Photograph depicts steam tugs "Master" and "Prestige" at N.H.B. #4 Elevator in Vancouver Harbour. The "Prestige" has not been fired or looked after for at least 2- 3 years and had been moved to this position the previous day after being tied up elsewhere in the harbour in one position for over 12 months.
Photograph depicts the stern view of the C.N.R. S.S. Canora, tied to the tidal loading platform at Tilbury Dock, Fraser River, Delta.
Photograph depicts the stern wheel details of the replica of the S.S. Moyie, taken at Coal Habour, Vancouver, two days after launching.
Photograph taken at the CN Kamloops Junction on a storage line.
Photograph depicts machinery stored in Summerland beside KVR track. Property of the KVR Historical Society.
Photograph depicts a street car body that formerly belonged to Vancouver, but was found by Davies in Penticton.
Photograph depicts former street car tracks in New Westminster.
Photograph depicts the Sumas depot of the Northern Pacific Railway in the U.S. The Canadian border is at the grade crossing in the middle distance.
Photograph depicts a train spotted at the Summerland depot.
Photograph depicts block ships sunk to protect booming grounds at Powell River. The ships were former wartime naval vessels.
Photograph depicts a sunken whaler with a harpoon gun. A destroyer or, possibly, a corvette was being broken up in the middle background.
Photograph depicts the close up of harpoon guns of a sunken whaler in the Upper Harbour of Victoria.
Photograph depicts the Superior Propane Ltd. tank yard behind Wilkinson Steel Ltd.
Photograph depicts the CPR swing bridge crossing the Harrison River at Harrison Mills. It is a plate girder bridge carrying a double track. The bridge tender occupied a shanty at the east end of the bridge at mile 68.3 from North Bend. The timetable states that trains may proceed at restricted speed after stopping, if the tender fails to appear after 4 whistle signals and the hone signals show stop.
Photograph depicts the swing span of the road and rail bridge at Mission City, looking upstream from the south bank.
Photograph depicts switcher #8106 that served the 3 mile branch to a pulp mill. The switcher pulled with heavy string of loaded cars from the mill. The trip was a caboose run. Locomotive built in 1958 as part of a batch of 31. 17 of them remained in 1997.
Photograph depicts switcher #8106 and caboose #434612 that just arrived with a loaded train from a pulp mill. To the left lay the main track to Nelson.
Photograph depicts a switching locomotive and stand-in locomotive.
Photograph depicts an old tank car owned by a logging railway on Vancouver Island, parked at the end of a spur behind a locomotive shed of the Alberni Pacific Railway.
Photograph depicts a new tank car for sodium chlorate CN/CP interchange.
Photograph depicts a tank that was found outside of the headquarters of the British Columbia Armoured Regiment in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a tank 'Scale Test Car' at the Kamloops CPR yard.
Photograph depicts telephone fittings on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts telephone fittings on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts ten ballast cars of the B.C. Electric Railway on newly laid industrial spur on the northeast side of the Langley depot.
Postcard depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway line where the Great Divide between BC and Alberta.
Photograph depicts the "Princess of Vancouver" loading at 7 p.m. in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the split of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) (shown) and the Canadian National Railway (CN) tracks, immediately south of the Fraser crossing at New Westminster.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera. CPR also goes through Walhachin.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.
Photograph depicts three B.C. Electric Railway locomotives on running line to the west of car barn at New Westminster.
Photograph depicts three crossing at Second Narrows in Vancouver Harbour. On the left was a new CNR bridge being built. In the middle was exsiting CN track. To the right a high level road bridge is visible.
Photograph depicts Tilbury dock on the Delta shore of the Fraser River. The stern of the Canadian National Railway (CN) onboard railcar carrier SS "Canora" is about 10ft away, and showing tidal and moving a piece of dock leading to shore.
Photograph depicts the view of the Tilbury rail terminal on the south bank of the south arm of the Fraser River, 1 1/2 miles east of Deer Island Tunnel. S.S. Canora is also in the picture.
Photograph depicts a tower controlling the C.P.R. grade crossing at Alexander St. in Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts a track car model (in fact, the base to the lamp shade).
Photograph depicts a CN Track Geometry 'Test" car for Western Canada. Built in 1954 as "Cape Race." In 1983 it was a VIA sleeper/buffet/lounge.
Photograph depicts a CN Track Geometry 'Test" car for Western Canada. Built in 1954 as "Cape Race." In 1983 it was a VIA sleeper/buffet/lounge.
Photograph depicts a track shed about 1 mile south of Beaverdell or at about mile 43.25 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. Despite the open doors and ease of access, it was the only hut on the line found to contain track materials and correspondence. It retained 50 memos addressed to the Section Foreman [at Beaverdell?].
Photograph depicts the track transfer transporter at the Canadian National Railway (CN) repair shops at Port Mann, showing the east face of the main building.
Photograph depicts trackage near the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Photograph depicts trackage near the CPR depot in Salmon Arm.
Photograph depicts the trackage in the mid section of the McCulloch depot area. The left line is a passing track, the mid line is the mainline, and the right track is for storage. The depot is located at mile 76.6, on the Carmi Subdivision. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts a "trackmobile" in the CNR Boston Bar yard. Work on replacing ties was being carried out 5-10 miles to north.
Photograph depicts lettering on several ballast cars which were headed by a tracktor and tailed by a caboose.
Photograph depicts a traction engine built by Sawyer Massey in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw. The engine is located in Nanton, Alberta.
Photograph depicts a rear view of 4 of the 6 traction engines in Nanton, Alberta. The left engine was built by Reeves and Co. in Columbus, Indiana, U.S. Its identification is #4438, it has 2 cylinder simple, and a roof. The next engine was built by Waterloo Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Waterloo, Ontario and has a single cylinder. The third engine was built by Sawyer Massey. The engine on the right side is a Gaar Scott, built in 1913, and has 25 horsepower on the drawbar and 75 horsepower on the belt.
Photograph depicts traction engines owned by Jack Burrows in Nanton, Alberta. There are six in this photo, all of which appear could be steamed, another two in derelict condition, and one in the village in working order. Running from front to rear in the photo: 1) Reeves with roof, U.S. 2) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3) Massey, Canada 4) Gaar Scott with roof, U.S. 5) Massey, Hamilton, Canada 6) Gaar Scott, U.S.
Photograph depicts a tractor owned by G. Wellburn at the Duncan Forest Museum.