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2013.6.36.1.093.08 · Pièce · Aug. 1995
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Beaver Trucking located on Kamloops Indian Reserve No. 1 on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc territory, Kamloops, BC. It had been a company since 1990 and received 2 or 3 boxcars weekly loaded with items from Toronto that were then delivered around town. Davies later noted that the business was destroyed by arson in 1997.

Church on Tsal'alh Nation territory
2013.6.36.1.074.08 · Pièce · [July 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a church that was built of shaped logs on the territory of the Tsal'alh Nation on the road leading to Seton Lake. Church was derelict, but still held pews, plastic flowers and small shrines.

CPR line at Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.14 · Pièce · Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR line at Revelstoke. The present terminus is about 1 mile south of the mainline depot of the former Arrowhead branch line (27.5 miles long) which became submerged when Arrow Lake was raised 70 ft. in 1968-1969.

Granville Island street railway
2013.6.25.5 · Dossier · 2011-2013
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding Granville Island street railway operations of BC Hydro Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Granville Island Switching Operations of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Railway" by Sochowski and "BCER Granville Island: Extension of Industrial and Interurban Lines within Vancouver City" by Davies.

CPR warehouse in Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.47 · Pièce · 6 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph annotation states that image depicts a CPR warehouse located about 1/4 mile east of the Revelstoke depot, on the north side of the track. The view is looking east. Additional information provided by railway historian Tom W. Parkin: This building is the CPR icehouse at Revelstoke after a partial tear-down. The structure was built after 1929, when a similar facility near the locomotive shops was removed between 1920-29, possibly to make room for a larger turntable. The location is on the northwest edge of the CPR yards. Icehouses once made and stored blocks of ice for refrigeration of passenger coaches and (when crushed) for cooling fresh produce in "reefer cars" en route to market.

C.P.R. buildings at Shawnigan Lake
2013.6.36.1.007.099 · Pièce · 27 June 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR buildings near Shawnigan Lake depot on Vancouver Island. The buildings in the centre are a section house (left) and a speeder or tool shed (right). They sit inside a wye track. Spur on the left is all that is left of "Y" turning center. The view is looking south. The Shawnigan Lake station (not depicted) is located at mile post 27.8 approximately 1/2 mile to the railway south of these buildings which are to the south of the photographer.

Service car at Nanaimo depot
2013.6.36.1.007.066 · Pièce · Aug. 1964
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the service car of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in front of the E & N freight shed. The Nanaimo passenger depot (not depicted) is located behind the photographer.

2013.6.36.1.007.043 · Pièce · Aug. 1964
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2013.6.36.1.089.29 · Pièce · [May 1992]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

The building of this spur in 1977 was a late and short lived attempt to move yearling cattle to Ontario for fattening by rail. The Last stock train ran in 1985. The CN rail track was still in use in August 1998. This photograph shows the spur running east and down grade to a stockyard owned by BC Interior Cattlemen's Association. Additional information is available in article, "Moving Livestock by Rail: An inquiry into an extinct traffic" in The Sandhouse journal, Issue 121, Spring 2006.

2013.6.36.1.081.02 · Pièce · 9 Oct. 1985
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a case traction engine that was built in 1915 located at Three Valley Gap Motel, some 15 miles west of Revelstoke. It is steamed for a few days each year and was used continuously to 1959 by Mr. Dale of Saskatchewan.

2013.6.36.1.010.79 · Pièce · Apr. 1966
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts 3-truck Shay locomotive #114 at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It was built in July 1928 as #3320. The ability of geared locomotives to exert maximum traction at low speeds was an asset when moving loaded grain cars to dockside elevators. The shay did this work until its boiler certificate expired. The hut at night contains a vertical steam boiler which appears to heat the fuel oil for locomotives coming from a fixed rail tank car.

CNR trestle and embankment at Lyon Creek
2013.6.21.2.5 · Dossier · 2007-2013
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material relating to the Canadian National Railway trestle and embankment at Lyon Creek. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works by Davies: "Embankment, or the tale of Buried Treasure and a Lost Locomotive" and "Embankment Update". Also includes information on the 0-4-0 contractor's locomotive #25 "Samson", which David Davies believed had been used in the construction of the embankment at Lyon Creek (further research has determined this speculation to be unfounded).

Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, Courtenay
2013.6.36.1.140.03 · Pièce · Sept. 2001
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Courtenay. In another 200 yards, it was the northerly point the railway ever reached. Both lines were not in use north of the Courtenay station. The line on the left was the main one, while the one on the right was an industrial spur or siding.

May Day Parade in Nanaimo
2013.6.36.1.088.03 · Pièce · [25 May 1970]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Sea Cadets Corps Amphion of Nanaimo marching in the 1970 Nanaimo May Day Parade near Comox Road. The Corps is doing a "Present Arms" and are in "Close March" formation. This is a salute, likely as they pass the parade review platform. The newly built Tally-Ho Lodge is in the background, suggesting that the Corps is marching south on Terminal Ave. at Comox Road intersection, having just crossed the Millstream Bridge. Terminal Ave. is also the official Trans-Canada Highway (1962-1971), which was still very new at this time.

2013.6.02.6 · Dossier · 1994-2011
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of maps of the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) and BC Rail (BCR) trackage in British Columbia, which consist of photocopy reproductions and hand drawn works by Davies. Includes maps of PGE/BCR track in various B.C. cities (Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Squamish, 100 Mile House, Lillooet, Fort Nelson, Williams Lake, West Vancouver, Quesnel); maps of PGE/BCR track at various times (1973, 1986); and maps of the Dease Lake extension.

2013.6.03.13 · Dossier · 2008-2012
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documents relating to the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes a chronology of the history of PGE, a list of sub-contractors who completed the Squamish sub-division, "PGE/BCR: Dease Lake Extension First 25 Years, 1968 to 1993", and "P.G.E.R. 1914 to 1923: Progressive Dates of Commencement of Passenger Service".

PGE/BC Rail Dease Lake extension
2013.6.22.2.6 · Dossier · 2010-2013
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding Pacific Great Eastern Railway and BC Rail Dease Lake extension. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "PGE/BCR: Dease Lake Extension - First 25 Years, 1968 to 1993"; PGE/BCR Dease Lake Branch Progress at end of 1974; "Dease Lake or Bust: BC Rail's Takla Sub, a Socred Mega-Project, Lives On" by Johnson; and "To Alaska or Bust on a Mixed Train: Was BCR's Dease Lake line too late...or too early?" by Patterson and McMillan. Also includes a map of the Dease Lake extension annotated by Davies.

Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd.
2013.6.36.1.077.05 · Pièce · 2 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.

CPR depot at Proctor, BC
2013.6.36.1.028.43 · Pièce · 16 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Proctor, located at mile 117.5 from Cranbrook on the Nelson Subdivision. David Davies notes: "The view is looking east and shows the spur at right leading to a barge slip on Kootenay Lake. The majority of the spur rails here are dated 1908-1910." An updated description provided by a subject expert suggests that this view is actually looking west.

Water car on the CPR line at Nelson
2013.6.36.1.028.42 · Pièce · 18 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts water car #415319 standing on a little used spur in Nelson. It consists of a locomotive tender mounted on a flat car. It could be used as a firefighting unit, but it is merely lettered "service."

2013.6.36.1.007.048 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. eastbound freight train at passing loop at Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2 with a siding capacity of 85 cars. The view in this photograph is taken from a string of work cars on the siding.

2013.6.36.1.007.051 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. westbound freight train at passing loop at Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2 with a siding capacity of 85 cars.

David Davies Railway Collection
2013.6 · Collection · [before 2020]

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.

Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon
2013.6.36.1.001.94 · Pièce · [May 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the North Bend Ferry (Aerial Cage) at Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon. The capacity of the aerial cage is 1 car or truck, or 40 passengers. Vehicle height clearance: 12 feet. Load-limit: 3 tons gross. Schedule: On call 24 hours. Rates: Car with driver, 25 cents; truck with driver, 50 cents; passenger, 5 cents.

Bridge over Similkameen River
2013.6.36.1.001.88 · Pièce · [May 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts bridge over the Similkameen River between Hedley and Keremeos. The bridge leads to Ashnola and the photograph taken from the northwest looking south.

Bridge over south Thompson River
2013.6.36.1.001.90 · Pièce · [May 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the bridge over the south Thompson River at Squilax where the road connects Squilax Village with a First Nations reservation on the north bank (photo background). The overhead truss in the center span was created to give clearance to paddle sternwheelers.