers/train lanterns.
File consists of material regarding the Ladysmith Railway Society, which existed between 1984 and 1992. Includes correspondence and newsletters.
File consists of research material regarding railway labour relations and unions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the unionization process, the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the May 2012 CPR Rail Strike, the June 2011 lock-out by Rocky Mountain Railtours, the July 2009 VIA Rail Strike, the 1990 BC Rail strike, collective agreements, railway employee wages, and employee seniority. Also includes a copy of a "Master Agreement dated Montreal, September 27, 1979 between the Railway Association of Canada...and the Railway Employees Department...re: Application of Wage Increases...and other changes covering the years 1979, 1980, and 1981".
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of restoration the Kettle Valley Railway near Summerland in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the KVR in Princeton, British Columbia.
File consists of documents regarding actions taken to preserve the Kettle Valley Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes material about the initial work to create the heritage railway, but excludes material regarding the Kettle Valley Heritage Steam Railway once it commenced revenue traffic.
File consists of research material regarding the CPR's Kettle Valley Railway Osoyoos Branch (Penticton to Osoyoos). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of research material regarding the CPR's Kettle Valley Railway Nicola Spur (from Merritt). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Merritt Subdivision Mileposts" by Sanford and "Summary of Information Related to the Application of Canadian Pacific Limited to Abandon a Portion of the Nicola Spur, Merritt to Nicola" (1979).
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the dismantling of the KVR line from Princeton to Jura, British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the dismantling of the Kettle Valley Railway from Merritt to Princeton, British Columbia.