Photograph depicts Tilbury dock on the Delta shore of the Fraser River. The stern of the Canadian National Railway (CN) onboard railcar carrier SS "Canora" is about 10ft away, and showing tidal and moving a piece of dock leading to shore.
File consists of research material regarding rail ties, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on date nails, wood ties, disposal of creosote ties, concrete ties, and steel ties.
Photograph depicts what was at one time a passing point, spur, etc. Now, it was only a 'through' track. Disappeared siding held storage for 44 cars.
Postcard depicts the passage through the shoulder of Mt. Stephen.
File consists of material regarding the Three Valley Gap roundhouse and heritage ghost town. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.
Photograph depicts three crossing at Second Narrows in Vancouver Harbour. On the left was a new CNR bridge being built. In the middle was exsiting CN track. To the right a high level road bridge is visible.
Photograph depicts three B.C. Electric Railway locomotives on running line to the west of car barn at New Westminster.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera. CPR also goes through Walhachin.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.
Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.
Postcard depicts a "Spectacular sight to be seen while travelling through this Canyon. Many trains rumble past with heavy loads making a grand sight when they twist and turn around corners along the clear blue water of the Thompson River."
File consists of a 1977 publication by Steve Hauff and Jim Gertz entitled "The Willamette Locomotive".
File consists of a publication by Graham Wilson entitled "The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway".
File consists of a publication by Stan Cohen entitled "The White Pass and Yukon Route: A Pictorial History"
Postcard depicts the west portal of the Connaught Tunnel, near Glacier, BCDavies noted the ventilation engine house above the entrance.
File consists of a publication by Darryl E. Muralt entitled "The Victoria and Sidney Railway, 1892-1919".
Photograph depicts the building for the Vancouver Supply Company located at 25 Alexander St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is at the center of the old downtown and may have been a former fire hall.
Postcard depicts the Van Horne Range, looking west from Field, BC
Postcard depicts the town of Field and Mt. Stephen. Near Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
File consists of a publication by Henry Ewert entitled "The Story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company".
Photograph depicts the split of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) (shown) and the Canadian National Railway (CN) tracks, immediately south of the Fraser crossing at New Westminster.
Postcard depicts spiral tunnels near Yoho National Park, BC
File consists of a book by Graeme Pole entitled "The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill: A Canadian Railway Adventure".
Postcard depicts 'The Spiral Tunnels."
Postcard depicts a spiral tunnel near Field B.C. Mount Stephen visible.
File consists of a book by Robert D. Turner and David S. Wilkie entitled "The Skyline Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway--Narrow Gauge Railroading and Sternwheelers in the Kootenays".
File consists of a publication by Eric L. Johnson entitled "The Sea-to-Sky Gold Rush Route: A Guide to the Scenic Railway of the White Pass".
Map depicts the route of BC Rail and its connecting rail lines.
File consists of issues of "The Sandhouse", the journal of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Pacific Coast Division. Contains various complete issues relating to multiple railway subjects. Also includes miscellaneous excerpted articles from Sandhouse issues.
File consists of issue number 436 of "Canadian Rail", which has been pared down to the feature article "The Railway History of Kamloops, B.C.: A Century Old Story" by Davies.
File consists of a photocopied 1938 work by A. McCulloch entitled "The Railway Development in Southern British Columbia from 1890 on, and, Some Reasons for Building the Kettle Valley Railway, and the lines of the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company in British Columbia".
File consists of a monograph by Geoffrey W. Taylor entitled "The Railway Contractors".
Photograph depicts the "Princess of Vancouver" loading at 7 p.m. in Vancouver.
File consists of the 1981 first edition of "The Pictorial History of Railroading in British Columbia" by Barrie Sanford.
Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, with annotations by Davies to emphasize locations of rail lines.
File consists of material regarding the movie, "The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway", which was a CBC TV series based on Pierre Berton's books "The National Dream" and "The Last Spike". Predominantly consists of pamphlets, news releases, and clippings from periodicals.
Map depicts the province of British Columbia. Includes rail lines and historical notes about the province.
Postcard depicts "The Loop," Glacier, BC
Postcard depicts "The Loop," CPR, Selkirk Mountain.
Postcard depicts "The Loop," CPR Selkirks.
Postcard depicts "The Loop, as this great pear-shaped arc of trestle was known along with the spectacular station and hotel facilities at Glacier were replaced by the Connaught Tunnel in 1916."
Postcard depicts the Kicking Horse Canyon near Yoho National Park.
File consists of a publication by Hal Riegger entitled "The Kettle Valley and its Railways: A Pictorial History of Rail Development in Southern British Columbia and the Building of the Kettle Valley Railway".
File consists of a paper or possibly a thesis by D. Bodnar entitled "The Influence of the C.P.R. on Land Development and Architecture in Vancouver, 1886-1929".
Postcard depicts the Illecillewaet Valley, near Glacier, BCThe view shows the end of the descent over Rogers Pass, if travelling westerly. The scar in the foreground was believed to be the track between the 1st (Glacier Hotel) and 2nd (Loop Brook) loops.
Postcard depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway line where the Great Divide between BC and Alberta.
Postcard depicts the Golden-Field Highway as seen from high up on the mountain side from a tunnel on the CPR run in the Kicking Horse Canyon.
Postcard depicts 'The Gap," the entrance to the Rockies.
Postcard depicts "Twin Bridges in the Fraser Canyon. The CNR and CPR change sides at this point."
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels on the CPR line through the Rocky Mountains.