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Passengers
2013.6.28 · Series · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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).

Past Pieces
2013.6.36.1.005 · File · 1964-1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of historical objects in British Columbia.

2013.6.36.1.001.78 · Item · [May 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Pedestrian overpass
2013.6.36.1.104.01 · Item · [13 June 1993]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a pedestrian overpass, with rail below, leading to the Riverside Park and Coliseum. CPR container freight was moving westwards.

People and railways
2013.6.33.07 · File · 1970-2011
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2013.6.22.1.08 · File · 1981-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE and BC Rail histories
2013.6.22.1.03 · File · 1986-2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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)".

PGE Australian
2013.6.36.1.045.46 · Item · [3 July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a trestle near Australian, BC on mile 364. Visible is a northbound freight of 2 locomotives and about 60 cars.

PGE Chasm
2013.6.36.1.045.10 · Item · [22 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE era to 1971
2013.6.22.1.11 · File · 1979-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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'.

PGE Jordans
2013.6.36.1.045.31 · Item · Sept. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an inspection speeder passing Jordans which was near the Whistler Mountain ski lift.

PGE Kelly Lake
2013.6.36.1.045.25 · Item · [22 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Kelly Lake
2013.6.36.1.045.58 · Item · [21 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Lillooet
2013.6.36.1.045.54 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Pavilion
2013.6.36.1.045.26 · Item · [22 May 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken loooking southwards, down the Fraser Canyon, between Pavilion and Lillooet. Visible is a northbound Budd car going slowly up a steep grade.

PGE publications
2013.6.22.1.02 · File · 1965-2003
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of publications published or sponsored by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway or BC Rail. Includes the following works: "Cariboo Prospector Passenger Train, 1956-2002" (2003); "Pacific Great Eastern Railway: A Presentation Depicting the Growth of the Railway Since its Inception" (1965); "Northern British Columbia: The Awakening Giant", a paper presented by J.S. Broadbent to the Prince George Construction Association and Northern B.C. Construction Association (1971); "Pacific Great Eastern: Profile of a Modern Railroad" (1969); and "Pacific Great Eastern Railway Patterns of Growth" (1972).

PGE Quesnel
2013.6.36.1.045.30 · Item · 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph location is unknown, but Davies stated it to be possibly somewhere north of Quesnel. A bridge is visible.

PGE Quesnel
2013.6.36.1.045.39 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a down freight of 75 cars passing under the Quesnel to Barkerville road about 4 miles out of Quesnel.

PGE Red Rock
2013.6.36.1.045.42 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image depicts a steam crane marked #4 and owned by United Rentals Ltd., Nanaimo, forming part of a pile driving work train.

PGE Red Rock
2013.6.36.1.045.41 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at Red Rock which is 18 miles south of Prince George. Image displays part of a pile driving work train owned by United Rentals Ltd. of Nanaimo. A tender and a steam crane #4 for pile driving are also visible.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.03 · Item · [July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the depot in Seton Portage. A northbound Dayliner of 3 Budd cars that have stopped are visible. This train ran daily from North Vancouver to Lillooet.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.05 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the end of the Pacific Great Eastern passing loop near the Portage River. Image captures the general view of a rail lifting train about to commence work. The train moved backwards at a slow walking pace and picked up rails. Track fastening were collected by 2 men and thrown on a flat car.