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Photograph depicts equipment on a rail line.

Photograph depicts equipment on a rail line.

Photograph depicts a piece of equipment on the rail line.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard in Victoria. Photo displays a steam crane on CPR #414325. "BH" 1926 made by 'Industrial Works, Bay Gty, Michigan. Automatic car is arranged to #402109 with outrigger: 100 tons ar 17 ft., 45 " " 25 ft.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. A car repair barn and 2 roads are displayed. A box car is in use and has just been made out on the L road. Looking east in the photo.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. A turntable and a 10 stall round house are both displayed. Locomotive #8835 is visible inside as well as #6702 which has just switched.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in Victoria. The movement of switching between east and north is taking place. The yard and spurs are leading off of State Street in downtown Victoria. Two locations visible on opposite sides of the Inner Harbour.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in the suburbs of Victoria. Photo was taken in the north of Layford at 8:35 a.m. 2 cars are visible. "VIA" train recedes northwords on a daily run to Courtenay. Rails weigh 85 Ibs and are dated 1942.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. Could be the Crofton spur, but is more likely the Lake Cowichan branch. On mile 47.7m. Victoria Sub Division for another 2.1 miles. It has 15 miles per hour speed limit.

Photo is taken at Chemainus station on mile 51.2. A southbound passenger train with 2 Budd cars is visible. Time is 16:01. About 2-4 passengers got on or alighted.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Watercar #41500 (dated August 1912) with two upside down tenders are visible. They are both being filled with water. There is a man bending at a stop lock to the left of the pivoted water arm.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. View is looking toward the east. Shows a turntable and an end stalll of a 10 stall round house. Locomotive #6701 is visible. Elsewhere, #6702 and #8835 are inside a stall.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Pulling box car #6702 is being switched. CPR #18705 is displayed on State Street. Photo is looking east. The pulling box car is going back to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard across a bridge that goes over the inner harbour.

Photograph taken at Chemainus on mile 51.2. The station is just behind the camera. A southbound train has just stopped at the station and is just now picking up speed and is boarding, heading south to Victoria. Time is 4:00 p.m. It will reach Victoria at 5:40 p.m. The train is well patronized.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Caboose CPR #437275 ("BH" June 1946) and tank fire car #415833 are both displayed.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. #6702 pulling box car is being switched. A car down State Street is visible. Photograph taken on the east side of the upper inner harbour.

Photograph taken at Chemainus. The station is just behind the camera. The south bound train is visible and it is is just picking up speed, travelling back to Victoria. Time is 4:00 p.m. The train is well patronized.

Photograph taken just north of Shawnigan station. Image captured looking south at the rear of the daily passenger train returning to Victoria. This make the time at around 4:45 p.m. and the mileage is about 28.0. The rails are Algoma and weigh 80 Ibs. They are dated 1914 and 1920.

Photograph depicts a box car loaded with crossback arms of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. The location could be Westholme as shown in another photo.

Photograph depicts a Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Railway Co. privately owned caboose at the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard in Victoria.

Photograph depicts a CRHA, Vancouver Island Division, lettered caboose at the EN yards in Victoria.

Photograph taken at the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (CPR) yard in Port Alberni that was now worked by Rail America. The visible box cars were to hold products from the adjacent Pacifica Papers Inc. paper mill.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway depot in Ladysmith. Track visible. Looking southward.

Photograph taken at the Bowser grade crosssing near the Island Highway on mile 115. The railroad brush cutter worked north from Nanaimo. It was doing one sweep fairly close to the track and was especially needed in area of rapid growth.

Photograph taken at the Island Highway crossing in Bowser on mile 115. A railroad brush cutter was working north of Nanaimo.

Photograph taken in Bowser, BC on mile 115. The Island Highway grade crossing is located behind the camera. The image was captured looking northward. The brush cutter at work was making a low pass sweep. Davies notes that this was much needed just further up the line.

Photograph taken looking upgrade, on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway line from Port Alberni to Bainbridge loop, with the main line straight ahead. Newly built spur to a steam sawmill on right.

Photograph depicts a log train from Cowichan Lake. The branchline is also captured.

Photograph taken on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway main line out of Port Alberni with run-around siding over the right out of sight. Yard is found towards the rear. On the left, there was private trackage of the Nordeske paper mill that was in daily use until December 31, 2001 when Rail America stopped runnning freights because the mill went to road transport.

Photograph depicts what was believed to be a former repair coach/car shop. It held a Budd car in storage. Vegetation in the foreground shows passage of a vehicle in the last 2-3 months.

Photograph depicts a snow plow at the E & N yards in Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts what was believed to be a lumber loading spur.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Port Alberni only used by the Alberni Pacific tourist railway. Visible is an interesting throw-type switch.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards near Lime Bay, Victoria. The photograph is looking towards the west.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards near Esquimalt and Alstan Streets, Victoria. The car is lettered "CPR Victoria Auxiliary."

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway which carried over Colwood road and the former Canadian National Railway Vancouver Island line on the outskirts of western Victoria.

Photograph depicts decrepit reach cars that were used for loading and unloading cars from rail ferries. They prevented the locomotive from running onto the ramp.

Photograph depicts a general view of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a snow plow in the Nanaimo Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards.

Photograph depicts travelling rip-rap in the Nanaimo Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Alberni branch line, one mile east of the former Cameron Lake station. At this point, Highway 4 and rails "touch" each other for about 100 yards, but it was hardly noticable in those days because of bush growth.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway branch line in Parksville. Highway crossing and station were behind the camera.