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CPR way freight
2013.6.36.1.019.04 · Item · [26 May 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR way freight about 1 mile west of Dot (mile 20.3 from Spences Bridge) on the Spences Bridge-Merritt line, travelling east. There are about 20 cars in the train.

2013.6.36.1.055.27 · Item · 23 Nov. 1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR waterfront yards in Vancouver Harbour. Roil was on the displayed flat car in order to build a new spur the led to a recently constructed rail-ferry slip.

CPR warehouse in Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.47 · Item · 6 Sept. 1970
Part of 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.

CPR Victoria yards
2013.6.36.1.032.20 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Victoria rail yards. The photograph faces east at the turntable and locomotive shed/roundhouse. 3 or 4 stalls are occupied.

CPR Victoria yards
2013.6.36.1.032.21 · Item · [23 May 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts possibly the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway train shipment sheds. They do not look to be in regular use. The photograph faces towards the east.

2013.6.36.1.032.12 · Item · Mar. 1973
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Langford Flag Stop on the northern outskirts of Victoria at mile 7.9. The photograph looks toward the terminal at Courtenay. Two passenger trains pass here daily, except on Sundays. 0745 north bound, 1543 southbound, and 3 freights daily, 0257 hrs. south, 0550 hrs. north, and 1819 hrs. north.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.032.06 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a daily passenger train north bound passing Goldstream Provincial Park between Goldstream and Niagara at about mile 12 or 13 (from Victoria). The train is reflecting a diesel fume cloud.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.032.07 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a daily Budd car passenger train north bound passing edge of Goldstream Provincial Park between Goldstream (mile 10.7 from Victoria) and Niagara (about mile 14). It is an upgrade.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.034.04 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on mile 85 which is about 15 miles north of Nanaimo and on the edge of Nanoose Bay. Image captured looking towards the south. The retreating "Dayliner" can be seen in the distance.

CPR Vancouver Island
2013.6.36.1.034.34 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a dayliner on a return trip from Courtenay to Victoria. Track at this point skirts Nanoose Bay about 15 miles north of Nanaimo.

CPR tug, Penticton
2013.6.36.1.055.33 · Item · [July 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR tug named the "Okanagan" that was assembled at the Okanagan landing. It usually tooks 3 hours and 10-15 minutes to travel from Kelowna to Penticton with one rail scow in tow.

CPR tug, "Okanagan"
2013.6.36.1.066.02 · Item · [17 July 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR tug called the"Okanagan," at the CPR slip in Kelowna. It had recently been fueled from a tank car that is visible on the left. It was was built in Seattle and assembled at Okanagan Landing.

2013.6.36.1.007.093 · Item · Oct. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. train station at Kaslo. At one time the line ran between Kaslo and Nakusp, via New Denver. It was lifted in 1915-1920. The trackage now consists of Kootenay Lake slip and about 1 mile of sidings. It is used mainly for oil (incoming) and lumber (outgoing).

2013.6.36.1.026.07 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR trackage north of McCulloch depot. The west track is passing, the mid is mainline, and the east track is storage. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision, about 27 miles northeast of Penticton.

2013.6.36.1.026.17 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR trackage about 1 mile south of McCulloch depot and at about mile 75.5, on the Carmi Subdivision. At the right of the line is evidence of an old spur and log dump [from?] at least 1930-1940s. The view is looking south or downgrade, and the elevation here is about 4100 ft.

2013.6.36.1.027.05 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR trackage at approximately mile 75.5 or about 1 mile south of McCulloch depot. This section is in the Carmi Subdivision and about 17 miles southeast of Kelowna. The dressed granite blocks are believed to be the remains of a "whistle" sign for a crossing, but the blocks are alien to this area.

2013.6.36.1.006.03 · Item · [May 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts C.P.R. trackage at Naramata, B.C. on the east side of Okanagan Lake and 11 miles north of Penticton. This is an isolated piece of trackage about 250 yards in length, served by scows, with a quite involved layout. The refrigerated box car was built in 1950.

CPR tender at Revelstoke
2013.6.36.1.016.16 · Item · 6 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts CPR tender #415819 at Revelstoke. A painted notice had a date 1956 but otherwise there was no info as to its origins. The use is unknown.

2013.6.36.1.007.117 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. summit of the southern transcontinental C.P. line at Crowsnest Pass on the Alberta-B.C. border. The roundhouse is disused. Four men are working on the turntable; it is unclear whether they are rebuilding its eastern face or demolishing it by breaking down one wall to get at the table. The site is 4,453 ft. above sea level and the view is looking south.

2013.6.36.1.016.31 · Item · [3 June 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR storehouse at Mission City. It was marked as "Petroleum Store" but in fact was holding speeders and miscellaneous track equipment. It was sited on the north side of the track at the extreme east end of the depot platform.

C.P.R. station at Kaslo
2013.6.36.1.007.094 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. station at Kaslo on Kootenay Lake and the beginning of the steep grade of the former Kaslo-New Denver Railway. The line on the left leads to the Kaslo depot and ferry slip, and that on the right goes another 200 yards to an oil depot. All trains did and do a reverse at the foot of grade at the left behind the photo.

2013.6.36.1.007.031 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. station at Invermere on the Golden-Cranbrook line, looking southwards. It is called the "Lake Windermere Station" built in 1916 of logs. The last mixed passenger train ran in 1962.

2013.6.36.1.007.034 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. station at Invermere in the Kootenays. There is a trolley off the track on the road and the way freight switching at the station. Golden is to the left, Cranbrook is to the right, and the station building is at the immediate left.