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Photo depicts a close up view of the rear of the locomotive #703. It was stopped at the head of a freight onn the main line portion of the loop awaiting a southbound loaded freight. Its tracks were derailed, fuel tranks ruptures and a sliver of steel from the box car was forced into its forward tracks. The left side of the cab was also sheared.

Photo depicts the general view of a derailment, looking eastward. The derailed locomotive #703 was found beside a squashed box car. By this time, a PGE bulldozer had prepared a road bed for the wreck.

Photo depicts a shoo-fly that had been built around the Seton Portage wreck. locomotive #703 had stood at this spot just before the switch when the cars of the southbound freight piled into it.

Photo depicts a Pacific Great Eastern working train approaching Seton Portage. It had been diverted from the derailment to fill in a burnt out wooden culvert on the edge of Anderson Lake.

Photo depicts the removal of about 70 bales from a box car.

Photo depicts a derailment in Seton Portage at the Pacific Great Eastern broken switch on mile 139.8.

Photo depicts the general view of the clean up of the derailment in Seton Portage. The track in which a speeder stands a gondola car with rolls were the two tracks of the loop. They were both severed and respliced in making the "second edition" of the shoo-fly.

Photograph depicts a piece of abandoned track leading to the peat plant at #8 road on Lulu Island on the Westminster Highway. The track runs parallel to the Westminster Highway, which is at the left beyond the photo. The rail is undated and marked, "Rlymney Steel" (South Wales). The photo is looking west and the Canadian National Railway (CN) spur lies a quarter mile behind the camera.

Perspective of pier and wharf as seen from the water. Port Simpson and hill in background. Sternwheeler can be seen on shore.

Photograph depicts Pier #2 in Vancouver at the north end of Columbia St. It shows disconnected trackage on the east side of the pier that was formerly serviced by the CPR. It has not been in use for some years. The switch fittings were made by the Nelson Iron Works in Seattle.

Photograph depicts Pier B in Burrard Harbour, Vancouver. The photo shows the inside the main roadway and the CPR trackage.

Photograph depicts a pipe yard of West Coast Gas Transmission. Two large pipes had gotten away and rolled onto the railway.

Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Plane on Sumit Lake." Logs can be seen floating on water in foreground, as well as trees on opposite shore in background. The seaplane has the letters "CF-ATF" on its side.

Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Plane on Sumit Lake." Logs can be seen floating on water in foreground, as well as trees on opposite shore in background. The seaplane has the letters "CF-ATF" on its side.

Two men stand on the ice of Pinchi Lake beside a small plane that appears to have crashed into the icy lake. Handwritten annotation in ink on the verso reads: "Plane on the ice at Pinchi".

Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: “Fort St John Apron. F/Rideouts 'Norseman'^" Arrow is pointed at plane on far right with the number "2466" on its side and unidentified equipment below. Runway in foreground, approximately four military planes in background surrounded with unidentified people and equipment.

Photograph depicts a plaque attached to the east side girder of bascule section of the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC

Front view of tractor plow clearing snow-covered road site, trees on either side. Operator of plow is visible, but not identifiable.

Photograph depicts a pole yard of Gorman Bros Ltd. Loading methods and quality were checked by CN inspectors in Kamloops, then on the main trans-continental line. These particular lines were destined for Ontario.

Three Indigenous men stand in a canoe poling their craft along a shoreline while one man sits and steers. An unidentified village is visible along the opposite shore.

Photograph depicts a renovated Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Port Alberni. It was now used by Alberni Pacific tourist railway.

Photograph depicts boy on bike, and group of men in front of hull on trailer pulled by truck. Railway tracks visible on right, forest and hills in background.

Photograph depicts a crane behind rail tracks on left, main hook block suspended above boat hull resting on railway flatbed. Group of men in foreground, one man on hull. Trees and hills in background.

Photograph depicts boat hull resting on trailer flatbed pulled by truck. Trees and hills in background.

Photograph depicts middle section of boat hull on flatbed, trees in background.

Street view of Third Avenue in Prince Rupert. Printed annotation on recto reads: "60 Post office 3rd Ave Prince Rupert BC."

Photograph depicts two men posed with "CALGARY BEER" bags slung over shoulders. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Clark & Marchant Quebec to Vancouver on Foot", on recto: "To H F Glassey With Every Good wish. from Leo Marchant. Pearson's Magazine 1909."

Photograph depicts Pounder Emulsions Ltd. which received bitumens and distributed them to blacktop plants from April till October.

Photograph depicts the "Powell River Queen" of the B.C. Ferries. It was just arriving at the slip in Earl's Cove after it had just made an 8 mile trip from Saltery Bay. It had been built in Victoria in 1965. Capacity held 50 cars and 250 passengers.

Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray (left) and Mac McGarvey (right) seated in a boat on the Peace River.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts a primitive tram with external flonges and a swivel support for a tub that was found amongst the debris near the blacksmiths shop in Barkerville.

Postcard image depicts streetview looking west along 3rd Ave in Prince George, B.C. Storefronts and period automobiles are visible. Handwritten annotation on photographic negative, now visible along bottom of print image reads: "3rd Ave, Prince George B.C. Looking West. HND 41".

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a speeder car at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts tanks at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts the rear of two locomotive cars at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Phoo depicts a train at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph taken at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a snow plow at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Telephone book with a CN bridge crossing the Fraser River featured on its cover.

Stern wheeler in river. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Prince George to Tete Jaune” Hand written message in ink on verso is addressed to “Mademoiselle Elisabeth Joliet, Terrguy – Les Dijore Cote a Or France”

Photograph depicts the major buildings and streets of the town. Sloped cutbank visible across the Nechako River in background. It is believed that this photograph was taken from Connaught Hill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "PRINCE GEORGE, B.C."

Image depicts the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C.

Image depicts the rail yards in Prince Rupert.

Image depicts a view of what is possibly a shipping yard in Prince Rupert, B.C. The slide is labelled "superport."