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File consists of research material compiled in conjunction with an article by David Davies and John (Jack) K. Moilliet entitled "Railway Recollections of a B.C. Sheep Rancher". Includes notes by Davies about one example of sheep ranching in the Kamloops area.

File consists of copies of Davies article, "Moving Livestock by Rail: An Inquiry into an Extinct Traffic", which was published in the Spring 2006 issue of The Sandhouse.

File consists of:

• Canadian Rail issue no. 447 (July-August 1995) which is devoted to Canada's Railways in World War II
• Article by David Davies, "Wartime Freight in BC in WWII, 1939-1945"
• Summary piece by David Davies, "What happened in British Columbia in WWII? 1939-1945: A Review of Military Events"

Series consists of articles, clippings, and monographs regarding rail ferries in British Columbia. Includes information about freshwater rail ferries in the Kootenays and Okanagan and saltwater rail ferries.

Subseries consists of information about freshwater rail ferries in British Columbia. Includes information about ferries run by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Kootenays and the Okanagan. Also includes information about the Canadian National Railway’s transfer barge services.

File consists of general material regarding rail ferries in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "British Columbia's Rail Water Services in 1968" (1969) by Davies; "Rail-Water Services in B.C., 1968" (2008) by Davies; "93 Years of Railway Ferries on San Francisco Bay" by James Holden; "Integration in the North" by George W. Hilton; "Legacy of a Rowboat... Foss - 'Always Ready'" by Foss Launch & Tug Company; "The Quebec Train Ferry of 1914" by S.S. Worthen; "Great Lakes Car Ferries: An Endangered Species" by George W. Hilton; and "Pacific Northwest Rail-Marine Bibliography" by John Teichmoeller. Also includes information about CNR's marine activities, GNR port service, railway links to Cape Breton Island, CN Alaska cruises, and earlier barge-slips (pre-1968).

File consists of material regarding freshwater rail ferries in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "B.C. Lake and River Service" by J. Fitzsimmons; "Canadian National Railways British Columbia Transfer Barge Services, Part II of II) by Frank Clapp; "Rosebery Barge Slip - C.P. Rail, Kaslo Sub-div., Aug. 1983: Recollections and Historical Data" by Davies; "'Finished with Engines' Signals end of Okanagan Lake Service" by Eric Sismey; "The Iris G, et al.: Much of Canadian Pacific's History has been written upon the water, perhaps most poignantly by this tug, its train-on-a-barge, and their ancestors" by Steve Patterson; "Moving Fresh Fruit by Steam Tugboat: The Introduction of Railway Transfer Barges in the Okanagan" by Ian Pooley; "The Shipwrecked Hogger!" by John A. Rushton; "Riding a Wilderness Branch Line [Nakusp-Slocan] that Includes a 2 1/2-hour Lake Cruise in a Car Barge" by Ashmead et al.; "The Lady of the Lake" by Streight; a 1949 CPR "Inventory of Floating Equipment of the B.C. Lake and River Service"; "Canadian Pacific's S.S. Minto" by Bill Kee; and a draft of "C.P.R. Comes Ashore at Okanagan Lake" by Davies.

File consists of a 1973 publication by Edward Lloyd Affleck entitled "Sternwheelers, Sandbars and Switchbacks: A Chronicle of Steam Transportation in the British Columbia Waterways of the Columbia River System, 1865 to 1965". This is a "revised and enlarged edition, containing a chapter on 'two generations of steamboating on British Columbia's inland lakes' as told to Edward L. Affleck by Otto L. Estabrooks".

Subseries consists of information about saltwater rail ferries off the coast of British Columbia. Includes information about the Canadian National rail ferry, the S.S. Canora, which was built by the Canadian Northern Railway. Also includes information about saltwater rail ferries and barge operations run by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and the Alaska Trainship Company.

File consists of material regarding saltwater rail ferries in British Columbia run by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works:

File consists of research material regarding the Canadian National Railway saltwater rail ferry S.S. Canora (an abbreviation of 'Canadian Northern Railway', which built the steamer). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the history of the S.S. Canora.

File consists of research material regarding saltwater rail activities by railways other than CP and CN. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about PGE tug and barge operations, Alaska Trainship, and rail barge slips near Vancouver. Also includes the following works: "PGE/BC Rail - Squamish Harbour" by Eric Johnson and "Pacific Great Eastern's Maritime Operations, 1913-1957" by David Morgan and Jim Moore.

File consists of research material regarding saltwater rail ferry accidents at sea. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

Series consists of research material regarding industrial railways in British Columbia. Includes information about industrial locomotives, logging railroads, mining railways, and other industrial railway lines. Also includes monographs and periodicals about the history of various industrial railways.

Subseries consists of material regarding locomotives that were used on industrial railways in British Columbia. Includes information about manufacturers of industrial locomotives, geared industrial locomotives (Shay, Climax, and Heisler), Porter locomotives, and compressed air locomotives.

File consists of general material regarding steam and diesel industrial railway locomotives. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about various industrial locomotives, such as those manufactured by Plymouth, General Electric, Davenport, Whitcomb, Vulcan Iron Works, Baldwin, Trackmobile, Dominion, and others. Also includes the following works: "Mining and Tunnelling Locomotives in British Columbia Today" by Mervyn T. Green; "Industrial Strength Railfanning" by Fred Clark; "Non-Steam Industrial Locomotives of B.C.: Part 1 and Introduction" by Jeremy Lambert; "Fort George Railway"; "Gen-set Units Make the Scene on Vancouver Waterfront"; and "List (Incomplete) of Narrow Gauge Locomotives Used by Contractors Building Railways in BC in period 1905-1925" compiled by Davies.

File consists of a publication by Mervyn T. 'Mike' Green entitled "Industrial Locomotives: A Catalogue of Industrial Locomotives and Short Lines of British Columbia and Yukon Territory (An All-Time Listing, Including Museums)". This publication is B.C. Rail Guide No. 11.

File consists of material regarding Shay locomotives, a build of geared industrial railway locomotive. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about Lima Locomotive Works, narrow gauge 'baby shays', the Crown Zellerbach No. 1 Shay locomotive, Also includes the following works: "Preserved Geared Steam Locomotives Used in Canada" by Mike Green; "The South's Shay: Graham County 1925 Returns to Steam"; "Britain's Only Shay Engine: The 'Beast of Bilston' and Other Geared Locos" by Cliff Thomas; and original and reproductions of "The Lima Catalog No. S-4 1925" of Shay locomotives from Lime Locomotive Works.

File consists of material regarding Climax locomotives, a type of geared industrial railway locomotive built by Climax Manufacturing Company of Corry, Pennsylvania. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Contains a list of Climax steam locomotives used in British Columbia and a reproduction of "The Climax Patent Geared Locomotives Catalogue 'L'" from 1924.

File consists of material regarding Heisler locomotives, a type of geared industrial railway locomotive built by Stearns Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding Porter locomotives, a type of light-duty locomotive manufactured by H.K. Porter, Inc. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes background notes by Davies on the H.K. Porter company and a compiled list of all known Porter locomotives that worked in British Columbia and the Yukon.

File consists of material regarding compressed air locomotives. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes background notes by Davies on compressed air locomotives in British Columbia.

Subseries consists of material regarding logging railways in British Columbia. Includes information about Pacific Coast Logging, the Hillcrest Lumber Company rail line, the Comox Logging and Railway Company, and the Canfor Logging Railway in the Nimpkish Valley, among others.

File consists of material regarding logging railways in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes articles by Robert Turner entitled "Pacific Coast Logging: A General History", "Pacific Coast Logging: Steam Locomotives", "Pacific Coast Logging: The Diesel Era", "Pacific Coast Logging: Steam Era Equipment and Rolling Stock", and "Pacific Coast Logging: Gas-powered Speeder and a Transfer Caboose". Also includes the following works: "British Columbia Forest Products Cowichan Sawmill Division: The Youbou Story"; "A Perspective on Forest Policy" by Sorensen; "Locies for Loggers" by Hoffmeister; "The Water Tank at Chemainus" by D'Amato; "Logging Railways on Denman Island" notes by Davies; "Logging Railways in BC: Sources" by Davies; "Rayonier, Inc.: Railroading in the Northwest Pines" by Gutohrlein; "From Timber to Tidewater" by Sabol; "T & NVR Last Run" by Ballantyne; "Logging & Sawmilling" songs of the Pacific Northwest; "A Rainy Day in the Woods: Reflections on a Shay Day" by Bedfellow; "Crown Zellerbach Canada Logging Equipment Museum and Arboretum, Ladysmith, B.C."; and "From the Hill to the Spill: A Breathless History of B.C. Logging" by Trower.

File consists of material regarding the Hillcrest Lumber Company Limited and its leased rail line. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the steam locomotives of the Hillcrest Lumber Company, the rail line from the mill at Honeymoon Bay to the E&N/CPR branch line terminal at Cowichan Lake, and an article by Ian Smith entitled "B.C. Logging Line Set the Scene for Unique Fan-Trips".

File consists of material regarding the Comox Logging and Railway Company, which rafted timber to Fraser Mills, Coquitlam on the Fraser River. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the Canfor Logging Railway in Nimpkish Valley on Vancouver Island. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about Nimpkish Valley, the Englewood Logging Railway, steam locomotives of the Nimpkish Valley, and Canfor company history. Also includes a BC Railway Historical Association Bulletin No. 2 from June 1960 entitled "Canadian Forest Products Limited Nimpkish Valley Railway".

File consists of a BC Department of Commercial Transport Railways Branch publication compiled by R.E. Swanson entitled "A History of Railroad Logging".

File consists of a BC Railway Historical Association publication by David M. Rees-Thomas entitled "Timber Down the Capilano: A History of the Capilano Timber Company on Vancouver's North Shore".

Subseries consists of material regarding industrial railway lines in British Columbia. Includes information about colliery railways, the Northwood Pulp & Timber private industrial railway, the Hedley Gold Mine railway, the Sullivan lead-zinc mine railway, and the Britannia Copper Mine railway.

File consists of material regarding standard and narrow gauge industrial railways in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding colliery railways in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the Northwood Pulp & Timber Limited private industrial railway in Prince George. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the Hedley Gold Mine industrial railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the industrial railway of the lead-zinc mine known variously as the Sullivan Mine/Cominco Mine/Kimberley Mine in Kimberley, British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the Clayburn Brick Company industrial railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of a BC Railway Historical Association publication by Elwood White and David Wilkie entitled "Shays on the Switchbacks: A History of the Narrow Gauge Lenora, Mt. Sicker Railway".

File consists of a BC Railway Historical Association publication by R. Ken Bradley entitled "Historic Railways of the Powell River Area".

File consists of a Pacific Coast Division Canadian Railroad Historical Association publication by Eric L. Johnson entitled "Mining Railways of the Klondike: Narrow Gauge Railways Serving Coal Mines on Cliff Creek and Coal Creek, and a Placer Gold Operation on Bear Creek, Yukon Territory, 1899 to 1918".

File consists of material regarding the Britannia Copper Mine Railway. Predominantly consists of notes, correspondence, photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the British Columbia Museum of Mining and the Britannia Copper Mine. Predominantly consists of tourist pamphlets, commemorative publications, photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of various editions of David Davies' BC Rail Guide No. 10 entitled "The Britannia Copper Mine Railway" from 1977 and 1991.

File consists of a publication by Robert D. Turner entitled "Vancouver Island Railroads."

Series consists of material regarding rail-related tourism and preservation in British Columbia. Includes information about rail tours (such as the Rocky Mountaineer and the Royal Hudson), preserved locomotives and rolling stock, the EXPO 86 transportation theme, railway museums, and heritage railways (such and the Kamloops Heritage Railway and the Kettle Valley Railway).

File consists of material regarding the Rocky Mountaineer and the Great Canadian Railtour Company, which operated on CN and CPR track. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the BC Rail operated steam tourist trains with the Royal Hudson Locomotive 2860 and its alternate locomotive #3716. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Steam is Alive and Well and Living in British Columbia" by McGarry; "Resurrection of a Royal Hudson" by Brown; "The Story of Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson No. 2860"; and "End of the Line for BC Rail Steam".

File consists of material regarding BC Rail luxury tourist train tours, such as the Cariboo Prospector, the Whistler Explorer, and the Pacific Starlight. All services ended in 2002. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding miscellaneous rail tour operators in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about West Coal Rail Tours, the Coast Mountaineer, Wells Gray Tours, VIA Rail's Skeena, Pacific Wilderness Railway, and the Okanagan Valley Wine Train, among others.

File consists of material regarding the preservation of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive 2816 'The Empress'. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "They Call Her 'The Empress'" by Jeff Terry; "CPR 2816 Back in Steam After 40 Years"; "Steam Returns to the Crowsnest" by John Godfrey; "six October Days Behind 2816" by Fred Angus; "2816 Bids Farewell--For Now" by Ian Smith; "CPR 2816 Reawakens after 40 Years" by Ian Smith; and "CPR 2816 Reborn for 21st-Century Service" by Ian Smith.

File consists of material regarding the preservation and exhibition of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive 374. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.