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CPR tender at Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.16 · Item · 6 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR tender #415819 at Revelstoke. A painted notice had a date 1956 but otherwise there was no info as to its origins. The use is unknown.

2013.6.36.1.006.03 · Item · [May 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts C.P.R. trackage at Naramata, B.C. on the east side of Okanagan Lake and 11 miles north of Penticton. This is an isolated piece of trackage about 250 yards in length, served by scows, with a quite involved layout. The refrigerated box car was built in 1950.

2013.6.36.1.026.07 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR trackage north of McCulloch depot. The west track is passing, the mid is mainline, and the east track is storage. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision, about 27 miles northeast of Penticton.

2013.6.36.1.026.17 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR trackage about 1 mile south of McCulloch depot and at about mile 75.5, on the Carmi Subdivision. At the right of the line is evidence of an old spur and log dump [from?] at least 1930-1940s. The view is looking south or downgrade, and the elevation here is about 4100 ft.

2013.6.36.1.027.05 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR trackage at approximately mile 75.5 or about 1 mile south of McCulloch depot. This section is in the Carmi Subdivision and about 17 miles southeast of Kelowna. The dressed granite blocks are believed to be the remains of a "whistle" sign for a crossing, but the blocks are alien to this area.

2013.6.36.1.007.093 · Item · Oct. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. train station at Kaslo. At one time the line ran between Kaslo and Nakusp, via New Denver. It was lifted in 1915-1920. The trackage now consists of Kootenay Lake slip and about 1 mile of sidings. It is used mainly for oil (incoming) and lumber (outgoing).

CPR tug, "Okanagan"
2013.6.36.1.066.02 · Item · [17 July 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR tug called the"Okanagan," at the CPR slip in Kelowna. It had recently been fueled from a tank car that is visible on the left. It was was built in Seattle and assembled at Okanagan Landing.

CPR tug, Penticton
2013.6.36.1.055.33 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR tug named the "Okanagan" that was assembled at the Okanagan landing. It usually tooks 3 hours and 10-15 minutes to travel from Kelowna to Penticton with one rail scow in tow.

CPR tunnels in the Rockies
2013.6.18.2.4 · File · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel construction in the Rockies. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following articles: "The Spiral and Connaught Tunnels" by J. Marsh; "CP Rail Goes Under Ground: The Longest Tunnel in North America is Canada's Newest" by R. Steed; "CPR Connaught Tunnel and Electric Token Block System" by Davies; "CP Rail's Connaught Tunnel" by J.A. Beatty; "Third Conquest of Rogers Pass: This time, CP tames the Selkirks for $24 million a mile" by K. Keefe; "The Connaught Tunnel, 1916-1991" by R. Nobbs; and "CP Rail's Rogers Pass Project" from the Golden Star.

CPR unit coal train
2013.6.36.3.07.05 · Item · [after 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts a CPR unit coal train pulling out of "Revelstoke, BCon May 6, 1978 behind SD-40-2 Number 5845. This locomotive also controls four Mid-Train Slave Units require on this West bound loaded coal train."

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.032.06 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a daily passenger train north bound passing Goldstream Provincial Park between Goldstream and Niagara at about mile 12 or 13 (from Victoria). The train is reflecting a diesel fume cloud.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.032.07 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a daily Budd car passenger train north bound passing edge of Goldstream Provincial Park between Goldstream (mile 10.7 from Victoria) and Niagara (about mile 14). It is an upgrade.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.034.04 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on mile 85 which is about 15 miles north of Nanaimo and on the edge of Nanoose Bay. Image captured looking towards the south. The retreating "Dayliner" can be seen in the distance.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.034.34 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a dayliner on a return trip from Courtenay to Victoria. Track at this point skirts Nanoose Bay about 15 miles north of Nanaimo.

2013.6.36.1.032.12 · Item · Mar. 1973
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Langford Flag Stop on the northern outskirts of Victoria at mile 7.9. The photograph looks toward the terminal at Courtenay. Two passenger trains pass here daily, except on Sundays. 0745 north bound, 1543 southbound, and 3 freights daily, 0257 hrs. south, 0550 hrs. north, and 1819 hrs. north.

2013.6.18.4.02 · File · 1979-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway English Bay branch in Vancouver. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Late Kitsilano Railway Trestle, 1886-1982" by N. Adams; "The Dunsmuir Street Railway Tunnel in Vancouver--End of an Era" by Oakley; "English Bay Branch, CPR, Vancouver" (B.C. Rail Guide No. 8) by Davies; and "The CPR's English Bay Branch: The Intended Terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway?" by Davies and Nicklason.

CPR Victoria yards
2013.6.36.1.032.20 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Victoria rail yards. The photograph faces east at the turntable and locomotive shed/roundhouse. 3 or 4 stalls are occupied.

CPR Victoria yards
2013.6.36.1.032.21 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts possibly the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway train shipment sheds. They do not look to be in regular use. The photograph faces towards the east.

CPR warehouse in Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.47 · Item · 6 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph annotation states that image depicts a CPR warehouse located about 1/4 mile east of the Revelstoke depot, on the north side of the track. The view is looking east. Additional information provided by railway historian Tom W. Parkin: This building is the CPR icehouse at Revelstoke after a partial tear-down. The structure was built after 1929, when a similar facility near the locomotive shops was removed between 1920-29, possibly to make room for a larger turntable. The location is on the northwest edge of the CPR yards. Icehouses once made and stored blocks of ice for refrigeration of passenger coaches and (when crushed) for cooling fresh produce in "reefer cars" en route to market.

2013.6.36.1.055.27 · Item · 23 Nov. 1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR waterfront yards in Vancouver Harbour. Roil was on the displayed flat car in order to build a new spur the led to a recently constructed rail-ferry slip.

CPR way freight
2013.6.36.1.019.04 · Item · [26 May 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR way freight about 1 mile west of Dot (mile 20.3 from Spences Bridge) on the Spences Bridge-Merritt line, travelling east. There are about 20 cars in the train.

CPR Westholme Depot
2013.6.36.1.033.02 · Item · [24 May 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo was taken approximately five minutes north of Duncan, Vancouver Island. Steel passenger car #411292 is visible and has been converted to a bunk and mess car as part of a work train on a stations spur. There are 6 wheel trucks. There is no date indicated for the building.

CPR Westholme Depot
2013.6.36.1.033.04 · Item · [24 May 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo was taken approximately five minutes north of Duncan, Vancouver Island. A work train on the siding, including a steel passenger car #411292 are visible.

2013.6.36.1.007.091 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. wharf at Kaslo on Kootenay Lake. The wharf is used to load/unload cars from vehicles or lake scows. The ferry slip itself is beyond the tank cars, at the center middle distance of the photo.