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PGE Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.045.43 · Item · 17 Mar. 1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern bridge over the Capilano River in northwest Vancouver. Also visible is a switching locomotive.

PGE Squamish
2013.6.36.1.045.44 · Item · Sept. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken from the depot in Squamish that runs a half a mile spur down to a dumping site beside the Squamish River. Image displays the log dump looking towards the east with the depot in the background, towards the right.

PGE Soda Creek
2013.6.36.1.045.57 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a wrecked steel box car used by a farmer as some kind of shed with some of the side panels removed.

PGE Shalalth
2013.6.36.1.045.53 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Bridge River Hydro Power Station on the edge of Seton Lake. A BC Hydro First Aid trolley with a heater connection was plugged in. The train was the fastest method to get an injured person to Lillooet from Shalalth as it was about 16 miles by rail in comparison to 50 miles by uneven dirt road. Ordinary PGE trollies were used by injured civilians between D'Arcy and Lillooet as it was the quickest method of evacuation.

PGE Shalalth
2013.6.36.1.045.08 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an the eastern portal of a Pacific Great Eastern tunnel on the west side of the Bridge River Hydro project in Shalalth. Penstocks of the hydro plants are clearly visible on the hill side.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.03 · Item · [July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the depot in Seton Portage. A northbound Dayliner of 3 Budd cars that have stopped are visible. This train ran daily from North Vancouver to Lillooet.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.05 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the end of the Pacific Great Eastern passing loop near the Portage River. Image captures the general view of a rail lifting train about to commence work. The train moved backwards at a slow walking pace and picked up rails. Track fastening were collected by 2 men and thrown on a flat car.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.06 · Item · [July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts 5 attached cars which are nearest to the camera and belong to the "Bridge and Building" work train. They were set at the location for a week before travelling to Hanceville.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.11 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a close up of a rail lifting train. 65 Ibs of rails were being placed in a gondola by the crane. The work crew consisted of: a crane driver, hook onto rail men (on ground), gondola, rail positioner, 2 men collecting track fastenings found on each side of the flat care, spare men, and a supervisor.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.14 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the rear portion of a southbound way freight on the passing loop in Seton Portage. Visible is a caboose with leaf springs.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.23 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a north, upgrade, and mainly empty freight preceded by its "checking" speeder which was about to enter a crossing loop.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.25 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two "slave units" heading north after having been spliced into the middle of loaded southbound freight the previous day. Continous movement was performed daily.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.045.04 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a passing loop from main traffic as well as a spur for work cars and one frieght unloading loop (a box car on the left is standing on it).

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.07 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a ballast car that was built in 1955. Behind it was a "Bridge and Buildings" work car or a former cattle car built in 1914.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.10 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a rail lifting train consisting of a locomotive, crane, gondola car, flat, and caboose. The train was running backwards slowly and picking up train and loose track fastenings on the non-main line side of the passing loop.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.16 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a northbound daily Budd passenger train (2-4 cars) crossing the Portage River (Seton River) over a bridge that was built three years before. The depot in Seton Portage was found 200 yards behind the camera.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.045.55 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Buntain's flag station on the eastern shore of Anderson Lake and about a mile from the depot in Seton Portage. The flag station was created in 1968.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.01 · Item · 6 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the place where a derailment occurred on the eastern switch of the Seton Portage loop. Rod linkage snapped, allowing blades to freely move and switch cars of southbound freight to either track of the loop. Image captured stock that has been removed, but Davies notes that there had been no attempt to work on the derails.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.02 · Item · 7 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an inspection automobile that was about to come off track and onto the road in order to investigate a large derailment at the switch on mile 139.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.13 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a refrigerator car that was built in 1956. Davies notes that it was unusual, but not rare to see an old type of logo on the revenue cars. The car was used to transport weekly groceries on way freight northwards out of Vancouver to places such as Seton Portage with one store in the village.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.20 · Item · [29 July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts northbound freight passing Buntain's Flag Station. The lead locomotive was derailed a week later 2 mile east of the loaction at the east end of the Seton Portage passing loop. The locomotive was built by Montreal Locomotive works and have been in service on the Pacific Great Eastern for less than 3 months.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.04 · Item · 7 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steel-lined wreck train car that was used by work crews and consisted of a dining area, kitchen, sleeping quarters, and bathroom.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.09 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside the Seton River which connects Anderson Lake and Seton Lake. The bridge to the left take the road to D'Arcy and Pemberton.

PGE Red Rock
2013.6.36.1.045.42 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image depicts a steam crane marked #4 and owned by United Rentals Ltd., Nanaimo, forming part of a pile driving work train.

PGE Red Rock
2013.6.36.1.045.41 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image displays part of a pile driving work train owned by United Rentals Ltd. of Nanaimo. A tender and a steam crane #4 for pile driving are also visible.

PGE Quesnel
2013.6.36.1.045.30 · Item · 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph location is unknown, but Davies stated it to be possibly somewhere north of Quesnel. A bridge is visible.

PGE Quesnel
2013.6.36.1.045.39 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a down freight of 75 cars passing under the Quesnel to Barkerville road about 4 miles out of Quesnel.

PGE Pavilion
2013.6.36.1.045.26 · Item · [22 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken loooking southwards, down the Fraser Canyon, between Pavilion and Lillooet. Visible is a northbound Budd car going slowly up a steep grade.

PGE Lillooet
2013.6.36.1.045.54 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an auxillary car with a powered winch found at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Lillooet. Inside the roundhouse in the background was a boiler room that contained a locomotive boiler in working order.

PGE Kelly Lake
2013.6.36.1.045.25 · Item · [22 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the remains of Pacific Great Eastern trackage beside a primitive small grain elevator laeding off at the end of the "Y" at Kelly Lake. It was probably not in use for the past 20 or 30 years, as of 1972.