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2013.6.36.1.010.75 · Item · [May 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals on the North Shore, 1 mile east of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Previously owned by Hillcrest Lumber #11 and Merrill & Ring #5. In the foreground is 90-ton Shay locomotive #115 from the Railway Appliance Research Ltd. It was built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1929 and is builders #3350. It was last owned by Canadian Forest Products on Nimpkish Valley Railway on North Vancouver Island, up until at least the mid-1960s.

Oxen powered log carrier
2013.6.36.1.004.41 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an oxen powered log carrier with wheels that are approximately 10 feet in diameter. It is at Pioneer Park and Museum near Totem Lake, 3 miles north of Yahk and 30 miles east of Creston.

Oversize Material
2013.6.35 · Series · 1909-2011
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Series consists of large format maps and plans relating to railways in British Columbia and Canada. Also includes oversize documents.

Outskirts of Merritt
2013.6.36.1.149.06 · Item · 10 Aug. 1991
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on the outskirts of Merritt, looking northwest. Captured from a lumber stack and the boundary of Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. KVR had trackage into their mill with worthwhile out-bound traffic.

Other structures
2013.6.05.7 · File · 1996-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding other miscellaneous railway structures, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on handcar sheds, track scales, freight docks, gantry cranes, watchman's shanties, scalehouses, car repair shops, repair hoists, cattle docks, bunkhouses, and snowsheds.

Other railway associations
2013.6.34.06 · File · 1963-1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of material regarding other railway associations, including the BC Railway Historical Association and the National Model Railroad Association. Consists of correspondence and clippings from periodicals.

2013.6.10.1.05 · File · 2002-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding steam locomotives operated in British Columbia by owners other than CNR and CPR, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on steam locomotives used by Pacific Great Eastern (PGE), Great Northern Railway (GNR), and the White Pass & Yukon Route. Also includes the following articles: "The PGE's Steam Locomotive Fleet: 1912-1956" by Hind; "GNR Motive Power Used in Southwestern B.C." by Merilee; and "PGE and BCR Locomotive Roster" by Crozier Smith.

2013.6.36.1.115.02 · Item · Aug. 1998
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken looking west towards a lake. Davies notes that the reason for this visible particular configuration is that the CNR and the CPR yards used to be west of Ellis. At the time the photograph was taken, such land was needed for better development, e.g. hotels, high rise residences, sports area, etc.

Ore wagon
2013.6.36.1.080.06 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an ore wagon with a drop bottom device. It was drawn by horses or a steam tractor.

2013.6.36.1.005.13 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an old steam boiler in the garden of a house at Fort Steele, near Cranbrook. It was last used in a pumping house half a mile away, which pumped water from a deep well to residents of the village. The pump house is still standing.

Old mine buildings
2013.6.36.1.077.01 · Item · 13 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts one of various old lead and zinc mine buildings. Behind this building, on the foreshore, were a few men working on the reclamation of tailings and waste from the mine that was dumped in Kootenay Lake.