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CPR car at Haig, BC
2013.6.36.1.016.19 · Item · [July 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR at Haig, B.C. It is at mile 40.1 from North Bend. It is close to Hope but on the opposite side of the Fraser River. This is a water tank car, formerly a locomotive tender, possibly #41575. It had no dates.

CPR Chute Lake depot
2013.6.36.1.024.17 · Item · [24 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Chute Lake, on the Carmi Subdivision. It is located at mile 106.5 and 13.5 miles north of Penticton.

CPR Chute Lake depot
2013.6.36.1.024.16 · Item · [24 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Chute Lake, on the Carmi Subdivision. It is located at mile 106.5 and 13.5 miles north of Penticton. The photo shows the passing track and the base of a former water tower is just behind the camera at the left. The rail here is dated 1942.

CPR Cisco Bridge
2013.6.36.1.070.02 · Item · [June 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Cisco Bridge that spanned the Fraser River 36 miles below Lytton in Fraser Canyon. It was believed to be the origininal bridge that was built with under slung girders.

CPR Cisco Bridge
2013.6.36.1.070.04 · Item · [June 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Cisco Bridge that spanned the Fraser River 36 miles below Lytton in Fraser Canyon. A power line in the background was just being erected from the Peace River Dam.

2013.6.36.1.017.01 · Item · [3 June 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR Clayburn Diamond crossing (with the BC Hydro Railway) at mile 3.9 on the Huntingdon Branch. The view is looking south with the BC Hydro Railway tracks in the middle distance. CP Rail has the priority right of the road. There is a 15 mph speed restriction.

CPR Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.130.06 · Item · Sept. 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts weighing track in Cranbrook. Presumably, locomotives took the track on the left side, while cars used the weigh track on the right side.

CPR Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.130.07 · Item · Sept. 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a brick roundhouse of 5 or 6 stalls that were used for stores and non-locomotive activities.

CPR crane at Osprey Lake
2013.6.36.1.022.27 · Item · 3 Aug. 1981
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR crane at Osprey lake on the Kettle Valley Railway line. It is located at mile 38.8 on the Princeton Subdivision. The crane is #414204, manufactured by Browning in Cleveland, Ohio.

CPR crane at Osprey Lake
2013.6.36.1.022.28 · Item · 3 Aug. 1981
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR crane at Osprey lake on the Kettle Valley Railway line. It is located at mile 38.8 on the Princeton Subdivision. The crane is #414204, manufactured by the Browning Crane and Shovel Co. in Cleveland, Ohio. It is model NL 300 locomotive crane, with a boom length of 38 to 55 ft. and a lifting capacity with a varying radius from 30 T to 40 T.

CPR depot at Castlegar
2013.6.36.1.028.40 · Item · 14 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Castlegar. The left-hand track leads to Trail and the right-hand track to Midway and Penticton. The picture was taken at about 1 pm with the Nelson to Midway way freight train standing at the depot. The caboose was built in 1913. The view is looking west.

CPR depot at Okanagan Falls
2013.6.36.1.023.08 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Okanagan Falls, located at mile 10.6 from Penticton. The depot is locked and unused but it used to be the southern terminus of Skaha Lake when the line first opened in 1922. When the route along the edge of Skaha Lake was built, the Okanagan lost its barge and car slips in 1931. There is also a water pump at the right of the depot.