Photograph taken loooking southwards, down the Fraser Canyon, between Pavilion and Lillooet. Visible is a northbound Budd car going slowly up a steep grade.
Photograph depicts a work train on a spur. Taken from the shelter of the depot in Pavilion.
File consists of original Pacific Great Eastern Railway Pacific District timetables 75 (19 May 1957), 77 (27 Apr. 1958), and 78 (15 Feb. 1959).
Photograph depicts the PGE line at an unknown location.
Photograph depicts a southbound Budd car train about to deport.
Photograph depicts an auxillary car with a powered winch found at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Lillooet. Inside the roundhouse in the background was a boiler room that contained a locomotive boiler in working order.
Photo displays the Pacific Great Eatern Railway depot in Kelly Lake on mile 192.7.
Photograph depicts the remains of Pacific Great Eastern trackage beside a primitive small grain elevator laeding off at the end of the "Y" at Kelly Lake. It was probably not in use for the past 20 or 30 years, as of 1972.
Photograph depicts gondola cars sitting on a turning Y, unloaded, and covered with plastic. They were awaiting switching to an ore mine loading loop about 5 miles up the line.
Photograph depicts an inspection speeder passing Jordans which was near the Whistler Mountain ski lift.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway original forms and paperwork.
File consists of research material regarding the Pacific Great Eastern Railway up until its transition to the British Columbia Railway in 1971. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Diverging Lines: The PGE at Lillooet" by Johnson and Hind; "Bridge River and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway" by Hind; "Passenger Fares, PGE, late 1958" by Davies; "P.G.E. between Quesnel and Prince George: Original Routing" by Davies; "The PGE Iron Ore Spur at Alta Lake and the Iron King Mine: PGE's First Bulk Mineral Shipper" by Johnson; "1931 PGER Deviation at Lillooet" by Davies; "Ballad of the P.G.E." by Harry Hopkins; "PGE's Shalalth Auto Ferry Service" by Hind; and "How the P.G.E. Changed my Life" by Basil Franey. Also includes information on the PGER dock at Squamish, the PGE in Lillooet, and the PGE's name train 'North Country Limited'.
Photograph depicts a PGE crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a PGE crossing over the Fraser River, north of Lillooet. Visible on the far bank was an old grade that led to a former bridge about a mile downstream.
Photograph depicts a steel works car with an open end for ties and other material.
Photograph depicts a section house, track motor shed, and a disused bunk house and supplies shed which are property of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern ballast car which was built in 1955 by Eastern Car Company in Trenton, Nova Scotia.
Photograph depicts a northbound 4 unit Budd passenger train at the flag stop in Australian, BC.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern trestle.
Photograph depicts a trestle near Australian, BC on mile 364. Visible is a northbound freight of 2 locomotives and about 60 cars.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Annual Reports for the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, and 1972-1974.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1957, 1964-1967, 1971-1972, 1974, and 1989.
File consists of publications by Timothy J. Horton entitled "The British Columbia Railway (Volume One)", "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Volume Two)", and "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Volume Three)".
File consists of historical summaries and general data for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and later, BC Rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "P.G.E.R. 1914 to 1923, Progressive Dates of Commencement of Passenger Service" by Davies; "Splintered Dream" by Schmidt; "Arriving at Squamish in 1928: The Story of Eric P. Stathers" by Eric Stathers; "Tales of Trails and Rails: CPR, PGE, and Others North of Squamish" by Eric Johnson; "Pacific Great Eastern Railway: Moving British Columbia's Resources to the Markets of the World" (1971); "B.C. Rail in Review" (1974); "An Electrified Finale" by Dale Sanders; "Brief Overview of the PGE, BCR, and BC Rail" by Douglas Smith; "Remembering BC Rail" by Mark Forseille; "All time PGE, BCR, BC Rail Roster" by Paul C. Smith; "The PGE is a 'Different' Railway" by Peter Cox; and "North to the Yukon!" by C. Willis Creighton. Also includes 1974 and 1995 BC Rail schedules.
Subseries consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail employee timetables and schedules.
Photograph depicts a pepper pot burner that was becoming a rare sight in metro Vancouver because of pollution laws. The sawmill was between the north side of the CNR station and south arm of the Fraser River.
File consists of material regarding the relationships between people and railways. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about railways and Remembrance Day, railway noise, railway nostalgia, railway hobos, and railfanning.
Photograph depicts the Penticton CPR depot. The view is looking northwest.
Photograph depicts a pedestrian overpass, with rail below, leading to the Riverside Park and Coliseum. CPR container freight was moving westwards.
Photograph depicts peat barns on the New Westminster Highway on Lulu Island, near the #8 Rd., half a mile west of rail crossing.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge. Site of a snow shed until the early 1980's when it was demolished and a slide fence was installed.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge.
Photograph taken at the Paulson Highway Bridge. KVR track visible on a former Boundary Subdivision between Castlgar and Grand Forks.
Photograph depicts the rail connections below the north bank of the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster. The track in the foreground belongs to C.N. and the flyover foreground rail bridge belongs to the B.C. Electric Railway. The flyover background rail bridge is shared by the Great Northern Rail and C.N. Rail.
Photograph depicts the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster, looking east with the rail bridge in the background.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of historical objects in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a passing spur on the B.C. Electric Railway at Kennedy Station, 4 miles south of New Westminster. The view is looking north.
Series consists of material regarding passengers on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the decline in North American railway passenger traffic, passenger experience, passenger fares, publicity, railway hotels, restaurant car catering, baggage and express services, and railway post offices (RPOs).
Photograph depicts a few passenger trains and a band wearing traditional garb.
File consists of research material regarding the practical aspects of operating passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on equipment, running, maintenance, routes, speeds, and car weights. Also provides visuals of various passenger trains.
Postcard depicts a passenger train near Field, BC
File consists of material regarding railway publicity directed toward potential passengers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes a 1924 CNR pamphlet "Across Canada from the Pacific to Atlantic", which contains a pull-out route map; a Canadian National 1928 pamphlet advertising the Canadian Rockies; ticket stubs; and many other ephemeral publications for rail passengers.
File consists of material regarding railway passenger fares. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes past passenger rates for E&N, CN, BC Rail, PGE, CPR, GNR, VIA Rail, and BCER Interurbans.
Photograph depicts the Nanaimo passenger depot of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (at right) and the E & N freight shed (at left).
File consists of research material regarding passenger cars in general, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on rail diesel cars (RDC/Budd car), baggage coaches, diner cars, Pullman cars/sleeper cars, observation cars, and other passenger coaches.
Subseries consists of material related to passenger cars. Includes information about rail diesel cars (Budd cars), baggage coaches, diner cars, Pullman/sleeper cars, observation cars, business cars, private coaches, and other passenger coaches. Also includes information about manufacturers of passenger coaches, revenue head-end cars attached to passenger trains, and passenger cars owned by specific railways.
Photograph depicts an old passenger car converted to a cafe at Pemberton and Anderson Lake. It is either at Mount Currie or D'Arcy.
Photograph depicts a 12 wheeler passenger car, CPR #411641, used as car man's sleeper. Behind it is wash/shower car #412718. It is followed by work diner car #411369, which is also a 12 wheeler with an arch bar truck. They are used for work and wreck train service.
Photograph depicts a partially demolished Great Northern Railway depot and Canadian National Railway (CN) depot behind it, in Vancouver.