Photograph depicts a self-propelled grinding train. It was owned and operated by "LORAM" Maintenance of Way Inc. and carried 21 grinding heads for each rail.
Photograph taken at about one mile north of Heffley. Davies notes the new grade for double tracking that had been nearly completed.
Photograph taken on the track connecting the CPR line with the CN Kamloops depot. Image captured looking towards the east, adjacent to Pioneer Park.
Photograph taken one mile north of Heffley. Davies notes new grade double tracking had been completed after starting in the spring of 1981.
Photograph depicts a rail grinding car set at the CNR depot in Kamloops.
Photograph depicts a CNR passenger car. Davies notes that it was not used for public service.
Photograph depicts the Kamloops Indian Reserve spur on the north side of the Thompson River. Looking south of the Red Bridge. Image displays part of the depot line built in 1915.
Photograph depicts the spur at the end of the Kamloops Indian Reserve on the north side of the Thompson River, looking west. Image taken at the site of the original temporary terminus for downtown Kamloops built in 1915.
Photo captures the view adjacent to the Red Bridge and the north end of the downtown depot yard in Kamloops. Image displays the height of the loading gauge.
Photo captures the Kamloops roundhouse built in 1929 that was occupied by 2 locomotives.
Photo captures various old buildings and two standing locomotives at the Kamloops junction.
Photograph taken at the spur on the south end of the Kamloops Indian Reserve and on the northern side of the South Thompson River. Image captured looking westward with the Red Bridge in the foreground.
Photograph taken at the Kamloops CNR junction. Image displays a Jordan speaker and 13 dump cars.
Photograph depicts a freshly painted de-rail in an infrequently used part of the Kamloops CNR yard.
Photograph depicts a damaged box car on a flat car at the Kamloops depot.
Photo depics the CNR Kamloops Junction.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Kamloops Junction depot, facing east. The single line spur to Kamloops is about two miles long.
Photograph depicts a CN track trolley that carried a 4 man crew or section gang. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/ Ltd and was for sale.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Kaptara depot site at the northwest corner of Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island. The siding removed in the last 6 months and the materials are still on site.
Photograph depicts a freight office in Kelowna. Located adjacent to Lake Shea.
Photograph depicts a team track backing out onto Ellis Street. A freight shed is visible on the right side of the photo. Image also captures a flat car that was built in 1965.
Photograph depicts a CN Tug "Pentowna" at the CN slip on Lake Okanagan, which was used as a stand-by. The boat was built in 1926 in Prince Rupert as a steam screw passenger ship.
Photograph depicts a CN barge slip. Image displays the "Pentowna" stand-by tug and a rail barge in the rear of the pier.
Photograph depicts a CN Tug "Pentowna" at the CN slip on Lake Okanagan, which was used as a stand-by. The boat was built in 1926 in Prince Rupert as a steam screw passenger ship.
Photograph depicts a water front shell depot on 990 Ellis Street and Recreation Ave. Visible tank car was built in 1974.
Photograph depicts the CNR yards in Kelowna. Located adjacent to Lake Shea. Image captures a switcher locomotive #7155.
Photograph depicts the CNR freight dispatch office in Kelowna, which Davies believed to be not in use in 1978.
Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Kitwanga which was built in 1912. It was still used as a train order control point.
Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Kitwanga. A type "e' station was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1912.
Photograph depicts a freight of empty log cars about to pass. The CNR depot in Kwinitsa was built in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was one of the two survivors along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC. In 1980 it was used as a block post of control half way between Terrace and Prince Rupert.
Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Kwinitsa on mile 48.8 in the Skeena Subdivision. The depot was built in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Image captures a passing Terrace bound freight of empty log cars that came from the Prince Rupert pulp mill.
Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Kwinitsa that was built in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. With the exception of the depot in Kitwanga, the Kwinitsa depot was the only lived in and operated depot between Prince Rupert and the Alberta border.
Photograph depicts the CNR depot in Lake Cowichan. CNR rails at this point are stamped "Illinois 1919."
Photograph depicts the CNR track crossing over the CPR track in Lake Cowichan. CNR rails in this area are stamped "Illinois 1919."
Photograph depicts work in progress on a new CNR lifting span bridge. Immediately in front of it was a coffer dam for a pier. Tidal conditions were a problem.
Photograph depicts work in progress on a new CNR lifting span bridge.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line crossing the south Thompson River. Kamloops Junction and Kamloops city are joined by a 2 mile spur, which crosses the river as shown. The view in the photo is looking north from the site of the former fort.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Deerholme Junction on Vancouver Island, near Duncan. The wrecking train on siding is ready for emergencies. The caboose is newly painted.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Peachland on Okanagan Lake. It was used for the lumber trade mainly, but also fruit in season. The track stops at the foreground of the photo.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Penticton. The wharf at the lake head is for loading rail scows.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line in Kelowna. In the background are freight yards and a loading ramp to rail scows on Lake Okanagan.
Photo displays a CNR locomotive, #4809. Found at the Port Mann yards. Was found in old style livery.
Photograph depicts a CN switcher crossing Wiggins Street in South Burnaby. Image captured looking west towards the bridge crossing the north arm of the Fraser River. A trestle appproach on the south side of the bridge was burned down in September 1973, causing cessation of service along this part of the branch for several months.
Photograph taken in New Westminster, crossing the north arm of the Fraser River. The visible freight was travelling north and consisted of about 12 cars.
Photograph taken on mile 6.9 at the Lulu Island Branch. Image captures one of the few surviving telegraph poles on this branch.
Photograph taken on mile 6.9 at the Lulu Island Branch. The No. 8 Road crossing track is found in the background. The track was about to be laid with heavier rail. Davies notes that the trackage levels were poor with big stone ballast.
Photograph depicts the entrance to the CNR yards in Lumby. Principal outgoing products from this location are poles and dressed lumber while incoming products are oil and gas.
Photograph depicts a caboose at the end of a contractor's gear train. This train was being hauled one mile south to Winch Spur where loads were removed from flat cars.
Photograph taken at the southern end of the Lytton yard limits. The visible rail bridge carries a protected pedestrian footpath on its northern trusses.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the main CNR line in Kamloops, British Columbia.