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Photograph depicts the ex C.P.R. "Moyie" sternwheeler, now a museum at Kaslo.

Photograph depicts a ship at Schwartz Bay on Vancouver Island. The ship's name begins with the "Queen of".

Photograph depicts a crane and tugboat docked at an unknown location.

Photograph depicts a fire float at False Creek. It is one of the two operated by the Vancouver Fire Department in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the Vancouver Fire Department fire boat #2 moored at the federal dock beside the immigration building in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a car at the Revelstoke yards. It was built in 1948 for newsprint only and painted green

Photograph depicts a 1953 Vauxhall Velox parked at 925 Cadero St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is a blue, 6 cylinder, and has had three owners to date.

Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.

Photograph depicts former tram tracks down east Georgia St. in east Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks at the north end of Fu St. on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks still intact at east Georgia St. and Campbell Ave. in the east end of Vancouver, BCThe tracks continued forward and crossed the low ground on a trestle.

Photograph depicts Craigellachie station, a famous spot on the C.P.R. line. The trans-continental line was joined here on November 7, 1885, about 250 yards down the track just beyond the right hand colour aspect signal. The depot house is not manned, used by the line side crews to store equipment. In former days it was a passing point, but there are very few houses in the area now.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. eastbound freight train at passing loop at Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2 with a siding capacity of 85 cars. The view in this photograph is taken from a string of work cars on the siding.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. freight depot at Spences Bridge. It also shows caboose #436581, built in 1913. The view is facing east towards Merritt.

Photograph depicts a disused coaling stage beside the track that leads to Merritt at Spences Bridge. Coal cars were unloaded by hand or bottom emptied, in covered bay on the left, into metal grating below the track. Coal was then taken by continuous chain hoppers (1 C. powered) to overhead coal bunkers.

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 a view looking east from the end of the C.P.R. track at Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on the south outskirts of Nanaimo by the former Chinatown. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts a general view of the C.P.R. yards at False Creek in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the business car "Van Horne" at the C.P.R. False Creek yard in Vancouver, B.C. It is not numbered.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. station at Kaslo on Kootenay Lake and the beginning of the steep grade of the former Kaslo-New Denver Railway. The line on the left leads to the Kaslo depot and ferry slip, and that on the right goes another 200 yards to an oil depot. All trains did and do a reverse at the foot of grade at the left behind the photo.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. line at New Denver. Formerly there was a railroad between Kaslo and Nakusp, via New Denver. The section between 1 mile out of Kaslo and 1 mile east of New Denver was lifted in the 1950s. This is the most easterly section of track at New Denver and oil trains back up to it to get into an oil depot and a run-around loop. This section was the start of a stiff grade into the mountains.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. Cowichan depot on Vancouver Island. The view is looking south.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. depot at Slocan City. At the left beyond the photo is the ferry slip on Slocan Lake.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway workshops at the south end of the Burrard bridge in Vancouver. The view is looking west and depicts caboose A10 in the background.

Photograph depicts B.C. Electric Railway trackage being removed to approaches of locomotive house in New Westminster. The view is looking northeast, probably up 14th St.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway, looking east from the depot at Cloverdale.

Photograph depicts a loading spur on the B.C. Electric Railway at Jackman St. (or nearby), 10 miles east of Langley. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Electric Railway trolley electric locomotive #960, in freight yard below the Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts three B.C. Electric Railway locomotives on running line to the west of car barn at New Westminster.

Photograph depicts a mobile transformer of the B.C. Hydro Railway in use at the freight yard below the Georgia Viaduct.

Photograph depicts mixed freight with 5 ballast cars at the rear, running east through the former New Westminster depot, which is just to the left of the photo. The view is looking southwest.

Photograph depicts B.C. Electric ballast car #3013 standing on the new industrial siding on the northeast side of the Langley depot.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. depot at New Westminster.

Photograph depicts the track transfer transporter at the Canadian National Railway (CN) repair shops at Port Mann, showing the east face of the main building.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot at Lytton, looking northeast.

Photograph depicts Canadian National Railway (CN) freight crossing Powell St. near Raymur Ave.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line at Deerholme Junction on Vancouver Island, near Duncan. The wrecking train on siding is ready for emergencies. The caboose is newly painted.

Photograph depicts an old type of boxcar (#71139) at Canadian National Railway (CN) Kamloops Junction. It was left right beside the station to hold coal and had no building date marked on it.

Photograph depicts a disused rail barge slip on the south side of Vancouver harbour, just east of Campbell Ave. and leading off the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Great Northern Railway (GNR)trackage coming for the False Creek yards. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts 2-6-0 locomotive #1 in Blairmore, Alberta, approximately 15 miles east of the B.C. border. It is disused and inoperable. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company #1245. There are no dates or ownership names, but it was possibly owned by West Canadian Collieries Ltd.

Photograph depicts the Cominco Ltd. In Kimberley, near Cranbrook. There is a 3' gauge overhead electric railway serving the underground workings of Sullivan mine. The view shows the C.P.R. access in the valley and the old mine portal, still used for in-going materials and supplies, at the right center of the photo.

Photograph depicts locomotive #24 "Susie" at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Vulcan in 1894 and has a 0-4-0 saddle tank. The length is 17'16", width 6', and the height 8'. The wheel diameter is 29" and the wheelbase is 52". The cylinders are 9"x14". It has a boiler pressure of 125lbs and a water capacity of 300 gallons,. The weight is 24,000 lbs.

Photograph depicts a Shay #1 locomotive on display at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was owned by the Hillcrest Lumber Ltd. in Honeymoon Bay, all of its working life from 1920-1962. It was originally built for a 3' gauge but then was converted to a 4' 8 1/2" by Hillcrest, and then reverted to the original size by Hillcrest for the Museum.

Photograph depicts Shay #115 engine at work at the Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a 0-6-0 diesel switcher locomotive, built by Hudswell Clarke & Co. in Leeds in 1949. It still bears the number when owned by Samuel Williams of Dagenham, Essex, U.K. It is located at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals on the North Shore, and 1 mile east of Lions Gate Bridge.

Photograph depicts the boiler side of Shay locomotive #115 at the car tippler. It is located at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts Shay #115 locomotive at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver. The engineer on locie is J.B. Kay, 4127 Yale St., in north Burnaby. He was a logging railway engineer in 20s and 30s, and then later on main line.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Terminals in North Vancouver. A Shay #115 is spotting a string of cars onto tippler.

Photograph depicts a freight train at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Brackendale, as it is about to cross the highway. The view is looking north.