File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous railway preservation activities in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the railway preservation of the "Dunrobin" locomotive in British Columbia.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the railway preservation for the B.C. Provincial Museum's "Museum Train".
File consists of research material regarding Railway Post Offices (RPOs). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Railway Post Offices" by R. Thurlow Fraser; "Railway Mail Service in British Columbia" notes by Davies; "RPOs in British Columbia" notes by Jack Wallace; "Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Passenger Trains and R.P.O.s" by Jack Wallace; and "Catching and Throwing the Mail" by Ted Lamson. Also includes information on postal services on the E&N, RPO cancellation stamps, mail cars, mail cranes and catchers, and mail sorting.
File consists of two volumes of the publication by Roger G. Burrows entitled "Railway Mileposts: British Columbia". Includes "Volume I: The CPR Mainline Route from the Rockies to the Pacific including the Okanagan Routes and the CN's Canyon Route" and "Volume II: The Southern Routes from the Crowsnest to the Coquihalla including the Great Northern and Kettle Valley Routes".
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of railway maintenance of way buildings in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts the famous 'loops' that used to gain and lose height from Princeton Valley.
Photograph depicts the curves of the famous 'loops' that used to gain and lose height from Princeton Valley.
File consists of material regarding railway hotels in British Columbia and restaurant car catering. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes advertisement pamphlets for CPR hotels; a CN memorabilia catalogue; two articles by Lorne Perry entitled "Dining as the World Slides By" and "New Look for Uniforms"; an article by Rodger Touchie entitled "Hotels Along the Rails"; and information about railway hotels in the B.C. and Alberta Rockies.
File consists of research material regarding railway gardens (usually located next to railway stations), which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on railway gardens in Cranbrook, Vancouver, Kamloops, and Blue River. Also includes an article by Vallerand and Smith in Canadian Rail no. 530 entitled "Railway Gardens".
File consists of material regarding railway collectibles ("Railroadiana"). Includes catalogues of collectibles for purchase and CNR memorabilia catalogues.
File consists of a publication by Barrie Sanford entitled "Railway by the Bay: 100 Years of Trains at White Rock, Crescent Beach, and Ocean Park, 1909-2009".
File consists of an excerpted chapter from "British Columbia and the United States" by Howay, Sage and Angus (published 1942). Chapter is entitled "Railway Building in British Columbia, 1871-1915".
Photograph depicts the railway bridge at New Westminster, looking towards the south bank. The bridge is used by C.N., BCHydro, and the Great Northern Railway.
File consists of research material regarding train accidents in general and miscellaneous railway mishaps, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on locomotives lost in BC lakes and rivers; KVR wrecks; general rail safety; train collisions (including collisions at Edson and Hinton); the 1908 Fernie fire; train derailments (including derailments at Biggar, Prince George, and Kelly Lake), black boxes, and fire prevention.
File consists of research material regarding rails and track, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on tie plates and track fastenings, guard rails, KVR roadbeds and rails, descriptions of rail failures, track upgrades on the CNR North Line, concrete ties, grantlet track, track curvature, steel rail manufacture, and rail specifications. Also includes original reporting forms for rail failures.
File consists of an original copy of Ron Meyer's "Railroading in British Columbia: A Bibliography" (2nd edition, 1993). The publication is B.C. Rail Guide No. 12.
File consists of Number 31 in the Sound Heritage Series, "Railroaders: Recollections from the Steam Era in British Columbia", by Robert D. Turner.
Map depicts all current rail lines in Western Canada and Alaska and major railway stations. Includes insets for Alaska & Yukon, Edmonton area, Winnipeg area, and the Vancouver area.
Map depicts railway lines in the state of Washington, including those crossing over the border into British Columbia.
Map depicts rail trackage in the Greater Vancouver area, showing dates of completion and abandonment of railway lines. Also shows proposed rail lines.
Photograph depicts service car #409780 in the CPR Penticton yard. The car had no building date.
Photograph depicts a rail yard. Location and information unknown.
File consists of general research material regarding railway passengers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the decline in North American passenger traffic in the 1950s and 1960s, how conductors should deal with problematic passengers, passenger experiences, and fare ticketing.
Photograph depicts the rail on the CPR line near Okanagan Falls, within a quarter mile of the Okanagan Falls depots to the north. The rail is on the main line of the branch and is in daily use. It is located at approximately mile 10.2 from Penticton.
Photograph depicts rail on the CPR main line at Okanagan Falls, within a quarter mile north of the Okanagan Falls depot buildings. The line is in daily use and this portion is at about mile 10.2 from Penticton. The trackage was built here in 1931.
Photograph depicts the rail on the CPR line near Okanagan Falls, within a quarter mile of the Okanagan Falls depots to the north. The rail is on the main line of the branch and is in daily use. It is located at approximately mile 10.2 from Penticton. The trackage was built here in 1931.
Photograph depicts the rail on the CPR line near Okanagan Falls, within a quarter mile of the Okanagan Falls depots to the north. The rail is on the main line of the branch and is in daily use. It is located at approximately mile 10.2 from Penticton. The trackage was built here in 1931.
File consists of general material regarding rail freight transport. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about L.C.L. (Less-Than-Carload) service, freight way bills, car loading statistics, freight customers in British Columbia, freight revenue, freight car pooling, the effect of the 2008 recession on freight traffic, and freight on short lines. Also includes a 1969 CN booklet of "Car Sealing Instructions" and a 2004 publication by Jeff Wilson entitled "The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks".
File consists of general material regarding rail ferries in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "British Columbia's Rail Water Services in 1968" (1969) by Davies; "Rail-Water Services in B.C., 1968" (2008) by Davies; "93 Years of Railway Ferries on San Francisco Bay" by James Holden; "Integration in the North" by George W. Hilton; "Legacy of a Rowboat... Foss - 'Always Ready'" by Foss Launch & Tug Company; "The Quebec Train Ferry of 1914" by S.S. Worthen; "Great Lakes Car Ferries: An Endangered Species" by George W. Hilton; and "Pacific Northwest Rail-Marine Bibliography" by John Teichmoeller. Also includes information about CNR's marine activities, GNR port service, railway links to Cape Breton Island, CN Alaska cruises, and earlier barge-slips (pre-1968).
Series consists of articles, clippings, and monographs regarding rail ferries in British Columbia. Includes information about freshwater rail ferries in the Kootenays and Okanagan and saltwater rail ferries.
Photograph depicts rail cars in Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts a railcar and possible shed or depot. Location and details unknown.
File consists of a publication by Donald C. Lewis entitled "Rail Canada: PGE/BC Rail Diesels 1948 to 1981".
Photograph depicts a rail bridge carrying the C.N.R. track over the Thompson River at Lytton, BCThe bridge is at the confluence of Fraser River and Thompson River. View looking north.
Photograph depicts a rail bridge.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of rail barges and ferry slips in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a disused rail barge slip on the south side of Vancouver harbour, just east of Campbell Ave. and leading off the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Great Northern Railway (GNR)trackage coming for the False Creek yards. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the rail at the end of a disused "Y", with both arms removed. This is at the CPR McCulloch depot located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rails are Canada Algoma, 85 lbs., and dated 1918 or 1919. There is room for two locomotives and a caboose to turn. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts the trackage [main passing track?] at the McCulloch CPR depot, located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rail is 85 lbs. and dated 1940.
File consists of material regarding the rail-related aspects of livestock cartage. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about SPCA inspections, stock car accidents, shipping cattle and sheep by rail, weight of livestock, stockmen on trains, livestock loading, the last stock car shipment in Canada, stockyards, ranching in the southern interior plateau of British Columbia, hay feeding, other details relating to stock trains. Also includes a book chapter by David Davies entitled "Cowtown and Railcity" about Kamloops' connection with rail livestock cartage.
Photograph depicts a view looking northeast down a rail and road lane at the west end of Homer St. in Vancouver. It shows CP box car #296105 with end loading doors, built in November 1951. The car was empty. The rail in this area is dated 1911.
Photograph depicts a RAF Avro Vulcan Bomber that flew from Britain directly to BC for the Centennial International Airshow with a fuelling stop at Gander. The bomber was first introduced in 1952 and was built by AV Roe and Co. Manchester.
Photograph depicts railway track previously owned by BCER. It led onto the east end of Lulu Island and then to Annacis Island. Looking from the Naew West River Walk to the Queensborough bridge that was protected by signals and had a high chain link fence to deter pedestrians. It was likely that the rail was only used at night. Originally built by Canadian Northern Railway to reach Steveston, circa 1917.
Photograph depicts the "Queen of the Islands" of B.C. Ferries, approaching the pier at the Long Harbour Terminal on the Gulf Islands. It was launched in 1963 and built by Burard Dry Dock Company Ltd. It had a capacity for 40 cars and 400 passengers.
Photograph depicts the "Queen of the Islands" of B.C. Ferries, located at the slip of the Long Harbour Terminal on the Gulf Islands.
Photograph depicts the "Queen of Powell River" built in 1965. B.C. Ferry Authority loading at Earls Cove for Saltery Bay (Powell River).
Postcard depicts a "quartet pf GP9 locomotives headed by 8621 skirts Kamloops Lake, BCwith a merchandise freight. A beautiful day in 1965."
Photograph depicts a pump house on the Island Highway, north of Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a pump car that was property of Kamloops Heritage Railway. Viewed at the downtown CNR station in Kamloops.