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CPR advertising
2013.6.18.3.4 · File · 1983
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of a 45" record containing an advertisement for CP Rail entitled "Steel Wheel". Side B contains the French version of the advertisement, entitled "Grands Horizons".

2013.6.30.2.1 · File · 2007-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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:

2013.6.18.1.1 · File · 2005-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding general information on the Canadian Pacific Railway, such as chronologies, statistics, and summary histories. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Canadian Pacific, 1881-1981 Part Two: A Brief History of the Company" by Elson; "CPR Regains Independence" by Ian Smith; "Corporate and Historical Chronology" by Canadian Pacific News; and "Canadian Pacific Facts and Figures" by the CPR Publicity Department; an excerpt from "The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881" by Pierre Berton; an excerpt from the "Scenic Rail Guide to Western Canada" by Bill Coo; "Railways of the Okanagan" by John Rushton; "Frontier Guide to the Dewdney Trail: Hope to Rock Creek" by Anderson; "Frontier Guide to the Incredible Rogers Pass" by Frontiers Unlimited; and "Frontier Guide to the Fraser Canyon" by Anderson.

CPR diesel locomotives
2013.6.10.2.2 · File · 2002-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding Canadian Pacific Railway diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotives; CP C-Liners; E&N dieselization; CP Rail switchers; and depictions of various CPR locomotives. Also includes a 1985 publication by Jim Hope entitled "Those Beautiful 'C' Liners: A Photo Album of 'C' Liners in British Columbia".

CPR early days, 1880-1900
2013.6.18.2.1 · File · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding the early days Canadian Pacific Railway between 1880 and 1900. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following articles: "Bridging the Fraser at Cisco, 1882-1884" by Meridew; "Railway Tales from the Inland Sentinel" by Meridew; "Building the CPR through Agassiz and Port Hammond" by Meridew; "A Man with Connections: John A. Mara and the CPR" by Meridew; "Canada's Transcontinental Passenger Trains, 1886 and 1978" by Angus; "Pacific Division Sections from Abbott to Marpole, 1886-1909" by Meridew; "William Cornelius Van Horne" by Elson; "Coal Comes to Mountain Mainline" by Meridew; "Laying the Foundation" by D. Smith; and "C.P.'s Last Spike--100 Years Less Three Months, Later" by D. Johnson.

CPR forms
2013.6.18.1.3 · File · 2005-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of original samples of Canadian Pacific Railway forms, tickets, certificates, customs reports, manual block system clearance forms, and others. Also includes an excerpt from CP Rail time table 83.

CPR in Metro Vancouver
2013.6.18.4.01 · File · 1981-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway in Metro Vancouver. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Rise and Fall of the Marpole Industrial Lead" by E. Johnson; "CPR's Arbutus Line: 10 Years After" by Smith; "CPR's Changing Scene on Lulu Island" by E. Johnson; "CPR's Vancouver Tunnel: A Tale of Two Portals" by Smith; "Railways in New Westminster Area"; "Arbutus Line Operations End with Last Run to Molson's" by Smith; and "C.P.R. Personnel Employed at Vancouver, B.C., 1889".

CPR locomotive 2816
2013.6.32.05 · File · 2001-2008
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

CPR locomotive 374
2013.6.32.06 · File · 1989-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

CPR main line branches
2013.6.18.3.3 · File · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding branches off the Canadian Pacific Railway main line in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the Arrow Lakes branch (Revelstoke to Arrowhead); the Okanagan branch (Sicamous to Okanagan Landing); the Mission branch (Mission City to Huntingdon); and the New Westminster branch (Coquitlam to New Westminster).

CPR main line photographs
2013.6.18.3.2 · File · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of depictions of the Canadian Pacific Railway main line (from the Alberta border to Vancouver). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, postcards, and clippings from periodicals.

CPR main line, post-1900
2013.6.18.3.1 · File · 2005-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of general research material regarding the Canadian Pacific Railway main line (from the Alberta border to Vancouver) from 1900 to the present. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Runaway in the Rockies" by D. Wood; "Clanwilliam Bridge Project Recalls Changes to CPR Line" by Meridew; "CP Rail to Start Double-Tracking its Main Line" by Wilson; "The Electric Block System in CPR's Connaught Tunnel" by Davies; "Railroading Life in Harrison Mills" by Nicklason; "Memories of Notch Hill"; "Steam Hauled Silk Trains" by Cote; and "Last Permanent Pusher Service on CPR" by Dewar.

2013.6.18.1.2 · File · 2005-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

CPR operations to 1979
2013.6.20.2 · File · 2002-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of material regarding the CPR operations of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway up to 1979. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Train That Refused to Die" by Hoffmeister; "Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Passenger Trains & R.P.O.s"; "Recollections of an E&N Sectionman" by Batchelor; "Once Upon a Roller Coaster" by Hoffmeister; "Vancouver Island Today" by Robert D. Turner; and "Ladysmith's Modern Logging Operation Worthy Challenge for Railmen's Skills" by Morant. Also includes public timetables.

CPR operations, 1980-1998
2013.6.20.3 · File · 2002-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of material regarding the CPR operations of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway between 1980 and 1998. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "A Brief History of the E & N" by MacLachlan and "E and N Crofton Spur" by Davies.

CPR public timetables
2013.6.13.4 · File · 1964-1975
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway public timetables. Includes Dayliner schedules for 1964 and 1969; an Okanagan bus connection schedule for 1965-1966; and CP Rail timetables for 1964, 1966, 1969-1970, and 1975.