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Caboose in Castlegar
2013.6.36.1.098.02 · Item · Aug. 1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a caboose that was formerly part of KVR and was on its way to Grand Forks. It now only went 3 miles to the Canadian Cellulose pulp mill in Kraft.

Cabin near Williams Lake
2013.6.36.1.078.06 · Item · [July 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a cabin near Williams Lake. Its interior contained two old treadle sewing machines and a chesterfield. Davies had the impression it had not been inhabited for at least a decade.

2013.6.36.1.074.09 · Item · Sept. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts "Butterchurch" that was built in 1870 under the direction of Father Rondeault of the Oblate Order for missionary work among the Comiakan Natives, a tribe of about 100. It was abandoned by about 1880 because of its location. It was recently restored as a historical shrine.

2013.6.36.1.026.06 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a possible storage and coal shed, and toilets located on the west side of track about a quarter mile north of the McCulloch depot building. McCulloch depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

Brodie Junction on CPR line
2013.6.36.1.020.13 · Item · 15 Oct. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Brodie Junction on the CPR Spences Bridge to Princeton line, located at mile 65.2 from Spences Bridge. The former northbound connector of the Coquihalla line (Hope to Brodie) is in the right foreground but it's not a dead-end spur of 200 yards in length. The mainline makes an 180 degree loop at this point. The tracks in the left rear of the photo lead to Merritt. The elevation is 3025 ft.