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2013.6.36.1.010.57 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #24 "Susie" at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Vulcan in 1894 and has a 0-4-0 saddle tank. The length is 17'16", width 6', and the height 8'. The wheel diameter is 29" and the wheelbase is 52". The cylinders are 9"x14". It has a boiler pressure of 125lbs and a water capacity of 300 gallons,. The weight is 24,000 lbs.

2013.6.36.1.010.62 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was first used in building the C.N.R. in B.C. and/or western Alberta. The gauge is 3' and it is believed it was built to this gauge. The drive is Elmer Blackstaff, the chief mechanic at the museum.

2013.6.36.1.010.61 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Vulcan in 1910. It has a 0-4-0 saddle tank to which has been added a tender. Its length is 21'8", width 7'6", and height 9'8". It has a wheel diameter of 29" and a wheel base of 60". Its cylinders are 10"x18". It has a boiler pressure of 150 lbs. and a water capacity of 400 gallons. It weighs 36, 000 lbs. The driver is Elmer Blackstaff, RR4 Duncan.

2013.6.36.1.010.64 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was first used in building the C.N.R. in B.C. and/or western Alberta. The gauge is 3' and it is believed it was built to this gauge. The drive is Elmer Blackstaff, the chief mechanic at the museum.

2013.6.36.1.010.25 · Item · [May 1964]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 2-6-6-2 Bladwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1934, and possibly numbered 38. The weight is 146 1/2 tons with 59, 600 lb. tractive effort.

2013.6.36.1.010.29 · Item · [May 1964}
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts #120 2-6-6-2 Baldwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line, 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1936, weighs 186 1/2 tons, and has 59, 600 lbs. of tractive effort. Probably locomotive #38 behind her.

Locomotive frame in Savona
2013.6.36.1.053.11 · Item · Oct. 1980
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a compressed air operated locomotive frame that had unequal sized cylinders (high and low pressure) and was believed to have come from the Canmore coal mines.

Locomotive-pushed snow plow
2013.6.36.3.06.31 · Item · [after 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts a snow plow. "Completion of the Connaught Tunnel in 1916 solved the worst of the severe weather problems faced by the CPR in Rogers Pass, where snowfalls average 50 feet. Based at Revelstokem a locomotive-pushed wedge plow and a Jordan spreader equipped with air-operated wings and retractable nose plates skim over the rails near Fraine, BC"

2013.6.36.1.010.30 · Item · [May 1964]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two locomotives at the Rayonier Railroad Camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. On the left is a 2-6-6-2 Baldwin locomotive #110. It is 111 tons and has 37, 500 lbs. of tractive effort. It is being fired Sunday night for a Monday start. Beside it is either locomotive #38 or #111.

2013.6.36.1.087.20 · Item · Sept. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a log dump attached to PGE track just south of Alta Lake near the Green River and Cheakamus River junction. The log dump had been recently used. PGE log cars are located in the foreground as well as a boom boat covered by tarp on a dock. Looking borth with the Whistler Mountain chairlift right-of-way on the mountainside.