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Excavator on KVR track
2013.6.36.1.149.24 · Item · 10 Aug. 1991
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an excavator fitted with magnets that lift rails to the track side. It also put ties and fish plate as well as bolts in a heap, visible on the right.

Ex CPR Glenwalker depot
2013.6.36.1.021.15 · Item · [May 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the ex CPR Glenwalker station on the Merritt Subdivision. It is located at mile 49.2 from Spences Bridge and used to consist of a passing loop, spur, and section house. The sign is located in the yard of a ranch belonging to the Glenwalker Cattle Co. Ltd.

2013.6.36.1.020.06 · Item · 15 Oct. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the ex CPR Coquihalla Line of the Kettle Valley Railway. The view is looking northeast, between Iago and Romeo depots at about mile 29 from Brookmere. There was a rock fall at the west portal in 1971. The line closed abruptly on 23 November 1959, after a massive washout near Jessica. The grade at this point is 1 in 49.

2013.6.36.1.033.46 · Item · 29 Aug. 1985
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo is taken at the Shawnigan station on mile 27.8. Passenger trains run daily (about 2 or 3 Budd cars). Heading northbound at 9:08 a.m. and southbound at 16:48 p.m. There are also two freights as well. The rails are Algoma, weighing 80 Ibs. Dated 1914 and 1920.

2013.6.36.1.034.23 · Item · [23 June 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Qualicum Beach depot which was not in use at the time the photograph was captured. It was occupied by a retired CPR employee and his wife for rent free in exchange for protection of tele-communication equipment against vandalism. The depot used to be quite busy in the summers of the 1920's with tourists.

2013.6.36.1.034.25 · Item · 15 Aug. 1975
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Parksville depot. Image captures a speeder departing for Alberni, or at some point on that branch. In 1975, it was on the main line as a result of the closure of the main line to Courtenay issued on 30 June 1975.

2013.6.36.1.033.48 · Item · Aug. 1985
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo is taken about half a mile south of Duncan's station on mile 39.2. The image captures the 'Antique' bridge on Cowichan River. It is possibly made out of wrought iron. It is made by Phoenix Iron Company, Philadelphia.

2013.6.36.1.140.03 · Item · Sept. 2001
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Courtenay. In another 200 yards, it was the northerly point the railway ever reached. Both lines were not in use north of the Courtenay station. The line on the left was the main one, while the one on the right was an industrial spur or siding.