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Subseries consists of research material relating to steam locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about steam locomotive types, manufacturers, mechanical details, and the steam to diesel transition period. Also includes details about specific steam locomotives owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the Great Northern Railway, and the White Pass & Yukon Route.

Subseries consists of research material relating to diesel locomotives that were used or are currently in use on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the evolution of diesel locomotives, manufacturers, booster locomotives, switchers, diesel-electric locomotives, and self-propelled coaches (Budd cars). Also includes details about specific diesel locomotives and locomotive types owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, BC Rail, VIA Rail, the Great Northern Railway, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.

Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia, as well as a small selection of other subjects such as historical ships, buildings, vehicles, and bridges. All photographs created by David Davies.

Subseries contains manuscripts and drafts by Barry McKinnon.

Subseries contains materials created by Northwood Pulp Mill, various other sawmills in Northern BC, the BC Forest Service, and BC Chemicals.

Subseries consists of maps, plans and posters pertaining to forestry in British Columbia and includes maps and plans depicting pre-emptor lots, communities, and industrial sites.

Subseries contains miscellaneous material used by Fyfe Lake Fir recreational clubs or by owner Henri H. Bachand. Includes advertisements, permits, insurance policies, Prince George Exhibition materials and other documents.

Subseries contains material developed by the Northern Interior Lumberman’s Association.

Subseries contains records related to logging operations. Includes scaling booklets, monthly scale return, lumber tallies and other records of logging and logging operations.

Subseries contains material pertaining to employee operations. Includes records of hours worked, payment, first aid treatments received and other employee documentation. Also comprises publications related to employee insurance and unemployment benefits.

Subseries contains general operations material used or created by Fyfe Lake Fir. Includes automobile licenses and insurance plans.

Subseries contains materials related to the taxation of Fyfe Lake Fir. Includes instructions for business and employer filing within Canada.

Subseries contains materials related to Fyfe Lake Fir Sales. Includes orders, correspondence, lumber sale records, outstanding accounts information, and quote requests.

Subseries contains materials related to operational expenditures for Fyfe Lake Fir. Includes receipts, orders, expense booklets, and accounting information.

Subseries contains materials related to Fyfe Lake Fir’s general finance and banking operations. Includes cheque books, retail stationary and other general finance materials.

Subseries contains advertisements, catalogues and service manuals for forestry equipment.

Subseries contains external correspondence collected by Fyfe Lake Fir.

Subseries contains publications pertaining to or used by forestry industries in Canada.

Subseries contains a map of timber growth in the McKenzie mountain and West Lake region.

Subseries contains newspaper articles and clippings pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway. Excerpts from the railway’s paper, CP Rail News, are also included.

Subseries contains internal and external correspondence created by or pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway.

Subseries contains employee and personal material used or created by H.S. Unwin, a Canadian Pacific Railway Employee.

Subseries contains passenger and employee time tables for Canadian Pacific Railway and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, a railway on Vancouver Island owned by CP Rail.

Subseries contains instructional, maintenance, freight and tariff publications created by Canadian Pacific Railways and the Canadian Freight Association.

Subseries contains letterhead, pamphlets, ticket stubs and stamps used and created by Canadian Pacific Railway.

Subseries contains material related to BC Rail train movements and operations. Employee time tables and operations forms are included within.

Subseries contains materials related to employee development, union and training. Seniority lists, examination materials, memorandum and union agreements are contained within.

Subseries contains BC Rail manuals, publications and directories related to BC Rail projects, operating rules, and safety.

Subseries contains miscellaneous material created by BC Rail, BC Rail employees or through a partnership between BC Rail and Mountain Outin’ Tours, Inc.

Subseries contains published material pertaining to BC Rail operations but not created by BC Rail.

Subseries contains plans of BC Rail sites, yards and industrial parks.

Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.

Subseries contains publications created for the use of railroads in North and South America. Includes publications pertaining to railway equipment, machinery, safety, maintenance and other subjects related to railway industry and labour.

Subseries contains publications and charters developed by various unions representing Canadian and American railway workers. Includes union newspapers, pamphlets, constitutions, medical and dental plan information, and union ephemera.

Subseries contains employee time books and payroll ledgers developed by various companies and union groups for the use of rail workers and railways. Includes a time and payroll ledger used by Magofin Bergh & co., a railway construction contractor.

Subseries contains employee training and instruction materials for general rail operations.

Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.

Subseries contains material created by various Canadian railways. Includes forms, condensed profiles, time tables and promotion material.

Subseries contains used and unused railway and financial forms.

Subseries contains material pertaining to the history of railway in Northern British Columbia.

Subseries contains maps and plans depicting railway sites in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Consists of a set of original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Consists of 47 black and white photographs; 1 photo album containing approximately 85 photographs; newspaper clippings; and some miscellaneous items.

Consists of photographs depicting various scenes on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and British Columbia Railway (later known as BC Rail).

Consists of photographs depicting various forestry and forestry railway scenes, including early sawmills, Church Logging (Prince George) logging trucks, the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills (Giscome) railway locomotive and train cars loaded with logs, early logging with horse-drawn skids, an aerial of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, among others.

Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian Pacific train stations, derailments, equipment and staff.

Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian National train stations, derailments, equipment, locomotives and staff.

Consists of photographs depicting unidentified rail stations, locomotives, equipment, communities and people.

Subseries consists primarily of interdepartmental correspondence and incoming correspondence to Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

Subseries contains textual material relating to the movements of trains.