Photograph depicts a view of a body of water with various buildings in the background. A structure in the foreground is labelled "Yorke N. 12, Vancouver B.C.," suggesting it was built by Yorke Ltd.
Photograph depicts yard signals of the MacMillan Bloedel & Powell River Logging Railway, primarily protecting the Comox Logging & Railway Company crossing. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway is about 300 yards to the north. Crossing is near Ladysmith. It is most unusual to find signal in B.C. at this point.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Photograph depicts the Nelson Machinery yard in Savona.
Postcard depicts Yale, BCin 1881.
Postcard depicts Yale on the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts the Yakima Valley Traction Company in Yakima, Washington.
Photograph depicts the east end of the Yahk Junction and yards on the CPR line. The yard consisted of a main line and a Kingsgate branch with also acted as a 155 car length passing loop. There was also three other sidings and a radio signals shack.
Photograph depicts the Yahk Junction on the CPR line. It is the junction for the Kingsgate Subdivision, which runs south for 10 miles to the border crossing at Kingsgate and there connects with the Spokane International Railway, which is a CPR Subsidiary. Yahk is located at about mile 40.6 on the Nelson Subdivision, which spans 138 miles from Cranbrook to Nelson.
Photograph taken looking towards a "Y." Only the left or northside of the "Y" appeared to be in use and was only about half the length. A crosspiece of it was actually unusable.
Photograph depicts wrecked sulphur cars parked in a pipe yard.
Photograph depicts a little used works trailer of steam traction. Era vintage, but carried 1966 trailer plates.
Photograph depicts a work crew train on the B.C. Electric Railway trackage, just south of the north arm crossing of the Fraser River on Lulu Island. The crews are working on re-routing the track to Steveston at this point.
Photograph depicts a work car, flat car, and ex-electric stock snow plow at the B.C. Electric Railway Kitsilano workshop yards in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a Woodings Rail car owned by Kettle Valley Steam (Heritage) Railway. Davies noted that it was a rare example to have seen in B.C. at the time. It was believed to have been a type that was favored by the CPR.
Photograph depicts a wooden truss bridge in north Washington, probably somewhere east of Everett.
Photograph depicts a wooden pipeline carrying irrigation water in the Similkameen Valley, near Ashnola and Keremeos.
Photograph depicts a wooden pipeline carrying irrigation water, about to be carried across the Similkameen River by being slung underneath a truss bridge. The pipeline is near Ashnola, west of Keremeos.
Photograph depicts a CPR preserved wooden caboose, dated 1947, and a water tank with 2 spouts.
Photograph depicts a wooden bridge over the Salmon River near Sayward, near Kelsey Bay, on North Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a wooden bridge over the Salmon River near Sayward, near Kelsey Bay, North Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a wooden bridge crossing a stream on the north side of Vedder Mountain near Belrose.
Postcard depicts a "4-4-0 woodburning locomotive at Shuswap Station, east of Kamloops, at the turn of the century. The completion of the CPR across the Continent, guaranteed B.C.'s entry into Cinfederation, as well as reg economic and cultural connection to the East."
Photograph depicts "W.J Stewart," of Ottawa, that is located on the mid-left with two masts, and "Vector," found on the mid-right with one mast. Both were believed to be hydrographic vessels, painted in white and cream which were not Coastguard colours. Taken on the Upper Harbour of Victoria, at the Coastguard wharf.
Photograph depicts Wilkinson Steel Ltd. The spur line was inside the property with an empty bulkhead car awaiting removal.
Map depicts the area around Wilkinson Creek near Carmi, BC. Annotated by Davies to show the Kettle Valley Railway.
Photograph taken on the CPR branch from Vernon to Lumby. Depicts a small Weyerhaeuser sawmill. Looking west at Lumby. The end of the track was another 1/3 of a mile behind the camera.
Photograph depicts the western portal of the C.P.R. Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass. The Glacier Station is a quarter mile to the rear of the camera. Fans are operated to force air through the tunnel against the direction of the trains, these therefore used for all westbound traffic. Diesel driven, steam for ancillary equipment.
Postcard depicts the western entrance to Kicking Horse Canyon.
Photograph depicts the "Westbridge II" tug at the Kingcome Navigation dock, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the Westbridge CPR depot on the Kettle Valley Line. It is located about 11 miles north of Rock Creek and at about mile 123.3 east of Penticton. The depot house is disused and the sidings contained no cars, so there appears to be no local traffic.
Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan, located 9.5 miles from Penticton. The cloud in the middle distance is stone dust from a crusher on the east side of the track. The spur to the right leads to an old crusher but does not appear to be used.
Photograph depicts the extreme west end of C.P.R. trackage at Coal Harbour, looking east towards the yards and downtown after a snowfall.
Photograph depicts the west end of a passing loop in Jura. Looking east.
Photograph depicts the west end of a passing loop in Jura.
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 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 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 the West Coast Railway Association on a special outing from Vancouver to Hope.
Photograph depicts the West Coast Railway Association on a special outing from Vancouver to Hope.
Photograph depicts the West Coast Railway Association on a special outing from Vancouver to Hope.
Photograph depicts a West Coast Railway Association 2-8-2 tank locomotive and tender at a C.N. station in Vancouver, B.C.