File consists of research material regarding railroad communication signals, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on universal hand signals, locomotive whistles, and train markers/train lanterns.
File consists of background articles on railway passenger time tables.
File consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1957, 1964-1967, 1971-1972, 1974, and 1989.
File consists of research material regarding railway labour relations and unions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the unionization process, the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the May 2012 CPR Rail Strike, the June 2011 lock-out by Rocky Mountain Railtours, the July 2009 VIA Rail Strike, the 1990 BC Rail strike, collective agreements, railway employee wages, and employee seniority. Also includes a copy of a "Master Agreement dated Montreal, September 27, 1979 between the Railway Association of Canada...and the Railway Employees Department...re: Application of Wage Increases...and other changes covering the years 1979, 1980, and 1981".
File consists of research material regarding railway job categories and job titles, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on conductors, dispatchers, builders, section men, call boys, brakemen, foremen, baggagemen, and others.
File consists of an original "Collective Agreement between Canadian Pacific Railway Company and United Transportation Union on behalf of the Conductors, Baggagemen, Brakemen, Yardmen, and Switchtenders employed on the Prairie & Pacific Regions (including Esquimalt and Nanaimo Rwy.)" effective January 1971.
File consists of an original "Agreement between the British Columbia Railway Company and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Cariboo Lodge No. 221, Lillooet Lodge No. 215 and Summit Lodge No. 252 Governing the Working Conditions and Compensation of Employees Employed on the British Columbia Railway Company, Revision 1975".
File consists of an original "General Instructions to Passenger Train Conductors and Trainmen--CN Rail, CP Rail, VIA Rail Canada".
File consists of research material regarding unit freight trains that carry a single commodity, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on container freight, intermodal cars, until coal trains, piggyback operations, and CN's unit trains.
File consists of research material regarding train switching, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on remote-control switching, car placards, and interchange service.
File consists of research material regarding railway accidents resulting from slides, washouts, floods and avalanches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the Great Northern Railway 1909 washout; the 1910 CPR slide in Rogers Pass; Fraser Canyon slides and washouts; avalanches in the Kootenays; and many other individual accidents on BC rail lines.
File consists of research material regarding accidents resulting from human causes, runaways, and collisions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on specific events, such as the CPR runaway on Field Hill in 1996, the CNR collision at Canoe River in 1950, the CPR Farron Hill incident of 1909, and the CNR runaway at Kelly Lake Hill in 2006, among others.
File consists of research material regarding Canadian Pacific Railway national and regional management and administration, particularly as they affect British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.
File consists of publicity material produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway, including promotional pamphlets, a CPR catalogue of merchandise, "Spanner", and a booklet about the Rogers Pass Project.
File consists of a booklet by M. Daem and E.E. Dickey entitled "A Short History of Rogers Pass and Glacier Park", first published in 1965.
File consists of a book by Graeme Pole entitled "The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill: A Canadian Railway Adventure".
File consists of a Craigellachie commemorative token saluting Canadian Pacific Railway pioneers and the driving of "the last spike" that linked Canada from sea to sea. Coin token notes that it has a one dollar value in Craigellachie and that it expires November 7, 1985.
Subseries consists of research material regarding the early days of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, between 1880 and 1900. Includes information about the construction of the CPR main line in British Columbia, the Chinese labour force used in the construction of the railway, and tunneling through the Canadian Rockies.
File consists of Davies' entry to the Downtown Vancouver Railway History Photograph Competition. Includes supplementary information to photographs.
File consists of source material and summary histories regarding railways in southeastern British Columbia, particularly the Canadian Pacific Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Railway Development in Southern British Columbia from 1890 on" by A. McCulloch; "Gradients in the Kootenays" by Davies; "Railways in the Nelson and Trail Areas" by Davies; "Across the Great Divide by CP Rail" by Elson; "The Big Hill and the Mountain Section" by T. Crump; "Work-Train to Tye" by H. Riegger; and "Coal to Japan" by R. Loat.
File consists of research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway minor rail lines in southeastern British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the following branches and lines: Nelson to Castlegar; Castlegar to Trail and Rossland; Castlegar to Midway; Lardeau to Gerrard branch; and copper hauling lines around Grand Forks.
File consists of a publication by G. Doeksen entitled "Railways of the West Kootenay: Volume Two", which is part of the Railways of Western Canada series.
File consists of a UBC thesis by Ronald H. Meyer entitled "The Evolution of Railways in the Kootenays".
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Rockies (Volume Six)" by D.M. Bain.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Rockies (Volume Seven)" by D.M. Bain.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Rockies (Volume Eight)" by D.M. Bain.
Series consists of material relating to the Kettle Valley Railway. Includes information about the history of the railway, its Carmi sub-division, its Osoyoos branch, and the Nicola spur. Also includes correspondence and documents regarding the dismantling of parts of the KVR, as well as its preservation as a heritage railway. Contains monographs about the history of the KVR, its construction, and its current use as a recreational area.
Photograph depicts a courthouse on Howe St. in Vancouver, B.C. There are paintings on the fence surrounding the forecourt.
Photograph depicts the First Narrows looking east from the base of Point Atkinson lighthouse.
Photograph depicts a dredge working on the shoreline of a new apartment site on the south side of Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C. Photograph taken from Stanley Park, looking east. The Bayshore Inn Hotel is shown in the rear center.
Photograph depicts a carving at the entrance to Little Qualicum Falls Park on the Alberni Highway. On the left side is the face of a white settler.
Photograph depicts a baby seal at C.N. log drop at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a house fire on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. on December 18, 1964. A wrecking gang accidently set fire to the house and it took one hour to get the fire under control.
Photograph depicts a float plane landing at Gold River on west Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave., looking northeast.
Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave., looking northeast. House #1053 on the left has been demolished at this point and then set on fire one night by kids.
Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave. in Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts the inside of the suite at 925 Cadero St. in the west end of Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts the dogwood tree in winter at the former site of 1057 Beach Ave. in Vancouver. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts telephone fittings on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts coal miners near Buckley Bay. The afternoon shift (3 p.m.) is going down the Tsable drift mine, which is the only working coal pit on Vancouver Island in 1964 and has a total of 70 employees. It is run by the Comox Colliery Co. and has a daily production of 200-300 tons.
Photograph depicts a the shoreline of Vancouver Harbour, looking east from the property line of the Burrard Grain Elevator, 375 Low Level Rd, North Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a general view of the upper and south shore section of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts a general view of the last 300 yards of the upper neck of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C. The view is looking west and taken from the south side.
Photograph depicts the west end of Coal Harbour looking south to West Georgia St. and Chilco-Gilford block beyond. The old pilings exposed at low tide.
Photograph depicts a steam grab working on the new dock to the west of Centennial Pier, on the site of a former Hastings mill in Vancouver, B.C. The view is looking north and the foreground depicts tidal water.
Photograph depicts the construction of a new deep sea wharf on the site of an old Hastings mill, at the foot of Dunlevey St., in Vancouver, B.C. The forepart is to be dirt filled. The view is looking northeast.
Photograph depicts a steam grab belonging to the Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting Co. Ltd, mounted on a scow and transferring gravel from another scow on the seaward side and rear of the wall. The portion in the foreground will become solid ground but it is now exposed to tides. The construction of the new pier is to the west of the Centennial Pier on the site of the original Hastings Mill.
Photograph depicts a 1953 Vauxhall Velox parked at 925 Cadero St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is a blue, 6 cylinder, and has had three owners to date.
Photograph depicts Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. The view is looking northeast towards the northwest corner of the Academic Quadrangle.