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Postcard depicts the Thompson River, 6 miles north of Spences Bridge, on the Okanagan Trail.

Postcard depicts the junction of Fraser River and Thompson River, near Lytton, BC

Postcard depicts a "few miles up river from Spences Bridge this spectacular sight of the deep-blue Thomspon, among the sagegreen hills. Scores of ardent fishermen have found this river excellent for catching Steelhead throughout the fish run." Eastbound way freight of the CPR, upgrade. Way freights going from Kamloops to Ashcroft, etc. Still carried cabooses in 1996. Main line freights lost their cabooses in Jan./Feb. 1990. Photo likely taken in the late 1980s.

Postcard depicts Spences Bridge "overlooking the scenic beauty of the Thompson River as it flows past the entrance to the Nicola River and Valley, downstream from Kamloops-the Heart of Funland."

Postcard depicts an area along the Thompson River, towards the Fraser Canyon. Looking left, downstream. Westbound CPR freight is visible. Short train by any standards in the 1980s and 1990s.

Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon. "One can catch thrilling sights through the Canyon such as this. Just a few miles south of Lyton, this view offers one some of the Fraser's best scenery."

Postcard depicts a "Spectacular sight to be seen while travelling through this Canyon. Many trains rumble past with heavy loads making a grand sight when they twist and turn around corners along the clear blue water of the Thompson River."

Postcard depicts "VIA Rail's eastbound and westbound "Canadians" meet at Glenogle, BCon C.P. Rail's Mountain Subdivision in the Kicking Horse River Valley. May 23, 1985."

Postcard depicts "VIA Rail Canada Nos. 6456 and 6454 hauling Train No. 1, "The Canadian" between Spences Bridge and Drynoch, British Columbia, on Canadian Pacific's Thompson Subdivision, having been delayed by the need to detour, from its usual route, on Canadian National's Ashcroft Subdivision, seen here across the Thompson River. May 14, 1993."

File consists of postcards collected by David Davies of the Thompson and Fraser River Canyons in British Columbia.

Postcard depicts Kamloops station at about 1895.

Postcard depicts a "quartet pf GP9 locomotives headed by 8621 skirts Kamloops Lake, BCwith a merchandise freight. A beautiful day in 1965."

Postcard depicts the Kamloops CPR depot and gardens.

Postcard depicts a "4-4-0 woodburning locomotive at Shuswap Station, east of Kamloops, at the turn of the century. The completion of the CPR across the Continent, guaranteed B.C.'s entry into Cinfederation, as well as reg economic and cultural connection to the East."

Postcard depicts Main Street (Victoria West) Kamloops in 1910.

Postcard depicts Main Street (Victoria West) Kamloops in 1910.

Postcard depicts the Kamloops CPR depot and gardens.

Postcard depicts Sicamous Hotel. Original built in 1898, but belived to have been burned down in 1908.

Postcard depicts Mt, Begbie with railway and traffic bridges.

Postcard depicts the CPR bridge over the Columbia River.

Postcard depicts "The Last Spike." On November 7, 1885, "a plain iron spike was driven by Donald Alexander Smith, welding east to west."

Postcard depicts a view of the west-bound VIA Rail passenger train passing the Craigellachie Last Spike monument.

Postcard depicts Sicamous Station and Hotel, circa 1910. "Sicamous became a favorite statring point for fishermen to the Shuswap Lake and junction for the fruit growing Okanagan Valley. The first station in Sicamous, built in 1890, burned down in 1900. A new one was built, modernized in 1908, and torn down in the 1960s."

Postcard depicts a CPR unit coal train pulling out of "Revelstoke, BCon May 6, 1978 behind SD-40-2 Number 5845. This locomotive also controls four Mid-Train Slave Units require on this West bound loaded coal train."

Postcard depicts a cairn "marking the spot where Canadian Pacific Railway was completed on November 7th, 1885. Twenty-eight miles west of Revelstoke, BC"

Postcard depicts the "general view of the town facing west with the railway station in the foreground. Revelstoke became a divisional centre of the railway in 1889 and has increased in importance with the growth of the railway and the Trans-Canada Highway."

Postcard depicts CPR #5800 at Cambie, BC with a loaded coal train headed for Roberts Bank, BC.

Postcard depicts the Revelstoke Railway Museum. "Take a run down the track of Canadian History at the Revelstoke Railway Museum, located in the beautiful Columbia Valley. Museum exhibits trace the pople and events involved in the development of the CPR. Highlights include Steam Locomotive 5468 and a unique gift shop."

File consists of postcards collected by David Davies of the CPR line from Revelstoke to Savona, British Columbia.

Postcard depicts the west portal of the Connaught Tunnel, near Glacier, BCDavies noted the ventilation engine house above the entrance.

Postcard depicts "The Loop," CPR, Selkirk Mountain.

Postcard depicts the Illecillewaet Valley, near Glacier, BCThe view shows the end of the descent over Rogers Pass, if travelling westerly. The scar in the foreground was believed to be the track between the 1st (Glacier Hotel) and 2nd (Loop Brook) loops.

Postcard depicts "The Loop," Glacier, BC

Postcard depicts Imperial Limited on the Great Loop in the Selkirks, near Glacier, BC

Postcard depicts "The Four Tracks."

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley from Lookout Point on Mt. Abbott, near Glacier B.C.

Postcard depicts a snow plow. "Completion of the Connaught Tunnel in 1916 solved the worst of the severe weather problems faced by the CPR in Rogers Pass, where snowfalls average 50 feet. Based at Revelstokem a locomotive-pushed wedge plow and a Jordan spreader equipped with air-operated wings and retractable nose plates skim over the rails near Fraine, BC"

Postcard depicts "one of Canadian Pacific's powerful 2-10-4 Selkirk locomotives grab[bing] hold of a 2800 Hudson to take a passenger run through the Canadian Rockies."

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley and Loop from Observation Point, Glacier B.C., on the CPR line.

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley. Circa 1914-16. New grade being built for use with Connaught Tunnel grade reductions at Rogers Pass. Original right-of-way still in use.

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley. Taken adjacent to snowsheds and the second crossing of the Illecillewaet River. It had the appearance of being the location for a safety switch and spur to divert a runaway train that had come down the "Loop" from Glacier Station.

Postcard possibly taken in Glacier, BC

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley and Loop near Glacier, BC

Postcard depicts Glacier Station.

Postcard depicts the east portal of the Connaught Tunnel.

Postcard depicts the east portal of the Connaught Tunnel and Mount Macdonald.

Postcard depicts the east portal of the Connaught Tunnel.

Postcard depicts a train entering the Connaught Tunnel and Ross Peak.

Postcard depicts the CPR station at Albert Canyon, BC, circa 1900.

Postcard depicts the Rogers Pass CPR station. A snowslide wiped out the station on January 9, 1899.