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Photograph depicts a piece of abandoned track leading to the peat plant at #8 road on Lulu Island on the Westminster Highway. The track runs parallel to the Westminster Highway, which is at the left beyond the photo. The rail is undated and marked, "Rlymney Steel" (South Wales). The photo is looking west and the Canadian National Railway (CN) spur lies a quarter mile behind the camera.

Photograph depicts Pier #2 in Vancouver at the north end of Columbia St. It shows disconnected trackage on the east side of the pier that was formerly serviced by the CPR. It has not been in use for some years. The switch fittings were made by the Nelson Iron Works in Seattle.

Photograph depicts Pier B in Burrard Harbour, Vancouver. The photo shows the inside the main roadway and the CPR trackage.

Photograph depicts a pipe yard of West Coast Gas Transmission. Two large pipes had gotten away and rolled onto the railway.

Photograph depicts a plaque attached to the east side girder of bascule section of the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a pole yard of Gorman Bros Ltd. Loading methods and quality were checked by CN inspectors in Kamloops, then on the main trans-continental line. These particular lines were destined for Ontario.

Photograph depicts a renovated Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Port Alberni. It was now used by Alberni Pacific tourist railway.

Photograph depicts Pounder Emulsions Ltd. which received bitumens and distributed them to blacktop plants from April till October.

Photograph depicts the "Powell River Queen" of the B.C. Ferries. It was just arriving at the slip in Earl's Cove after it had just made an 8 mile trip from Saltery Bay. It had been built in Victoria in 1965. Capacity held 50 cars and 250 passengers.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts a primitive tram with external flonges and a swivel support for a tub that was found amongst the debris near the blacksmiths shop in Barkerville.

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a speeder car at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts tanks at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts the rear of two locomotive cars at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Phoo depicts a train at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph taken at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a snow plow at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Telephone book with a CN bridge crossing the Fraser River featured on its cover.

Photograph depicts "Princess Marguerite" at the CPR wharf in the Inner Harbour of Victoria.

Photograph depicts "Princess Patricia" undergoing a minor refitting before winter cruising in warmer climates.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR depot, 25 miles east of Kamloops.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR depot, 24 rail miles east of Kamloops, in the Shuswap Subdivision at mile 104.3. The depot house on the south side is empty, and the depot itself was used by track crews fro their equipment. In June 1968 the buildings and the spur had gone.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR station. The line on the right is siding/spur. At this station, twin tracks become single going east. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts a private car owned by the Interior Contracting Co. Ltd. of Penticton, at the C.P.R. Penticton depot. No building date is shown on the car.

Photograph depicts a private logging road bridge over Kettle River at Fiva Creek, Westbridge B.C. The bridge had recently repaired with new timbers.

Photograph depicts a private rail/road bridge built to serve Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. Crossing Fraser River. Looking west, towards the mill. On private Northwood trackage.

Photograph depicts a four-wheeled private saloon coach #58A, built in 1909 at Lochgorm Works (of Highland Railway) in Inverness, Scotland. It is the property of the provincial government of B.C. and located in the dock area of New Westminster. The wheels have solid wooden pieces between axels and tires.

Photograph depicts the end view of the four-wheeled private saloon coach #58A, built in Inverness in 1909 and formerly the property of the Duke of Sutherland. It is owned by the B.C. provincial government and is standing at the New Westminster docks.

Photograph depicts a southbound C.P.R. streamliner at the Mud Bay crossing on Vancouver Island. This part of track belongs to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and the crossing is being re-sited.

Photograph depicts the CPR probably in the Fraser Canyon.

Photograph taken at Tahsis Ltd. Tree Farm, crossing the Muchalt River on a public logging road that went from Gold River to Woss Lake. The road took the heaviest trafiic which included logging trucks and semi trailers bound for the end of the island as it was the only route by land.

Photograph depicts a public logging road that crossed over the Muchalat River. The bridge was disused and blocked off. Photograph taken at the Tahsis Tree Farm Ltd.

Photograph depicts the Public Works Department dredger (suction) at work in the north arm of the Fraser River, near Boundary River, in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the P.W.D. dredger at work in the north arm of the Fraser River in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a Public Works Department vessel, "Essington II." It was fitted with a crane and used for snag removing, buoy work and light pile driving. Here, it was shown with the barge alongside it.

Photograph depicts a pump car at the Fort Steele Railway Museum. Pump car made by Sylvester Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Linsay, Ontario. Two men were needed in order to make one full revolution of the crank.

Photograph depicts a pump car that was property of Kamloops Heritage Railway. Viewed at the downtown CNR station in Kamloops.

Photograph depicts a pump car that was property of Kamloops Heritage Railway. Viewed at the downtown CNR station in Kamloops.

Photograph depicts a pump car that was property of Kamloops Heritage Railway. Viewed at the downtown CNR station in Kamloops.

Photograph depicts the "Queen of Powell River" built in 1965. B.C. Ferry Authority loading at Earls Cove for Saltery Bay (Powell River).

Photograph depicts the "Queen of the Islands" of B.C. Ferries, approaching the pier at the Long Harbour Terminal on the Gulf Islands. It was launched in 1963 and built by Burard Dry Dock Company Ltd. It had a capacity for 40 cars and 400 passengers.

Photograph depicts the "Queen of the Islands" of B.C. Ferries, located at the slip of the Long Harbour Terminal on the Gulf Islands.

Photograph depicts a RAF Avro Vulcan Bomber that flew from Britain directly to BC for the Centennial International Airshow with a fuelling stop at Gander. The bomber was first introduced in 1952 and was built by AV Roe and Co. Manchester.

Photograph depicts a view looking northeast down a rail and road lane at the west end of Homer St. in Vancouver. It shows CP box car #296105 with end loading doors, built in November 1951. The car was empty. The rail in this area is dated 1911.

Photograph depicts the rail at the end of a disused "Y", with both arms removed. This is at the CPR McCulloch depot located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rails are Canada Algoma, 85 lbs., and dated 1918 or 1919. There is room for two locomotives and a caboose to turn. The view is looking east.