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Photograph taken at the Island Highway crossing in Bowser on mile 115. A railroad brush cutter was working north of Nanaimo.

Photograph taken in Bowser, BC on mile 115. The Island Highway grade crossing is located behind the camera. The image was captured looking northward. The brush cutter at work was making a low pass sweep. Davies notes that this was much needed just further up the line.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway depot in Ladysmith. Track visible. Looking southward.

Photograph taken at the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (CPR) yard in Port Alberni that was now worked by Rail America. The visible box cars were to hold products from the adjacent Pacifica Papers Inc. paper mill.

Photograph depicts a Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Railway Co. privately owned caboose at the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard in Victoria.

Photograph depicts a CRHA, Vancouver Island Division, lettered caboose at the EN yards in Victoria.

Photograph depicts a box car loaded with crossback arms of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. The location could be Westholme as shown in another photo.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard in Victoria. Photo displays a steam crane on CPR #414325. "BH" 1926 made by 'Industrial Works, Bay Gty, Michigan. Automatic car is arranged to #402109 with outrigger: 100 tons ar 17 ft., 45 " " 25 ft.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. A car repair barn and 2 roads are displayed. A box car is in use and has just been made out on the L road. Looking east in the photo.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. A turntable and a 10 stall round house are both displayed. Locomotive #8835 is visible inside as well as #6702 which has just switched.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in Victoria. The movement of switching between east and north is taking place. The yard and spurs are leading off of State Street in downtown Victoria. Two locations visible on opposite sides of the Inner Harbour.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway in the suburbs of Victoria. Photo was taken in the north of Layford at 8:35 a.m. 2 cars are visible. "VIA" train recedes northwords on a daily run to Courtenay. Rails weigh 85 Ibs and are dated 1942.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. Could be the Crofton spur, but is more likely the Lake Cowichan branch. On mile 47.7m. Victoria Sub Division for another 2.1 miles. It has 15 miles per hour speed limit.

Photo is taken at Chemainus station on mile 51.2. A southbound passenger train with 2 Budd cars is visible. Time is 16:01. About 2-4 passengers got on or alighted.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Watercar #41500 (dated August 1912) with two upside down tenders are visible. They are both being filled with water. There is a man bending at a stop lock to the left of the pivoted water arm.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. View is looking toward the east. Shows a turntable and an end stalll of a 10 stall round house. Locomotive #6701 is visible. Elsewhere, #6702 and #8835 are inside a stall.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Pulling box car #6702 is being switched. CPR #18705 is displayed on State Street. Photo is looking east. The pulling box car is going back to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard across a bridge that goes over the inner harbour.

Photograph taken at Chemainus on mile 51.2. The station is just behind the camera. A southbound train has just stopped at the station and is just now picking up speed and is boarding, heading south to Victoria. Time is 4:00 p.m. It will reach Victoria at 5:40 p.m. The train is well patronized.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. Caboose CPR #437275 ("BH" June 1946) and tank fire car #415833 are both displayed.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Victoria. #6702 pulling box car is being switched. A car down State Street is visible. Photograph taken on the east side of the upper inner harbour.

Photograph taken at Chemainus. The station is just behind the camera. The south bound train is visible and it is is just picking up speed, travelling back to Victoria. Time is 4:00 p.m. The train is well patronized.

Photograph taken just north of Shawnigan station. Image captured looking south at the rear of the daily passenger train returning to Victoria. This make the time at around 4:45 p.m. and the mileage is about 28.0. The rails are Algoma and weigh 80 Ibs. They are dated 1914 and 1920.

Photograph depicts equipment on a rail line.

Photograph depicts equipment on a rail line.

Photograph depicts a piece of equipment on the rail line.

Photograph depicts the entrance to Kispiox Village, over the Kispiox River.

Photograph depicts the entrance to False Creek in Vancouver, B.C. The wooden navigation marker has since been removed. The photo is taken from 1053 Beach Ave.

Photograph depicts two men standing and paddling in canoe on river, trees stand above rock face on opposite shore in background. Handwritten photo caption on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "Entering the Grand Canyon."

Photograph of a team of sled dogs and resting men silhouetted against snowy mountaintops. Printed annotation on recto reads: "#92 Enroute to Naas On the Big Glacier."

Photograph depicts engines at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver. They are owned by the Vancouver Wharves Co. Ltd. The engines are number 21 and 22 and are 0-6-0 tank engines built by Hudswell Clarke & Co., in Leeds in 1949. They were purchased from Samuel Williams from Dagenham, Essex, U.K. They reached Vancouver May 28, 1960 and were put into service in about November 1960.

Item is a photograph of Dennis Kennedy of BC Hydro, Gordon McNabb head of the federal engineering advisory team, and Gordon Kidd of the BC Water Resources Branch.

Photograph depicts a steam or air engine used for turning locomotive table at the Coquitlam yards.

Photograph depicts an engine driven by air or steam. Taken near a turntable at Kamloops Junction.

Photograph taken on the CPR branch from Vernon to Lumby. Depicts the end of the track in Lumby. Looking east at run-around siding.

Photograph depicts the end of the C.P.R. transcontinental main line at Cadero St. by the Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the end of preserved KVR track in Faulder, northwest of Princeton.

Photograph depicts the end of original 1916/17 trackage of the CNR in Kamloops. Track between a bitumen tank farm and a bridge that was not in use between about 1985 and 1995. In 1996, scrap metal was slowly piled beisde the trackside. 2-4 gondola's were visibly filled.

Photograph depicts the end of the CPR Nicola Branch line. In 1956 the timetable read, "Nicola spur is included in the Merritt Yard Limits." The view is looking east.