File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Okanagan Valley Railway in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts 2 car freight near Oyama on the CN branch from Kelowna to Vernon. The lead locomotive was lettered "Hudson Bay Railway." Central Kansas Railway may be a parent.
Photograph depicts 2 freight cars of the Okanagan Valley Railway.
Photograph depicts a locomotive lettered "Central Kansas Railway" (possibly a parent company).
Photograph depicts 2 locomotives and a 2 car train, both northbound.
Photograph depicts an old business car located on a spur on the west side of the Nelson CPR depot, where it seems to be a semi-fixture. The business car was #13 and had no dates.
Photograph depicts old CPR boxcar #42018 at Savona, on the west end of Kamloops Lake. It was built in July 1922 and is now in work service. It has steel ends and frame but wooden sides.
Photograph depicts an old wooden CPR caboose, formerly #436919, at Kamloops. It was built in 1928 and has sat unmoved for 2 or 3 years. By 1981 it had disappeared.
Photograph depicts an old CPR passenger car at Salmon Arm. It is now in work service as #41645.
Photograph depicts old CPR passenger car at Salmon Arm. The car is now in work service as #41645 and is used for storage.
Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.
Photograph depicts an old sledge found in a field adjacent to a bridge that went over the South Thompson River.
Photograph depicts an old truck in daily use on East Hastings St. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts an old wagon at a ranch on the east side of Peterson Creek.
Photograph depicts an old wagon at a ranch on the east side of Peterson Creek.
Photograph depicts an old wooden lifting span bridge (now rigid) over the east Thompson River at Pritchard, 25 miles east of Kamloops. View is looking northeast. The bridge was built for sternwheeler traffic.
Postcard taken on Field Hill, along the CPR line.
Photograph taken on the shores of Wood Lake, a very picturesque stretch.
Postcard depicts the Thompson River, 6 miles north of Spences Bridge, on the Okanagan Trail.
Photograph depicts an ore wagon with a drop bottom device. It was drawn by horses or a steam tractor.
Photograph depicts the Orient Line "Chusan" at the C.P. Pier . It is unloading cargo and taking on fuel.
Photograph depicts the Orient Line "S.S. Oronsay" leaving Vancouver Harbour.
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.
Photograph depicts an overbridge of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on the northern outskirts of Victoria which was at one point close to where the island highway and Colwood roads diverge.
Series consists of large format maps and plans relating to railways in British Columbia and Canada. Also includes oversize documents.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at CPR Pier B. It was about to sail to Hawaii and New Zealand.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at CPR Pier B. It was about to sail to Hawaii and New Zealand.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at Pier B of the CPR, about to depart for direct passage from Hawaii to Sydney.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana,"departing from CPR Pier C.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana,"departing from CPR Pier C.
Photograph depicts the Orient/P & O line, the "Oriana," that was built in 1960 by Vickes Armstrong. It was turbine driven.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana," backing out from CPR Pier C in Vancouver. Minor assistance was needed from two cates tugs.
Photograph depicts a liner called the "Oriana."
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana," passing outward bound from Vancouver between Brockton Point and the Lion's Gate Bridge. Taken from Stanley Park.
Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana," passing outward bound from Vancouver between Brockton Point and the Lion's Gate Bridge. Taken from Stanley Park.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver. Shay locomotive #115 is in the yards.
Photograph depicts Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver. A Shay #1115 is spotting cars carrying potash, sulphur etc. onto the tippler.
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.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver. A Shay #115 is spotting a string of cars onto tippler.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern auxiliary tool cars at Lillooet.
Photograph depicts Pacific Great Eastern Budd car #10 at the Lillooet yards. It is in good condition, but not in service when the photograph was taken.
Photograph depicts that Pacific Great Eastern depot at Horseshoe Bay, awaiting the dayliner to Quesnel. A two-coach Budd car runs from North Vancouver to Lillooet, and then a different 1-coach Budd car continues to Quesnel. It is possible to do a roundtrip from North Vancouver to Lillooet in one day.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. The 4:05 pm train is about to depart for Vancouver, with a speeder leaving to check rock falls along Seton and Anderson lakes.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. In the photograph is the front coach #31 of a two-coach Budd car train, 5 minutes after arrival, being checked and serviced. On this day this two-coach unit left from North Vancouver at 8 am and arrived at Lillooet at 1:15 pm. It left Lillooet at 4:05 pm and returned to Vancouver at 9:30 pm. The total mileage run was 315 miles.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern engine shed at Lillooet. At the right is Budd car #10 and at the left is an unidentified diesel.
Photograph depicts a southbound Pacific Great Eastern freight train on the south side of Britannia. It is headed by five locomotives.
Photograph depicts a southbound Pacific Great Eastern freight train with four locies, crossing the highway at Brackendale, near Squamish.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake, west of Lillooet. The photograph was taken from the engineer's compartment of a Budd car unit/
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake. The temporary lumber spur was recently installed. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside Anderson Lake. The photograph was taken from the engineer's compartment of a Budd car unit.