Photograph taken looking northward. Davies noted that for the first time in the past few years, a way freight travelled south to Leechtown 2 days previously.
Photograph depicts the beginning of the former line to Victoria which had been pulled in 1982-1983. A short length of track was left in position for switching.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) station at Clearwater, on the mainline between Kamloops and Tete Juane Cache Junction, about 75 miles north of Kamloops. The main trade is lumber. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot at Lytton, looking northeast.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot at Spences Bridge, from a view looking southwest.
Photograph depicts the CNR depot in downtown Kamloops. Taken after it its refurbishment and landscaping.
Photograph depicts the CNR depot in downtown Kamloops. Taken after it its refurbishment and landscaping.
Photograph depicts a 23 car train that belonged to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey. 2 of the cars are visible. The train's make-up included: 1 observation car for the circus manager, 1 generator and tool car, 4 animals cars, which also was used for baggage, and 17 accomodation cars for the performers, but were also devoted to circus equipment.
Photograph depicts a 23 car train that belonged to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey. 19 cars were on one string on the north side and 4 were on the south side. Presumably, visible is the circus manager's car which is at the end of the train. The circus performed at the Pacific Coliseum from September 22-26. It was its 100th year anniversary.
Photograph depicts a disused C.N.R. rail barge at Tilbury in the lower Fraser River, looking upstream. The shadow is of a bridge, sleeping and messing quarters for the crew. It is not known if the barge is self-propelled but it seems unlikely from its appearance.
Photograph taken at the CNR depot in Falkland which is located between Kamloops and Vernon. It was opened by the CNR in 1926, but closed in 1966. However, freight service was still maintained in 1966. Principal freight came from a gypsum mine that operated from 1926 to 1956.
Photograph taken on mile 50.2 at the Nechako Subdivision. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway erected a type "e" station at this location in 1914.
Phot taken at a passing poin in Fort Fraser. A third-class station was built at this location in 1923, but it was removed in 1971.
Photograph depicts a water tank car, #80097.
Photograph depicts a private spur that lead to a sawmill on the north side of the station in Fort Langley.
Photograph depicts a CN stock car with a second loading train in position. The stock car was built iin 1931 and on the side of it states: "Return to Eckville."
Photograph taken looking eastward, down the main line at the eastern end of the station in Langley.
Photograph depicts a water tank car, #80097. The top view, from the rear end shows 6 filling holes (3 pairs) covered by wood foot boards and an empty coal bunker can be seen beyond.
Photograph depicts the passenger station in Fort Langley. Davies notes that one of the rooms in the station used to be a communications office. The rest of the of the building was disused and some rooms were in shambles.
Photograph depicts a disused depot at Chapmans which is located about 25 minutes north of Hope and 1/2 north of Alexandra Bridge near Spuzzum.
Photo possibly taken in Fraser Canyon. Image depicts an old CNR locomotive #71082.
Photograph depicts the end of a CNR freight train on a trestle (possibly located in the Okanagan), with a caboose and switcher locomotive #1272.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Image captures a close up of the coupler and moveable lower front plate.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society.
Photograph depicts a CNR heavy duty plow, built in 1939. Became property of the Kamloops Heritagae Railway Society. Photo captures details of a door on its left side.
Photograph depicts a wreck crane and train standing by while freight trains pass. Image captured before the freight train returned to the wreck of some locomotive and freight cars about 2 miles north of Hope.
Photograph depicts a Port Mann wrecking train with a crane. The image captured the train waiting for allowance to pass before the crane was to be propelled 2 miles up the Fraser Canyon to a wreck of freight in which a train ran into a mud slide causing it to fall upright into the icy shallowness of a river.
Photograph taken at about 2 miles west of Hope. The visible crossing here leads to the airport in Hope. The track further west of this was being laid in a continous welded rail.
Photograph depicts a Port Mann wreck train standing on siding to allow westbound grain trains to pass by and then to be propelled back to a working site of a wreck 2 miles north in Fraser Canyon. On February 28, a freight ran into a slide and fell upright into ice at the rivers edge. About 8 cars were destroyed in a fire.
Photograph depicts a private crane in a private pole yard adjacent to mile 3.5 on the Skeena Subdivision, on the western outskirt of Terrace.
Photograph depicts a self-propelled grinding train. It was owned and operated by "LORAM" Maintenance of Way Inc. and carried 21 grinding heads for each rail.
Photograph taken at about one mile north of Heffley. Davies notes the new grade for double tracking that had been nearly completed.
Photograph taken on the track connecting the CPR line with the CN Kamloops depot. Image captured looking towards the east, adjacent to Pioneer Park.
Photograph taken one mile north of Heffley. Davies notes new grade double tracking had been completed after starting in the spring of 1981.
Photograph depicts a rail grinding car set at the CNR depot in Kamloops.
Photograph depicts a CNR passenger car. Davies notes that it was not used for public service.
Photograph depicts the Kamloops Indian Reserve spur on the north side of the Thompson River. Looking south of the Red Bridge. Image displays part of the depot line built in 1915.
Photograph depicts the spur at the end of the Kamloops Indian Reserve on the north side of the Thompson River, looking west. Image taken at the site of the original temporary terminus for downtown Kamloops built in 1915.
Photo captures the view adjacent to the Red Bridge and the north end of the downtown depot yard in Kamloops. Image displays the height of the loading gauge.
Photo captures the Kamloops roundhouse built in 1929 that was occupied by 2 locomotives.
Photo captures various old buildings and two standing locomotives at the Kamloops junction.
Photograph taken at the spur on the south end of the Kamloops Indian Reserve and on the northern side of the South Thompson River. Image captured looking westward with the Red Bridge in the foreground.
Photograph taken at the Kamloops CNR junction. Image displays a Jordan speaker and 13 dump cars.
Photograph depicts a freshly painted de-rail in an infrequently used part of the Kamloops CNR yard.
Photograph depicts a damaged box car on a flat car at the Kamloops depot.
Photo depics the CNR Kamloops Junction.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Kamloops Junction depot, facing east. The single line spur to Kamloops is about two miles long.
Photograph depicts a CN track trolley that carried a 4 man crew or section gang. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/ Ltd and was for sale.