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CNR tractor
2013.6.36.1.114.01 · Item · [May 2004]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR tractor, an old piece of Maintenance of Way equipment coverted to haul equipment required to run at low speeds. It also saved switchers.

CPR Kamloops westbound freight
2013.6.36.1.104.17 · Item · [13 May 2004]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts westbound freight undergoing a crew change. The second and third locomotives were brand new "Alaska Railways." Presumed to be delivered to Alaska, but the engineer Davies spoke to said that they were on lease to the CPR.

Trackmobile
2013.6.36.1.114.03 · Item · [May 2004]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a "trackmobile" in the CNR Boston Bar yard. Work on replacing ties was being carried out 5-10 miles to north.

Fairmont Tamper
2013.6.36.1.114.05 · Item · [May 2004]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts equipment that says "Fairmont Tamper," but Davies states that it must be a ballast reclaimer and screener.

CNR Northern Line - Fraser Subdivision
2013.6.36.1.139.08 · Item · [May 2003]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo at Hansard, a railway point in the Fraser Subdivision. This was the only bridge in B.C. used by both rail and road vehicles. In the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction days, it was known as the third crossing of the Fraser River.

"Y" at Lumby
2013.6.36.1.145.04 · Item · [June 2003]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken looking towards a "Y." Only the left or northside of the "Y" appeared to be in use and was only about half the length. A crosspiece of it was actually unusable.

Crosspiece of unusable "Y"
2013.6.36.1.145.09 · Item · [June 2003]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a crosspiece of an unusable "Y" (the reason for it). It appeared that the piece was used to offload items and in time, distorted the track. All 3 switches of the "Y" and total trackage were still in place.

Kalamalka flag stop and siding
2013.6.36.1.112.04 · Item · [29 June 2002]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Kalamalka flag stop and siding that took up to 40 cars. A section house used to exist there, Davies notes. Virtually there was no public access in former days, so the siding was most likely used as a storage place for Kelowna fruit. A private speeder is found in the shadows on the main line.

Margaret Hope
2013.6.36.1.122.03 · Item · [1 July 2002]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Margaret Hope, organizer of a 3 week tour. She was standing beside her husband's deluxe machine that was built from scratch. Taken on the CNR Okanagan line.

2013.6.36.1.122.05 · Item · [1 July 2002]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at a speeder meet. Davies had ridden in this deluxe vehicle for the whole way along the Okanagan line. Margaret Hope, an organizer of the B.C. segment of a three week tour, mentioned that her husband designed and built the machine.

2013.6.36.1.126.04 · Item · 16 Oct. 2002
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a southbound passenger of 2 Budd cars approaching the Exeter station in 100 Mile House. Davies notes that the shot is important because it was the first time traffic ceased on all PGR/BC Rail lines on October 31, 2002.

2013.6.36.1.126.05 · Item · 17 Oct. 2002
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Exeter station of the BC Rail which had a hand-cranked elevator for wheelchair passengers. Visible is the view of a Budd coach #15, which was probably almost 50 years, but still looked modern.