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File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

File consists of issues of the B.C. Provincial Police Veteran's Association Newsletter.

File consists of material regarding the East Kootenay Railway and Provincial Heritage Park at Fort Steele. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.

File contains a publication by Barrie Sanford entitled "Train Master: The Railway Art of Max Jacquiard".

File consists of both parts of a two-part article by David Davies that appeared in 2008 issues of "The Sandhouse" journal, entitled "BC's 30 Boom Years of Railway Building: 1895-1925". Also includes correspondence related to the creation of the article.

File consists of documents relating to railway construction surveying and tendering, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following items, among others: an article from Trains magazine by R.M. Bailey entitled "On The Line" regarding CNR in BC; an article from Trains magazine by Fitsimons and Berns entitled "The Surveyor's Art"; and "Details about Survey Work, Cost Estimates, and Contract for Victoria & Sidney Railway" excerpted from book by Muralt.

File consists of documents relating to railway construction methods and workers, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following items, among others: "Size of Labour Force Employed by Railway Contractors in Period 1895-1925 in B.C." compiled by Davies; a "Report of the Commissioners in re: Crow's Nest Complaints" from Sessional Papers No. 90A; a table showing comparative "Length of Lines Constructed in BC: 1895-1925"; "Summary of Tunnels in B.C. 100 feet and greater" compiled by Davies; and "Fatalities in Railway Construction in British Columbia" compiled by Davies.

File consists of documents relating to railway construction equipment, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes articles entitled "Great Strike of 1912: The Early CNR Camps Proved Fertile Breeding Ground for a Union"; "[Construction of the Canadian Northern] Railway in Kamloops"; "The 1913 & 1914 Fraser River Slides"; "Port Mann, B.C. [as envisaged by Canadian Northern Railway, 1910-1920"; "Construction of Canadian Northern Railway in area between Valemount and Blue River between 1913-1915: Personal recollections of Mrs. Clemina Buckle"; and "The Best Route Through the Rockies" by Douglas Smith in Canadian Rail magazine. Also includes the following pieces compiled by Davies: "Construction of the Canadian Northern [Pacific] Railway within B.C."; "Colin Ewart Bolton (c. 1888 - c. 1960s): An early self-processing photographer of the Upper Thompson Valley"; "Canadian Northern Railway Construction Miles"; "The 'Lost City' of Peavine on the North Thompson River"; "Construction of Canadian Northern Railway North of Kamloops between Little Fort and McClure"; and "Bridges of Canadian Northern Railway".

File consists of documents relating to the construction of the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR), which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes a piece compiled by Davies entitled "Bread Ovens of Construction Works on the KVR c. 1913-1914".

File consists of documents relating to the construction of the BC Southern Railway/Crow's Nest Pass Railway (CPR), which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes excerpts entitled "Building the C.P.R. through Crow's Nest Pass" by Wolf; "Working on the Railway Gang Over Crow's Nest Pass" by Compton; and "Building the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, 1897-1899" by Eagle.

File consists of research material regarding fixed span bridges, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes definitions of bridge types; building guides from model railroad magazines; listings of BC Rail, CNR, and GTPR bridges. Also includes pieces by Davies on covered rail bridges in B.C., "Combined Rail and Road Bridges in B.C.", and the "Kamloops-Armstrong CNR Branch Railway Over-Bridge at Campbell Creek".

File consists of research material regarding the New Westminster Railway Draw Bridge, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes technical specifications of the bridge, maps of the area, and newspaper articles regarding the bridge.

File consists of research material regarding the Second Narrows Drawbridge, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes newspaper articles regarding the bridge, a chronology by Davies relating to the bridge and the Vancouver Harbour Commissioners (National Harbours Board); an article by Davies on the Second Narrows Railway Bridge; and an article by McGarry entitled "CN Rail Span Knock-Out" in the Canadian Rail journal.

File consists of research material regarding the Cisco Bridge, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes an article by Meridew entitled "Bridging the Fraser at Cisco, 1882-1884"; clippings regarding a fire on the CNR Cisco Bridge in August 1977; facts about the bridge; and Canadian Rail article "The Cisco Bridge--A Relic of the Early Days of the CPR in British Columbia" by Meridew".

File consists of research material regarding freight houses, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals (mainly model railroading magazines). Includes the following pieces compiled by Davies: "CPR Freight Facilities, Downtown Vancouver"; "Weighing Freight"; and "Freight, Express, and Baggage".

File consists of research material regarding railway snow removal equipment, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on ice cutter spreaders, snow plows, wedge plows, wing plows, steel plows, and wood plows. Contains a piece by Davies entitled "Snowplows in B.C. and elsewhere in Canada at 2007". Also includes issue no. 475 of Canadian Rail magazine, which features an article by W.H. Winterrowd entitled "Snow Fighting Equipment".

File consists of research material regarding diesel locomotives in general, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on early diesel locomotives; booster locomotives; builders of diesel locomotives; road switchers; AC versus DC power; diesel locomotive rosters; and the evolution of the diesel locomotive. Also includes issue no. 464 of Canadian Rail featuring articles on diesel engines.

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".

File consists of research material regarding Canadian National Railways diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CN GP9s; the CN dieselization program; GE Dash 8 locomotives; SW1200RS locomotives; RS-3's and RS-10's; and many other depictions of various locomotive types.

File consists of research material regarding business cars and private coaches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding revenue head-end cars attached to passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding the manufacturers and major repairers of passenger cars, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding various topics related to freight cars, including reporting marks, car design, weight, and consolidated stencils. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes issue no. 244 of Canadian Rail magazine, which features an article by Wilkinson entitled "A Quarter-Century of Freight Car Design", and a 2010 issue of the Sterling Rail classifieds.

File consists of research material regarding boxcars in general, excluding boxcars owned by CPR, CNR, and BCR. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding hoppers, including open hoppers, coal cars, pneumatic discharge covered hoppers, covered hoppers, and cylindrical covered hoppers (grain hoppers). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding stock cars, including double-deck stock cars, the end of stock car service, and depictions of stock car types. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding tank cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding cabooses. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Also includes a 1990 issue of Trains magazine featuring articles related to cabooses.

File consists of research material regarding control systems, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on dispatching, schedules, bulletins, Centralized Traffic Control (CTC), and Automatic Block Signal (ABS). Also includes an article by Al Lill entitled "Dispatching on the CNR's Yale Subdivision".

File consists of research material regarding transmission of orders, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on telegraphs, telephone systems, radio frequencies, and railway time. Also includes the following articles: "Information on Railway Time Service and Watch-Clock Standards" by Kushnir; "Railroad Pocket Watched in Canada" by Angus; and "CPR Connaught Tunnel and Electric Token Block System" by Davies.

File consists of a CN Train Order Book. Includes front cover and a few blank pages that include information about the book and train orders.

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.

Includes related correspondence, publishing contracts, book reviews of the anthology Skin of the Soul: New Horror Stories by Women and draft manuscript.

File consists of Harry Coates CV.

File consists of:

• Department of National Revenue, Taxation Clearance Certificate October 31, 1970
• photocopied correspondence regarding the Assignment of Lease No. 2324, Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd. to Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd., Prince George (1990)
• photocopied Affidavit and related correspondence
• photocopied documents related to the transfer of Forest Licences A27771 and A33801 from Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd. to Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd.
• photocopied report "Methods of Crown Timber Disposal and Appraisal in British Columbia" by J.J. Juhasz (March, 1974)
• History of Rustad Bros. purchase of Nielsen Sawmill, information from Jim Rustad 2012.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council for the "Highland Valley Mining Activities Issues Consultation" project in Highland Valley. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #674; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

File consists of research material relating to the construction of other railway lines in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes mention of the Columbia & Western Railway; the CPR connector between Kootenay Landing and Procter; construction of logging railways; the Kootenay Central Railway (CPR); sternwheelers in railway construction; the CPR south Slocan branch line; the Port Alberni branch line of the E&N Railway (CPR); the Oroville to Princeton GNR branch; the BCER Fraser Valley Interurban; and the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway. Also includes an article by Sanford entitled "Building CP Rail's Fording River Railway".

File consists of research material regarding Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N) stations in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on various E&N stations and a listing by Davies entitled "Railway Stations in B.C. by Railway Company: E&N".

File consists of research material regarding Great Northern Railway (GNR) stations in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on various GNR stations and a listing by Davies entitled "Railway Stations in B.C. by Railway Company: GNR".

File consists of research material regarding railway terminals in Vancouver, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on Pacific Central Station (VIA, Amtrak, Rocky Mountaineer) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) terminal station.

File consists of research material regarding rails and track, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on tie plates and track fastenings, guard rails, KVR roadbeds and rails, descriptions of rail failures, track upgrades on the CNR North Line, concrete ties, grantlet track, track curvature, steel rail manufacture, and rail specifications. Also includes original reporting forms for rail failures.

File consists of research material regarding rail ties, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on date nails, wood ties, disposal of creosote ties, concrete ties, and steel ties.

File consists of research material regarding railway diamond crossings, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes examples of various diamond crossings in British Columbia.

File consists of research material regarding various maintenance of way related subjects, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CPR maintenance of way methods; track speeders and rail cycles; and track ballast. Also includes a copy of the legislation regarding "Transfer and Discontinuance of Railway Line Operations and Railway Track Determinations".

File consists of research material regarding railway snow removal, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the Rogers Pass Avalanche of 1910, CPR snow slide accidents, snow removal on the Coquihalla subdivision of the Kettle Valley Railway, snow plowing the GNR in southeastern B.C., and general railway operation conditions in Canadian winters. Also includes two issues (nos. 324 and 361) of Canadian Rail magazine that feature articles about snow removal.