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Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours
2013.6.36.1.107.09 · Item · Sept. 1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a completed yard of the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours built on the Kamloops Indian Reserve, about 1 1/4 miles northeast of the VIA waiting room at the CN Kamloops Junction.

Roundhouse at Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.028.17 · Item · Aug. 1983
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a roundhouse with 16 bays at Cranbrook. Currently 7 were fitted with rails, of which 5 bays are in use. Four of these bays were holding snowplows and 2 were clearly not used. Three of the sixteen bays appear to never have been fitted with track.

2013.6.36.1.005.37 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Rumely oil tractor #1237 , type M, RPM 640. At sea level develops 35 Brake H.P. and 20 drawbar H.P. It was made by Advance Rumely Co. Inc. at Battle Creek, Michigan. The tractor is located at High River, Alberta, 40 miles south of Calgary.

Saddle tank, Fernie
2013.6.36.1.053.40 · Item · 20 Aug. 1983
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a saddle tank built by Porter Company, Pittsburgh, USA in 1901. It was used for charging coke ovens and was acquired from the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company in 1970.

Saw mill yard
2013.6.36.1.029.08 · Item · [July or Aug. 1983]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a sawmill yard at CPR yard adjacent to barge slip at the end of the branch line. Slocan Lake is in the distance.

"Seabee Amphibian"
2013.6.36.1.083.02 · Item · Oct. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a monoplane called the "Seabee Amphibian." It was a 3 seater and produced by the Republic Aviation Corp. About 10 of these aircraft were grouped together near the Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island. All were separately owned and in different finishes and states of care.