Photograph depicts a CN speeder.
Photograph depicts special equipment opposite a car barn of the B.C. Electric Railway, at New Westminster.
Photograph taken at the east end of False Creek, looking south towarsd Quebec and Ontario Streets.
Photograph depicts the South Slocan Junction at mile 11.9 on the CPR line on the Nelson Boundary Subdivision. It closed as an agency in June 1969 but the telegrapher still maintained it. Three to four freights pass per day on the main line: 2 to Trail, 1 to Castlegar pulp mill, and 1 every other day to Midway. On the branch there is 1 train per week to Nakusp that leaves Nelson on Monday, arrives in Nakusp on Tuesday, and returns to Nelson on Wednesday. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts the south shore line of the B.C. Electric Railway in False Creek, Vancouver. B.C. Hydro operated it, if not owned it. The location was directly opposite from Granville Island.
Map depicts south eastern British Columbia, with highlighted annotations by Davies to emphasize location of rail lines.
Photograph depicts the Soda Creek reaction ferry.
Photograph depicts the Soda Creek reaction ferry.
Photograph depicts the Soda Creek reaction ferry. A ferry was sited between Soda Creek and Marguerite. The reaction ferry in Soda Creek itself had been abandoned for some time.
Photograph depicts two of the three snowplows in stationed din the CPR Penticton yard.
Photograph depicts a snowplow extra on the CPR line at Kingsvale, on the Princeton Subdivision at about mile 119. The snowplow extra was running south from Merritt with a plough, 2 locomotives and a caboose. Towards Brookmere summit the snow was 9 to 12 inches deep.
Photograph depicts a snowplow extra on the CPR line at Kingsvale, on the Princeton Subdivision at about mile 119. The snowplow extra was running south from Merritt with a plough, 2 locomotives and a caboose. Towards Brookmere summit the snow was 9 to 12 inches deep.
Postcard depicts a snow slide scene, west of Calgary in the Canadian Rockies with a snow plow clearing the railroad of an avalanche. Three-colour process.
Postcard depicts a snow slide scene in the Canadian Rockies.
Photograph depicts the remains of show sheds on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line on the Kettle Valley Railway. They are in the vicinity of the Romeo depot, at about mile 23 or 24 from Brookmere.
Photograph depicts the interior of a snow shed at about mile 29.0 using CPR mileages commencing at Brookmere, which is 4 miles east of Brookmere. It is on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line from Hope to Brodie Junction.
Photograph depicts snowplow #S103, which was an ex-electric stock, stored at the Kitsilano Workshop yards in Vancouver. It was converted from electric locomotive #952 built by 1911 by the B.C. Electric Railway and rebuilt in 1937.
Photograph depicts snowplow #S103, which was an ex-electric stock, stored at the Kitsilano Workshop yards in Vancouver. It was converted from electric locomotive #952 built by 1911 by the B.C. Electric Railway and rebuilt in 1937.
Photograph depicts a small sawmill on the Old Yale Rd., near the intersection of Robson Rd. in South Westminster, Surrey.
Photograph depicts a small coaster.
Photograph depicts a small coal tram at Tsable coal pit near Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.
Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.
Photograph depicts a small water proofed car, fitted with mops.
Photograph depicts a small barn that had just been built within the last 12 months.
Photograph depicts sluicing monitors that were used to tear down and break up alluvial gold bearing material.
Photograph depicts the sluice gates off the Nicola River, on a ranch at Nicola village, 7 miles northeast of Merritt.
Photograph depicts what is thought to be the Slocan branch line, near Passinae which is at mile 10.8 gtom south Slocan. This is at the point where the rail road and river lie close together. Approximately 20 miles west of Nelson.
Photograph depicts the Silver Ledge Hotel, Ainsworth Hot Springs, on the west side of Kootenay Lake, north of Nelson.
Photograph depicts the general view of a slipway that was used for pulling stormwheelers out of the water. It had 5 sets of ways.
Photograph depicts the general view of a slipway that was used for pulling stormwheelers out of the water. It had 5 sets of ways.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey. A girder was being placed into position.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey. A girder was being placed into position.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey. A girder was being placed into position.
Photograph depicts Sky Train trackage passing over 104th Avenue, Surrey.
Photograph depicts Sky Train track being extended into Surrey.
Photograph depicts the construction of a new Sky Train station.
Photograph depicts the construction of a new Sky Train station.
Photograph depicts the construction of a new Sky Train station.
Photograph depicts "Skeena Prince." The iron chute projecting from the land beyond the steam of a coaster belongs to a long defunct coal mine which ran back horizontally into the hill side.
Photograph depicts cargo of the Skeena Forest Products Ltd. Company. Image captured at the CNR Skeena Subdivision on the western outskirts of Terrace. Sidings here were capable of holding 27-38 cars.
Photograph depicts "Six Mile House Stable" on the west side of Okanagan Lake.
Photograph depicts six hydrants at Maderia Park, Sechelt. They are all marked with "T.C.I.W" for the Terminal City Iron Works, in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts the site of two derailment mishaps in 1991 and 1995. In November 1991, there was (and still is) a pipe yard of West Coast Gad Transmission Ltd. located above the track. Two huge pipes got away and rolled down the cut into the path of oncoming train. A concrete block wall was erected to stop this. Also, all pipes were stored at 90 degrees to the rail track.
Photograph depicts the site of the Coquihalla Summit depot (3,656 ft.) on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line of the Kettle Valley Railway. The only existing building of any size on the whole line(50 miles), also appears in this photo. The steel laid from the north to this point was laid in 1913/1914 and connected to Hope in 1916, The rails service was discontinued in November 1959 and the track lifted in 1962. The line climbs 36.3 miles from Hope at an average grade of 1 in 55.
Photograph depicts the site of the station yard at the CPR Okanagan Landing (defunct 1892-1940). Visible is a surviving non-powered capstan.
Photograph depicts the site of former single tram tracks going east up Frances St., near Commercial Dr., in east Vancouver, BC