Photograph depicts two velocipedes on the CPR Kettle Valley Railway in Myra Canyon. They were privately owned and located at the southern entrance of the tunnel at mile 86.3.
Photograph depicts a velocipede at about mile 86.4 on the Kettle Valley Railway in Myra Canyon. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts a velocipede at about mile 86.5 on the Kettle Valley Railway in Myra Canyon. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts a velocipede north of C.P.R. track and immediately west of Port Hammond in the Fraser Valley. These three-wheeled hand/foot powered track vehicles were mostly used by track patrolmen.
Photograph depicts a velocipede outside the museum depot in Fort Langley.
Photograph depicts a velocipede outside the museum depot in Fort Langley.
Photograph depicts a velocipede outside the museum depot in Fort Langley.
Postcard depicts Vancouver's "Old 374" crossing the Spuzzum River, Fraser Canyon, BC
File consists of research material regarding railway terminals in Vancouver, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on Pacific Central Station (VIA, Amtrak, Rocky Mountaineer) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) terminal station.
Photograph depicts the Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. on 555 Denman St. in Vancouver, B.C., looking south from Coal Harbour waters.
File consists of a publication by Robert D. Turner entitled "Vancouver Island Railroads."
Photograph depicts a Vancouver Iron Works built steam donkey in use until the early 1950s. It was purchased for $800 by an enthusiast in 1963 , set up beside home and roadside at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts Vancouver Fireboat #2 at the pier in front of the immigration building.
Photograph depicts Vancouver Fireboat #2 having its hull sandblasted in a dry dock at the Burrard Shipyard & Marine Ways Ltd. at 1729 West Georgia St., Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a fire truck being used to deal with a bedroom fire in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the Vancouver Fire Department fire boat #2 moored at the federal dock beside the immigration building in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts Vancouver City College, formerly King Edward Secondary School.
File consists of a book by Omer Lavallee entitled "Van Horne's Road: An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway".
Photograph depicts the U.S.S. Cowell, a heavy destroyer in English Bay, Vancouver during the maritime festival, with a yacht from the Victoria Yacht Club alongside.
Photograph depicts the U.S.S. Cowell, a heavy destroyer in English Bay, Vancouver during the maritime festival.
Photograph depicts the U.S.S. Cowell, a heavy destroyer in English Bay, Vancouver during the maritime festival.
Photograph taken at the Penticton Airport where WWII military airplanes meet. This US military plane was flown by a US Air Militia on a courtesy visit. It was built in the early 1950's.
Postcard depicts one of the upper sprial tunnels in Field, BC
Photograph depicts the Upper Clearwater Hall on a dirt road between Clearwater (70 miles north of Kamloops) and the entrance to Wells Gray Provincial Park. The cracks between the logs recently re-cemented.
Photograph depicts possibly disused fishboats found adjacent to oil wharfs in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts the unused C.P.R. Shawnigan Lake section house on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. It is 27.8 miles outside Victoria.
Photograph depicts an unknown building in B.C.
Photograph depicts the United Church at Spences Bridge in the Fraser Canyon. The church is on the flats on the west side of the river and close to the C.N. depot.
Photograph depicts a United Airlines flight to Seattle.
File consists of research material regarding unit freight trains that carry a single commodity, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on container freight, intermodal cars, until coal trains, piggyback operations, and CN's unit trains.
Photograph depicts the post office in Union Bay. It was a "Heritage" building and internally restored. Believed to have been built in 1908.
File consists of an original "Uniform Code of Operating Rules, Revision of 1962" effective October 28th, 1962 and "approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General order no. 873, dated the 15th day of November, 1961".
Photograph depicts the same person who owned the service station building electric generator house in Trout Lake. He also built an undershot water wheel that was driven by Lardeau Creek.
Photograph depicts a Ukranian Greek Orthodox church on the outskirts of Mission.
Photograph depicts a Ukranian Greek Orthodox church on the outskirts of Mission. A poster on its door stated that it been 50 years the church had been in Canada (1918-1968).
Photograph depicts a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church on 27th St. and 41st Ave. in Vernon, B.C. in the Okanagan.
Photograph depicts two steam whalers at North Vancouver awaiting breaking up.
Photograph depicts two steam whalers at North Vancouver awaiting breaking up.
Photograph depicts two Pacific Great Eastern locomotives at the North Vancouver depot. They are numbered 1002 and #585. Locomotive #1002 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Company. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts two horse drawn freight wagons exhibited at Cache Creek, about 100 yards south of road junction, on the west side of Spences Bridge road.
Photograph depicts two grain elevators at Creston, BC. The Creston CPR yard lies behind the camera. The line is on a downgrade away from the camera, starting its descent to the valley bottom for Kootenay Lake. The grain elevators are a rare sight in BC.
Photograph depicts the rear view of two C.P.R. snowplows in the Coquitlam yards. The one in the forefront is #400790.
Photograph depicts the front view of two snow plows at the C.P.R. Coquitlam yards.
Photograph depicts a two bay locomotive shed of the round-house style at Alberni on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts two 3-truck Shay locomotives, #114 and behind her #115, belonging to the Railway Appliance Company at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. They are in daily or weekly use. Both were built by Lima Locomotive Works Inc. Locomotive #114 was built in July 1928 as #3320 and #115 was built in October 1929 as #3344.
Photograph depicts two 3-truck Shay locomotives, #114 and behind her #115, belonging to the Railway Appliance Company at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. They are in daily or weekly use. Both were built by Lima Locomotive Works Inc. Locomotive #114 was built in July 1928 as #3320 and #115 was built in October 1929 as #3344.
Postcard depicts "Twin Bridges in the Fraser Canyon." The CPR and CNR changes sides at this point just a few miles south of Lytton below the Siska Market. One can see this spectacular view where trains change from oe side to another. During construction one briodge was for easier grading. In later year when the second railway was constructed, it [had] become a must to reverse the side of [the] river at this point."
Photograph depicts a turntable located at the CN Junction in Kamloops. It was strpped of rails and decking prior to being lifted out of the well.
Photograph depicts a turntable pit located at the CN Junction in Kamloops, BC
Photograph depicts a turntable located at the CN Junction in Kamloops.