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CNR tractor
2013.6.36.1.114.01 · Stuk · [May 2004]
Part of 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.

2013.6.36.1.104.17 · Stuk · [13 May 2004]
Part of 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 · Stuk · [May 2004]
Part of 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 · Stuk · [May 2004]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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

A Ferry?
2012.13.1.89.180 · Stuk · 2004
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts what appears to be a ferry crossing a river at an uncertain location.

Canadian Northern Railway
2012.13.2.15.14 · Bestanddeel · 2004-2005
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Canadian Northern Railway. File contains material regarding the CNR railway station at Boston Bar; the community and railway stop at Basque; development of the CNR; and the CNR in Lucerne, British Columbia.

2013.6.36.1.139.08 · Stuk · [May 2003]
Part of 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 · Stuk · [June 2003]
Part of 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.

Marcus Smith
2012.13.2.15.13 · Bestanddeel · 2003-2005
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Marcus Smith. Marcus Smith was a railway surveyor and in 1872 he was appointed as deputy to the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway and took charge of British Columbia surveys between 1876-78. He worked as a surveyor for the CPR until 1886.

Highway
2012.13.1.7.246 · Stuk · Mar. 2003
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a highway, possibly Highway 97, in Prince George, B.C.