Photograph depicts a passing spur on the B.C. Electric Railway at Kennedy Station, 4 miles south of New Westminster. The view is looking north.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of historical objects in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts the rail connections below the north bank of the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster. The track in the foreground belongs to C.N. and the flyover foreground rail bridge belongs to the B.C. Electric Railway. The flyover background rail bridge is shared by the Great Northern Rail and C.N. Rail.
Photograph depicts the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster, looking east with the rail bridge in the background.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge. Site of a snow shed until the early 1980's when it was demolished and a slide fence was installed.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge. KVR track visible on a former Boundary Subdivision between Castlgar and Grand Forks.
Photograph depicts peat barns on the New Westminster Highway on Lulu Island, near the #8 Rd., half a mile west of rail crossing.
Photograph depicts a pedestrian overpass, with rail below, leading to the Riverside Park and Coliseum. CPR container freight was moving westwards.
Photograph depicts the Penticton CPR depot. The view is looking northwest.
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.
Photograph depicts a pepper pot burner that was becoming a rare sight in metro Vancouver because of pollution laws. The sawmill was between the north side of the CNR station and south arm of the Fraser River.
Subseries consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail employee timetables and schedules.
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 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 Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1957, 1964-1967, 1971-1972, 1974, and 1989.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Annual Reports for the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, and 1972-1974.
Photograph depicts a northbound 4 unit Budd passenger train at the flag stop in Australian, BC.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern trestle.
Photograph depicts a trestle near Australian, BC on mile 364. Visible is a northbound freight of 2 locomotives and about 60 cars.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern ballast car which was built in 1955 by Eastern Car Company in Trenton, Nova Scotia.
Photograph depicts a section house, track motor shed, and a disused bunk house and supplies shed which are property of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Photograph depicts a steel works car with an open end for ties and other material.
Photograph depicts a PGE crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a PGE crossing over the Fraser River, north of Lillooet. Visible on the far bank was an old grade that led to a former bridge about a mile downstream.
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 original forms and paperwork.
Photograph depicts an inspection speeder passing Jordans which was near the Whistler Mountain ski lift.
Photo displays the Pacific Great Eatern Railway depot in Kelly Lake on mile 192.7.
Photograph depicts the remains of Pacific Great Eastern trackage beside a primitive small grain elevator laeding off at the end of the "Y" at Kelly Lake. It was probably not in use for the past 20 or 30 years, as of 1972.
Photograph depicts gondola cars sitting on a turning Y, unloaded, and covered with plastic. They were awaiting switching to an ore mine loading loop about 5 miles up the line.
Photograph depicts a southbound Budd car train about to deport.
Photograph depicts an auxillary car with a powered winch found at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Lillooet. Inside the roundhouse in the background was a boiler room that contained a locomotive boiler in working order.
Photograph depicts the PGE line at an unknown location.
File consists of original Pacific Great Eastern Railway Pacific District timetables 75 (19 May 1957), 77 (27 Apr. 1958), and 78 (15 Feb. 1959).
Photograph taken on mile 178.0. Depicts a work train on a spur with a water tank car.
Photograph taken loooking southwards, down the Fraser Canyon, between Pavilion and Lillooet. Visible is a northbound Budd car going slowly up a steep grade.
Photograph depicts a work train on a spur. Taken from the shelter of the depot in Pavilion.
Photograph depicts a disused snow plow #6001 that was built of wood. Snow plough #6002 is found behind.
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).
Photograph location is unknown, but Davies stated it to be possibly somewhere north of Quesnel. A bridge is visible.
Photograph depicts a chip car #9581 loading at a sawmill on the northern outskirts of Quesnel.
Photograph depicts a down freight of 75 cars passing under the Quesnel to Barkerville road about 4 miles out of Quesnel.
Photograph taken at the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Quesnel.
Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image depicts a steam crane marked #4 and owned by United Rentals Ltd., Nanaimo, forming part of a pile driving work train.
Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image displays part of a pile driving work train owned by United Rentals Ltd. of Nanaimo. A tender and a steam crane #4 for pile driving are also visible.
Photograph taken at the depot in Seton Portage. A northbound Dayliner of 3 Budd cars that have stopped are visible. This train ran daily from North Vancouver to Lillooet.
Photograph taken at the end of the Pacific Great Eastern passing loop near the Portage River. Image captures the general view of a rail lifting train about to commence work. The train moved backwards at a slow walking pace and picked up rails. Track fastening were collected by 2 men and thrown on a flat car.
Photograph depicts 5 attached cars which are nearest to the camera and belong to the "Bridge and Building" work train. They were set at the location for a week before travelling to Hanceville.