Photograph depicts the Boston Bar CN depot that once was a dismissal point of some importance that had a roundhouse, turntable, etc. The depot was now empty, awaiting a purchase.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) train crossing Powell St. and the C.P.R. tracks to get to North Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the CN and CP yard at Armstrong, BC. A landslip took place about 2-3 miles south on the CP track and this equipment was used to fill it.
Postcard depicts Field station in the Rockies. Man standing on the left with a bowler hat was Chris McGregor, a professional (mining?) engineer. Earliest frank seen for the postcard was in July 1906.
Photograph depicts a clamshell dredge at work near a BCE Railway trestle. Its spurs were down, suggesting rip-rap dumping.
Photograph depicts a clamshell dredge at work beside a BCE Railway trestle. It appeared to be placing rip-rap.
Photograph depicts a clamshell dredge at work.
Map depicts the city of Vancouver and its railways.
Photograph depicts the Chute depot at mile 106.5 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. It is a totally isolated location, but not reachable by road. The photo shows the only surviving large building. The rail here is dated 1942.
Photograph depicts a gondola converted to a chip car at the Creston CPR yard. It was built of converted in July 1953 and is car #343319. It was awaiting loading when the picture was taken.
Photograph depicts a train of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad that had 7,800 miles in 1963.
Photograph depicts a Chevrolet army truck. It was last used in 1959 for towing purposes.
Photograph depicts locomotive #1044 of MacMillan Bloedel. It was removed from service in 1970 and placed subsequently on display. Built by H.K. Porter Company, Pittsburgh in 1924.
Photograph depicts a caboose on display oustide of the MacMillan Bloedel mill. The full display consisted of a locomotive, pole car, and this caboose.
Photograph depicts the top view of a locomotve on display adjacent to the MacMillan Bloedel mill. The rectangular tank behind the chimney was a home-made central water filling device leading to the 2 side tanks.
Photograph depicts part of the trackage of the MacMillan Bloedel mill between the mill and tidewater level. Visible is a disused and rotting water tank.
Photograph depicts a part of trackage owned by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. which connects the mill on the upper or town level and the tidewater below it. This is the southward grade to the tidewater. Image taken from the upper branch at about half of a mile from the mill.
Photograph depicts locomotive #1044 on display outside the MacMillan Bloedel mill. The locomotive was built by H.K. Porter Company, Pittsburgh in 1924.
Photograph depicts a Lafarge cement loading spur.
Photograph depicts a Lafarge cement loading spur.
Photograph depicts the C.C.G.S. "Vancouver" launched about two minutes previously and about 400 yards from Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver. The photograph was taken from the sailing dinghy "Ceiriog".
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain. A CPR train was climbing the Kicking Horse Pass to the spiral tunnels in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain viewed from a spiral tunnel in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain near Field, BC.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain near Field, BC.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain viewed from a tunnel in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain viewed from a spiral tunnel in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Postcard depicts Cathedral Mountain.
Postcard depicts Castle Mountain found along the Canadian Pacific Railway line.
Photograph depicts two cars with their front ends welded back-to-back.
Photograph depicts the Carmi Depot located at mile 46.6 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. This is the only surviving building at the depot. The layout here consisted of 4 passing/storage tracks and 1 short siding. The view is looking north and upgrade.
Photograph depicts a train called the "Cariboo Prospector." It was supposed to arrive to the station earlier, but a freight locomotive failed north of Williams Lake and blocked the line.
Photograph depicts a Cariboo Freight Wagon exhibited at Cache Creek, BCThe owner is H.Collins from Cache Creek.
Photograph depicts a car parked on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, south of Port Angeles, Washington.
Photograph depicts a car at the Revelstoke yards. It was built in 1948 for newsprint only and painted green
Photograph depicts car #1223 on display in south Burnaby beside the RCMP headquarters in Kingsway and Edmonds St., on site of the former track.
Photograph depicts car #1223 on display in south Burnaby beside the RCMP headquarters in Kingsway and Edmonds St., on site of the former track. It is covered but in poor shape.
Postcard depicts Cantilever Bridge near Cisco, BC
Photograph depicts the Western Bridge Division on 1st Avenue, Vancouver. Visible is internal trackage and a rail/road tractor.
Photograph depicts a cannery at the seaward entrance to the south arm of the combined north arm of the Fraser river. Visible are a few rusted anchors. One was marked "Locomotive B.C. 100 Ibs. 1943 U.S. Navy."
Photograph depicts a free tourist attraction on the Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train. The trip of 8 and a half miles from the Woss terminus was operated by Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Englewoood Logging Division.
Photograph depicts a water tank fitted with a pump for fire fighting.
Photograph depicts a locomotive built by America Locomotive Co. in 1920 for revenue service in Oregan. Purchased in 1948 for logging work. Canfor purchased it in 1953 and used it till 1966. It was kept servicable until 1976, then was displayed at Woss. In 1988, it was restored in Nimpkish to working order.
Photograph depicts locomotive #4804 at the Beaver Cove terminal. Locomotive stood on a realigned track about a qaurter of a mile from the wharf.
Photograph taken at Beaver Cove. Image captures part of a log train that had arrived at the terminal and was waiting to be dumped into the sea. Log car #606 was built in December 1922.
Photograph taken above Nimpkish Lake. Believed to be located on mile 14. Rails in this section were "1918-Colorado."
Photograph taken between the Nimpkish and Woss Camps. Visible is a string of log cars awaiting haulage to the tide water at Beaver Cove.
Photograph taken at Vernon Camp on mile 5. The main line ran south, with tank car #54 standing on a spur.
Photograph depicts the approach to the upper terminal on mile 62. Railway and logging road, which is open to the public, share the same bridge. This happens at two points along the line.