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The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.

Postcard taken along the CPR line, at a camp in Yoho Valley.

Postcard depicts the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, along the CPR line.

Postcard depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway line where the Great Divide between BC and Alberta.

Plan depicts Granville Island industrial sites in False Creek, Vancouver. Shows revised trackage from 1955 annotated in colour by Davies.

Photograph depicts rail cars in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts a locomotive near Cowichan Bay, B.C.

Photograph depicts a locomotive near Cowichan Bay, B.C.

Photograph depicts a metal C.P.R. caboose at Osoyoos, B.C.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. train switching at Osoyoos, B.C.

Photograph depicts a steam donkey beside a mill pond of a shingle mill at Sappho or Tyee, on the Olympic Peninsula. It is steam fed from the main plant boiler.

Photograph depicts a water crane on the southwest side of the Pacific Great Eastern station at Pemberton.

Photograph depicts two CPR cars. One is numbered 436448. Location is not known for sure, but it could possibly be on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway.

Photograph depicts a home on 390 Franklin St., Nanaimo, B.C. on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts about the only brick house in North Wellington, Nanaimo. It was possibly built about 1860-1870 when coal working first commenced.

Photograph depicts a close-up view of a snake.

Photograph depicts a car parked on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, south of Port Angeles, Washington.

Photograph depicts a baby seal at C.N. log drop at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a baby seal at C.N. log drop at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a view near Nootka, looking north towards Bligh Island. Photo taken from the M.V. Uchuck III.

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

Photograph depicts the 1000 Beach Ave. block with dogwood rose tree in bloom at the left of the photo.

Photograph depicts a dogwood tree in front of the garden at 1057 Beach Ave. in Vancouver. The photo is taken looking northeast.

Photograph depicts the ferry from Campbell River approaching the Quathiaski Cove slip on Quadra Island.

Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a view of a steam donkey probably at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts the Shaughnessy Golf Course abandoned but still played upon. There is an excavator working on drainage for a subdivision in the middle distance. The view is looking southwest from the corner of the course at Oak and 33rd Ave. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a southbound C.P.R. streamliner at the Mud Bay crossing on Vancouver Island. This part of track belongs to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and the crossing is being re-sited.

Photograph depicts a West Coast Railway Association locomotive and car at C.N. station, ready but not permitted to steam (federal ruling).

Photograph depicts a West Coast Railway Association 2-8-2 tank locomotive and tender at a C.N. station in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the business car "British Columbia" (ex. C.P.R.) at the C.N. station in Vancouver. It is tailing the special to Hope, on its first run since acquisition by the West Coast Railway Association.

Photograph depicts train cars of the West Coast Railway Association on the reversing triangle at the C.N. station in Hope. The cars are apart of the special trip from Vancouver to Hope on August 8, 1964.

Photograph depicts the Cameron Lake station on the Alberni branch of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. It is no longer used but has been converted to a lodge. The view is looking west.

Photograph depicts the Dunsmuir crossing on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. It is 15 miles north of Parksville.

Photograph depicts a railway track crossover. The Comox Logging & Railway Co. tracks (left to right) cross the Esquimalt & Nanaimo tracks (bottom to top). The MacMillan Bloedel & Powell River Logging Railway tracks join the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway just above the crossing. The Velco Tower appears to the right of the crossing. This crossing is one mile north of Ladysmith, with the view looking north to Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a former C.N.R. station at Youbou on Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. The track is still used to serve the plywood lumber mill at Youbou.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. lumber train at Cowichan Lake to go to Crofton Mill on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. bunk car in breakdown train at the Coquitlam yards.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. depot at Goldstream on Vancouver Island. The view is looking towards Victoria.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. grade crossing warning device at Haney.

Photograph depicts a truss bridge over the Salmon River near Kelsey Bay, North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a wooden bridge over the Salmon River near Sayward, near Kelsey Bay, on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a steam or air engine used for turning locomotive table at the Coquitlam yards.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) tracks crossed by the C.P. tracks, just west of Matsqui station.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) station at Hope, B.C.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) tracks along the Fraser River near Matsqui.

Photograph depicts the West Coast Railway Association special on the Canadian National Railway (CN) trestle, immediately south of the Fraser River bridge at New Westminster, travelling east.

Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway (CN) service car at Chilliwack.

Photograph depicts a sand car at the Great Northern Railway depot in Vancouver, beside the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot.