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Photograph depicts Glenwalker Ranch. Visible are details of the log construction of a barn that was built between 1890 and 1910.

Photograph depicts the GNR (later became BN) branch from Kettle Falls to Grand Forks.

Photograph depicts a bridge over the Similkameen River. When track ran to Hedley, there were 3 of these bridges. All stood still at the time the photograph was captured. The other were on the lifted Keremeos to Hedley section.

Photograph depicts a rail bridge over the Similkameen River.

Photograph depicts a bridge over the Similkameen River. The branch was still in use with very little traffic. One padlocked door on each side of the bridge allows examination of trusses.

Photograph taken at the Great Northern Railway connection from its terminal yards to its wharf on Vancouver Harbour or the connection with CPR. Image captured crossing Powell Street, looking southward, north of Glen Drive, Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway station on Main Street, Vancouver being demolished.

Photograph depicts a Goodyear airship travelling over Spanish Banks, Vancouver. It took part in the Abbotsford Air Show of 1971.

Photograph depicts a Goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver. It came for the 1973 Abbotsford Air Show.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. grade crossing warning device at Haney.

Photograph depicts a recently constructed grade that ran parallel to the BC Hydro Railway and led to a new super post. A CPR ballast train is visble on the track. Ownership of the line was vested in the BC government.

Photograph depicts the grade of a former railway between Kaslo and New Denver, just on the east side of the summit at Retallack.

Photograph depicts a grader at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum

Photograph depicts a grader that was working on removing a sharp bend and widening Galena Bay Road.

Photograph depicts the a grain elevator at Wynndel, located at mile 73.8 on the CPR line on the Nelson Subdivision. It is between Creston at mile 67.2 and Kootenay Landing at mile 83.1. Grain elevators are rare in BC and this one belongs to the United Grain Growers. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts grain thresher for barley. It was driven by a case traction engine.

Photograph depicts the Grand Central Hotel at the intersection of Marpole Ave and Hudson St. in south Vancouver. The hotel was built in 1912 by J.J. Graver and run from 1913-1915. It re-opened in 1920 as a home for incurables (veterans). In 1937 it became the provincial infirmary and closed in May 1965.

Photograph depicts the Grand Forks CPR depot, located at mile 94.8 on the Boundary Subdivision, which runs from Nelson to Midway (127 miles). It was originally built by the Columbia & Western Railway in 1899. IT has not seen a passenger train in years but it is still in use for administrative purposes.

Photograph depicts Granite Falls near the Wigwam Inn, Indian Arm, Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts Granite Falls and wharf at Indian Arm, looking west from the top of the falls.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Hydro Railway locomotive switching a flat car filled with construction equipment.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Hydro locomotive switching a flat car carrying a cat crane. Looking west with Granville road bridge in the background.

Plan depicts Granville Island industrial sites in False Creek, Vancouver. Shows revised trackage from 1955 annotated in colour by Davies.

File consists of research material regarding Granville Island street railway operations of BC Hydro Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Granville Island Switching Operations of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Railway" by Sochowski and "BCER Granville Island: Extension of Industrial and Interurban Lines within Vancouver City" by Davies.

Photograph depicts a grave in the churchyard of Murray Church in Nicola, near Merritt. The church was built in 1876, which makes it one of the oldest churches in the interior of B.C. The gravestone shows a death in 1882, of a son aged 14.

Photograph depicts a gravel pit 1.5 miles north of the McCulloch depot or at approximately mile 78.0, on the Carmi Subdivision. It has not been in use since at least the late 1950s. The rails here are worn and dated 1910 and 1920s. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts a gravel pit located 1.5 miles north of McCulloch CPR depot, which is at approximately mile 78, on the Carmi Subdivision. The gravel pit has not been used for at least 20 years. The picture also shows a disused spur line.

Photograph depicts a disused gravel pit near the McCulloch CPR depot, on the Carmi Subdivision. The pit had not been used for at least 20 years. The view is looking south.

Photograph depicts a graveyard at a church in Nicola, 7 miles northeast of Merritt. The church was built in 1876, and the cast iron gravestone is unusual.

Photograph depicts a Great Canadian Rail Tour Company train, the Rocky Mountaineer, on CN track, north of Walhachin.

Photograph depicts the rear of the Great Northern depot on Main St. in Vancouver, that is now demolished.

Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway (now Burlington-Northern Railway) line between Spokane and Nelson. Visible is a shed for lumber. Image captured looking upgrade and northeast. It had a 27 car siding.

Photograph depicts the Burlington-Northern Railroad, formerly the Great Northern Railway. Image captures sandblasting abrasives planted on the western edge of Grand Forks. Visible is a Canadian Pacific locomotive #8650 switching on Burlington-Northern tracks.

Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway, now called the Burlington-Northern Railway which had a branch line from Kettle Falls to "Republic" that at one point crossed into Canada via Grand Forks. The view shows the exit (cattle guard) from Canada (B.C.) to Washington.