Photograph depicts Shay #115 locomotive at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver. The engineer on locie is J.B. Kay, 4127 Yale St., in north Burnaby. He was a logging railway engineer in 20s and 30s, and then later on main line.
Photograph depicts Shay #115 engine at work at the Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a Shay #1 locomotive on display at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Lima in December 1920. It is a 2 truck with a length of 31'6", width of 8', and a height of 12'8". It has a 50" wheel base or a total of 20 1/2', and a wheel diameter of 27". The boiler pressure is 160 lbs. and the water capacity is 500 gallons. The weight is 26 tons.
Photograph depicts a Shay #1 locomotive on display at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was owned by the Hillcrest Lumber Ltd. in Honeymoon Bay, all of its working life from 1920-1962. It was originally built for a 3' gauge but then was converted to a 4' 8 1/2" by Hillcrest, and then reverted to the original size by Hillcrest for the Museum.
Photograph depicts the service car of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in front of the E & N freight shed. The Nanaimo passenger depot (not depicted) is located behind the photographer.
Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia separated from the textual records of the David Davies Railway Collection.
Photograph depicts a section shanty at the CPR McCulloch depot located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rail here is Canada Algoma, 85 lbs. and dated to 1940. The view is looking southeast, with Hydraulic Lake in the background.
Photograph depicts a section of floating dock on the north shore of the Vancouver Harbour, between Lynn Terminals and the Second Narrows Bridge. It is one of four sections and arrived here in mid 1965.
Photograph depicts the controls of a restored section gang 'motor car." Possibly 1950's vintage. Built by Fairmont.
Photograph depicts a restored section gang 'motor car' built by Farimont, with a Fairmont 2 stroke and belt transmission. Possibly 1950's vintage.
Photograph depicts a restored section gang car 'motor car' built by Fairmont. Possibly 1950's vintage.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver harbour. It was completed and ready for traffic about May 1969. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCas the lifting span is being lowered. The span lifts about every 1 to 2 hours.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Bridge from the south end, showing the railway in the center and the south and north bound road traffic ways on either side. The latter is disused.
Photograph depicts the span of the Second Narrows bridge lifting from the southwest bank of Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BCfrom the south end of the road bridge with the lifting span up.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BC, as a coastal tanker going upstream to a refinery passes beneath it.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BC, as the lifting span is starting to drop. The view is looking east towards Capitol Hill and Berry Point.
Photograph depicts the underside of the lifting span of the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCView is from the south, fixed side.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BC; view from the lifting span looking south.
Photograph depicts the lifting span of the Second Narrows Bridge with a motor car on the west roadway, as the span is about to close to its normal, flush position.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BC, from a view on the lifting span looking north.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCfrom the south east shore.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver from the south bank. The bascule does not move.
Photograph depicts the north side lifting tower of the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCwith the lifting span up.
Photograph depicts the road and rail bridges at Second Narrows, Vancouver B.C. The photograph was taken from Boundary Rd. looking north.
Photograph depicts the rail approach to the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCThe shot taken on CPR trackage and from underneath the road bridge on the south bank.
Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge, looking east.
Photograph depicts a railway in Washington state that was used to service dams that were built to generate electricity.
Photograph depicts a railway that used to service hydro dams in Washington state.
Photograph depicts a monoplane called the "Seabee Amphibian." It was a 3 seater and produced by the Republic Aviation Corp. About 10 of these aircraft were grouped together near the Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island. All were separately owned and in different finishes and states of care.
Photograph depicts a derelict steam tug named "Sea Swell" on the Pitt River.
Photograph depicts a small tug called "Sea Bark" being renovated on Denman Island.
Photograph depicts a scraper car in CPR Penticton yard. It has the blade of a snowplow, showing at right.
Photograph depicts a scow owned by Island Tug and Barge Ltd.
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, BC"When travelling through this mighty scenic gorge, the highway often gets too narrow at points, and rock ledgeds required cutting tunnels in order to restore safety. This tunnel lies just north of Yale, BCIt handles traffic along the Trans-Canada Highway."
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey traction engine in Nanton, Alberta. The device parallel and topside of the boiler to heat feed water. The water tank is small so it must have had a water cart in constant attendance.
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey steam engine in Nanton, Alberta. It was built in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw.
Photograph depicts a sawmill at the edge of Okanagan Lake at the north end of downtown Kelowna. The end of a chip loading spur is visible on the left.
Photograph depicts a sawmill yard at CPR yard adjacent to barge slip at the end of the branch line. Slocan Lake is in the distance.
Photograph depicts a sand car at the Great Northern Railway depot in Vancouver, beside the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot.
Photograph depicts sample lettering that read "Canadian National Kamloops Auxiliary."
Photograph depicts sample lettering that read "CN Kamloops Auxiliary Dining Car."
Photograph depicts the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Photograph depicts the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Postcard depicts Sailor Bar Tunnel on the Fraser Canyon Section of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Photograph depicts a saddle tank built by Porter Company, Pittsburgh, USA in 1901. It was used for charging coke ovens and was acquired from the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company in 1970.