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Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also shown is a flat car, labelled "Caycuse River," that operated as a steam driven exhibit.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Image captures the view of the whole train. It included a locomotive, 4 freight cars, and 4 passenger cars.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716. First spotted at McPherson and Watling in a vacant inudstrial yard.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also displayed is a PGE business car that was now called the "Peace River" and was used to sleep and feed the museum train staff.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also visible is locomotive #3716, a water car, 2 flat cars, labelled "Chemainus River" and "Caycuse River," as well as a box car that held an electric generator and various tools.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912 by Montreal Locomotive Works.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. Also shown is a steam driven donkey engine.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912 by Montreal Locomotive Works.

Photograph taken in Central Park, Burnaby, on BC Hydro Railway trackage. Visible is the B.C. Provinicial Museum train. Captured just after its inaugural ceremony. It's headed by CPR locomotive #3716 that was built in 1912.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Hydro station at Shalalth, 15 miles southeast of Lillooet on Seton Lake. Photograph shows penstocks carrying water from Bridge River to the powerhouse.

Photograph depicts an interlocked grade crossing with the CPR at Clayburn. Eastbound freight had stopped as required and was proceeding across.

Photograph depicts the realignment of track due to the redevelopment of the south side of False Creek, Vancouver. New track was linked up and graded while old track was removed all within 7 days of the date the photograph was taken.

Photograph depicts a freight train, "Extra 382-Eastbound," passing southbound over Fraser Bridge at New Westminster.

Photograph depicts the realignment of track due to the redevelopment of the south side of False Creek, Vancouver. Track was laid as far as the rail mounted truck and was merely covered by ballast. New trackage put into use and old track was removed within the week the picture was taken.

Photograph depicts the realignment of track with new, straight trackage that is visible in the foreground. Old BC Electric Railway track and Great Northern Railway track are on the right.

Photograph taken at the eastern foot of the Mount Lehman hill. Taken from the cap of a 45 car freight.

Photograph depicts the crossing on the Vancouver to Hope freeway. Image taken from the cab of locomotive #382 that was pulling 45 car freight from New Westminster to Huntingdon.

Photograph depicts "Extra 382-Eastbound" freight. Taken from the cab of locomotive #382 on 2% grade between Scott Road and Kennedy in North Surrey.

Photograph depicts track that had just been relocated as part of the souh side of False Creek redevelopment.

Photograph depicts ballasting of realigned track due to the redevelopment of the south side of False Creek, Vancouver. Existing trackage lay to the north, just behind the front end of visible loader.

Photograph depicts "Extra 382" eastbound freight. Image captured passing Dennison on mile 30.8 from New Westminster.

Photograph depicts "Extra 382-Eastbound" freight. Taken from the cab of locomotive #382 on 2% grade between Scott Road and Kennedy in North Surrey. Train had 3 locomotives and about 45 cars.

Photograph taken at the south end of Fraser Bridge in New Westminster. Image captured from the cab of locomotive #382.

Photograph taken at the east end of the BC Hydro Railway yards in Queensborough, looking north east from the bridge in New Westminster.

Photograph taken at the BC Hydro Railway yards in Queensborough, New Westminster. Visible is a snow plough that was mounted on a former steeple cab electric locomotive.

Photograph depicts a cross over. Track on the left to right are owned by the BC Hydro Railway, with the tracks on the right going to the Queensborough rail bridge. The tracks receding into the background are believed to be owned by the CPR.

Photograph taken at the BC Hydro Railway yards in Queensborough, New Westminster.

Photograph depicts recently closed B.C. Hydro Railway locomotive sheds. These are also examples of B.C. Electric Railway car barns.

Photograph taken at the BC Hydro Railway yards in Queensborough.

Photograph taken from the cab of locomotive #382 on the eastbound freight travelling from New Westminster to Huntingdon and was composed of 45 cars. Langley was the only place where freight stopped and switched cars.

Photograph taken on the western outskirts of Langley on the Latimer Road grade crossing. The abandoned grade was the former main line right-of-way through the centre of Langley. It was was replaced by a north by-pass in about 1968-69.

Photograph depicts the view of a freight train named "Extra 382-East" that travelled from New Westminster to Huntingdon.

Photograph depicts locomotive #382 which consisted of 3 locomotives and switching cars at an industrial steel fabrication plant. Freight was travelling from New Westminster to Huntingdon.

Photograph taken approaching Langely from the west at about mile 16 at the by-pass diversion point. Image captured from the cab of locomotive #382, looking eastward as the locomotive pulled 45 freight cars to Huntingdon.

Photograph taken looking southwest at the Langley town centre. Fraser Highway was 2 pole lengths away. The track used to be the main line with a spur leading to the right. Now all of the trackage was spur with the main line skirting the north side of the city.

Photograph depicts a train about to return to New Westminster. The train consisted of 3 locomotives, 2 idling switchers, and 58 cars.

Photograph taken at the overpass bridge on the BC Hydro Railway, close to the intersection of County Line Road and Howell or 64th Avenue.

Photograph depicts a CPR unit coal train travelling eastward at the Livingstone Road grade crossing, near the freeway and with half of the train already on the CNR connector. This connects the main line of BC Hydro Railway with the CNR main line (known as the Rawlison Subdivision CNR).

Photograph depicts a CPR unit coal train travelling empty and eastwards. Taken at the Livingstone Road grade crossing, near Freeway 401.

Photograph depicts part of the new 2 1/2 mile railway that was built to connect the CPR main line just east of Fort Langley with existing BCER trackage found on Living Stone Road. Trackage was not in operational use.

Photograph depicts the Clayborn diamond crossing that intersects with the CPR Huntingdon branch. All BC Hydro Railway trains had to stop at this "home" signal before the interlocked could work.

Photograph depicts the Clayborn diamond crossing on mile 37.0. The eastbound BC Hydro Railway freight was just nearly across the CPR tracks. Image captured from the signal interlocking hut.

Photograph depicts the Clayborn diamond crossing on mile 37.0. An eastbound 45 car BC Hydro Railway freight had just cleared the crossing. Now it was stopped, awaiting the conductor who had just worked the signals in an interlocking shanty.

Photograph depicts a switch that was recently removed and that formerly led to a grain storage and feed merchants warehouse.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Hydro railway car #X50 in the freight yard below the Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the Central Park Branch in Burnaby. Taken just west of the Stride Avenue grade crossing. The spur visible in the background led to the Dominion Glass Company Ltd. bottle plant.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Hydro railway bridge crossing the Vedder River. View is looking northeast and upstream.

Photograph depicts a westbound way freight switching at the Matsqui Industrial Centre on the north side of Abbotsford. Train consisted of BC Hydro Railway locomotives and 25 box cars.