File consists of original BC Rail timetables 5 (3 Apr. 1994), 6 (1 Apr. 1995), 10 (14 June 1998) and 12 (3 July 2003).
File consists of Burlington Northern Railway timetables. Includes Seattle Region timetable 10 (29 Apr. 1973) and Special Instructions no. 3 (11 June 1972). Also includes a Northern Corridor timetable No. 1 (1 Jan. 1993).
File consists of a British Columbia Harbours Board Railway timetable 6 (28 Oct. 1979).
File consists of BC Rail Port Subdivision timetables 101 (27 Nov. 1983) and 103 (25 Oct. 1987).
File consists of Canadian National Railway public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1964-1965, 1967-1968, 1971, 1973, and 1974-1975.
File consists of Great Northern Railway public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1964, 1966, and 1967.
File consists of research material regarding railway management practices and personnel, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the CPR management attitude change in 2012 with Hunter Harrison, enforcement of rules, railway discipline, demerit marks (Brownie points), railway decline, and the culture of change.
File consists of an original "Operating rules [for] Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Railway System, Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway, Central Vermont Railway, dated July 1st, 1929".
File consists of an original "Uniform Code of Operating Rules, Revision of 1962" effective October 28th, 1962 and "approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General order no. 873, dated the 15th day of November, 1961".
File consists of an original "Collective Agreements between the Canadian National Railway Company Prairie and Mountain Regions and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on behalf of Conductors, Baggagemen, Flagmen, Brakemen" updated to May 1967.
File consists of an original "Rates of Pay and Rules Governing Services of Maintenance of Way Employees", consisting of Wage Agreement no. 17, reprinted and effective January 1, 1975, between the following railways: CNR, CPR, E&N and others.
Series consists of material regarding various train types and uses, including passenger trains and freight trains. Also includes information about train handling, train yards, and switching.
File consists of research material regarding the practical aspects of operating passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on equipment, running, maintenance, routes, speeds, and car weights. Also provides visuals of various passenger trains.
File consists of research material regarding named passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CP's The Canadian, CP's The Dominion, CN's Continental Limited, PGE's North Country Limited, and CN's Super Continental.
File consists of research material regarding freight trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CNR freight and mixed train service, freight tonnage, freight scheduling, and train numbers.
File consists of research material regarding train handling, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on directional running of trains, end-of-train devices, caboose handling, pushers, and other aspects.
File consists of documents regarding accident statistics, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes statistics on railway crossings, trespassing, derailments, and railway-related injuries and fatalities.
Series consists of information about the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, including its history, construction, statistics, and branches.
File consists of a paper or possibly a thesis by D. Bodnar entitled "The Influence of the C.P.R. on Land Development and Architecture in Vancouver, 1886-1929".
Subseries consists of material regarding the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, which runs from the Alberta border to Vancouver, from 1900 to the present. Includes information about branches from the main line, such as the Arrow Lakes branch, Okanagan branch, Mission branch, and New Westminster branch.
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.
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.
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).
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".
File consists of a book by Robert D. Turner and David S. Wilkie entitled "The Skyline Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway--Narrow Gauge Railroading and Sternwheelers in the Kootenays".
File consists of "Canadian Pacific's Big Hill: A Hundred Years of Operation" by Floyd Yeats.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan and Kootenay Valleys of British Columbia: The Last Days of Steam" by Jim Hope.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific's Rossland Subdivision" by W.G. Kennedy.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks: 100 Years in Rogers Pass" by Jan Booth.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks (Volume Two)" by Roger Steed.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Rockies (Volume Two)" by D.M. Bain.
File consists of "Canadian Pacific in the Rockies (Volume Three)" by D.M. Bain.
Photograph depicts an the eastern portal of a Pacific Great Eastern tunnel on the west side of the Bridge River Hydro project in Shalalth. Penstocks of the hydro plants are clearly visible on the hill side.
Photograph depicts a section house, track motor shed, and a disused bunk house and supplies shed which are property of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Photograph depicts work cars adjacent to the north portal of the recently (1974) opened tunnel at Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver. Visible is a train standing on what was formerly the main line of the track.
Photograph depicts northbound freight in Britannia Beach.
Photograph depicts work car #6406 in the Squamish yards.
Photograph depicts the Lone Butte flag station.
Photograph depicts various spurs. One spur was for a work crew train, another led to a gravel pile as well as one which was located at the far end and was for loading heavy equipment onto flat cars. A passing loop to the main line can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts the remains of Pacific Great Eastern trackage beside a primitive small grain elevator laeding off at the end of the "Y" at Kelly Lake. It was probably not in use for the past 20 or 30 years, as of 1972.
Photograph depicts loading logs on the Pacific Great Eastern, north of Squamish.
Photograph depicts log cars on a siding.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern bridge over the Capilano River in northwest Vancouver. Also visible is a switching locomotive.
Photograph depicts a trestle near Australian, BC on mile 364. Visible is a northbound freight of 2 locomotives and about 60 cars.
Photograph depicts a caboose and flanger car #6016
Photograph depicts horses beside track about 300 yards south of the passenger depot in Williams Lake.
Photograph depicts an auxillary car with a powered winch found at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Lillooet. Inside the roundhouse in the background was a boiler room that contained a locomotive boiler in working order.
Photograph depicts the depot in Shalalth that faces Seton Lake.
Photograph depicts gondola cars sitting on a turning Y, unloaded, and covered with plastic. They were awaiting switching to an ore mine loading loop about 5 miles up the line.
Photograph depicts a steel-lined wreck train car that was used by work crews and consisted of a dining area, kitchen, sleeping quarters, and bathroom.