File consists of research material regarding the Pacific Great Eastern Railway up until its transition to the British Columbia Railway in 1971. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Diverging Lines: The PGE at Lillooet" by Johnson and Hind; "Bridge River and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway" by Hind; "Passenger Fares, PGE, late 1958" by Davies; "P.G.E. between Quesnel and Prince George: Original Routing" by Davies; "The PGE Iron Ore Spur at Alta Lake and the Iron King Mine: PGE's First Bulk Mineral Shipper" by Johnson; "1931 PGER Deviation at Lillooet" by Davies; "Ballad of the P.G.E." by Harry Hopkins; "PGE's Shalalth Auto Ferry Service" by Hind; and "How the P.G.E. Changed my Life" by Basil Franey. Also includes information on the PGER dock at Squamish, the PGE in Lillooet, and the PGE's name train 'North Country Limited'.

File consists of research material regarding the BC Electric Railway interurbans, including the Fraser Valley line and the Lulu Island line. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Contains the following works: "Traction Substations" by Waddington; "By Interurban to Chilliwack: Memories of a 1949 Ride" by Hind; "How the Interurbans Came Home to British Columbia" by Turner; "How the Rule of the Road was Changed in British Columbia" by the British Columbia Electric Railway Company; "By BCER Interurban to Fraser Mills" by Smith; "Our Centurions" by Webster; "How Three BCER Electric Freight Locomotives were Cornered Near Vancouver's Downtown" by Davies; "British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited" by Ewert; "The Rebirth of 1231" by Murphy; "Interurban Era Ends with 1958 Run to Steveston" by Ewert; "Preserved BCER Interurban Station Shelters" by Green; "BCER's Connaught Car Back Home After 50 Years"; "1957 Recollections of B.C.E.R. Interurban Line from Marpole to Steveston, Greater Vancouver" by Davies; "Series 'Six Hundreds'" by Murphy; and "The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway" by T.C.H. Smith. Also includes a February 21, 1958 issue (vol. 43, no. 8) of "The Buzzer", the weekly publication of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company.

Series consists of articles and clippings regarding short line railways in British Columbia. Includes information about the Southern Railway of British Columbia, the Kelowna Pacific Railway, the Okanagan Valley Railway, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, the Northern Alberta Railway, the Victoria and Sidney Railway, and the Mt. Sicker Railway, among others.

File consists of research material regarding short line railways in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Short Lines in BC in 2011" by Davies; "A Study in Extremes" by Blanchard; "Morrissey Fernie & Michel Railway: Great Northern Coal from Crows Nest Mines" by Burrows; "Locomotives for the Little Guys: From Steam to GE 70-tonners and from SD40-2s to Gensets, it's all Pulling Power for Shortline and Regional Railroads" by Lustig; "Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Terminal Railway and, after 1 Jan. 1936, National Harbours Board" notes compiled by Davies; "Historical Evolution of Rail Network in B.C." draft maps by Davies; "The Canadian North Eastern Railway (Originally The Portland Canal Short Line Railway)" by Mervyn Green and Douglas Smith; "Taku Tramway, 1900 to 1937: BC's Shortest 'Short Line' railway at 2.3 miles" by Davies; and "Stewart, B.C. and the C.N.E.R." by Mervyn Green and Robert D. Turner. Also includes two booklets published by the BCRHA: "The Cordwood Limited: A History of the Victoria & Sidney Railway" by Hearn and Wilkie, and "Shays on the Switchbacks: A History of the Narrow Gauge Lenora, Mt. Sicker Railway" by White and Wilkie.

File consists of research material regarding the Northern Alberta Railway in British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Sixty Years to the Peace, 1916-1976" by George France; "End of an Era" by Marsh; "Northern Alberta Railways: Its History, as it Related to its most Westerly Branch that Terminates at Dawson Creek" compiled by Davies; "A Historical Tour of the N.A.R. Station"; and "Thunder in Peace River Country - The Last Great West: Canadian National's Former Northern Alberta Railways Lines" by Kozma and Bohi.

File consists of general research material regarding railway passengers. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the decline in North American passenger traffic in the 1950s and 1960s, how conductors should deal with problematic passengers, passenger experiences, and fare ticketing.

File consists of material regarding rail freight based on location. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Rail Customers of CNR in BC in 1977 who had Spur/Siding Access" compiled by Davies; "PGE/BCR Freight Customers, 1957-1994" compiled by Davies; "Shippers on the Marpole Industrial Lead"; "CPR Freight Customers" compiled by Davies; "List of Sawmills/Plywood Plants in BC since 1960s" compiled by Davies; and a October 1, 1950 Canadian Freight Association Western Lines Pamphlet No. 15 "Outlining Regulations Governing Traffic Handled Under Weight Agreements and List of Weight Agreements in Effect".

File consists of material regarding freight transport for the automobile industry. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Outgoing Automobile Rail Traffic in BC" by Davies and "Railroads and the Automobile Age" by Jim Hediger.

File consists of material regarding miscellaneous freight transport. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about freight from abattoirs and meat packing plants, scrap metal yards, feed mills, and other businesses.

File consists of material regarding the rail-related aspects of livestock cartage. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about SPCA inspections, stock car accidents, shipping cattle and sheep by rail, weight of livestock, stockmen on trains, livestock loading, the last stock car shipment in Canada, stockyards, ranching in the southern interior plateau of British Columbia, hay feeding, other details relating to stock trains. Also includes a book chapter by David Davies entitled "Cowtown and Railcity" about Kamloops' connection with rail livestock cartage.

File consists of material regarding related details about shipping livestock by rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about meat packing, dressed meat weights, ranching industry in BC, meat inspection, meat consumption in BC and Canada, the meat processing industry in BC before 1947, and livestock movement.

File consists of material regarding livestock cartage in the United States. Moving livestock by rail was developed in the United States and later evolved in Canada. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the stock cars of the Santa Fe Railway, Rio Grande narrow gauge stock cars, South Pacific stock cars, Eastern stock cars, and other early American stock cars.

Subseries consists of information about saltwater rail ferries off the coast of British Columbia. Includes information about the Canadian National rail ferry, the S.S. Canora, which was built by the Canadian Northern Railway. Also includes information about saltwater rail ferries and barge operations run by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and the Alaska Trainship Company.

File consists of general material regarding steam and diesel industrial railway locomotives. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about various industrial locomotives, such as those manufactured by Plymouth, General Electric, Davenport, Whitcomb, Vulcan Iron Works, Baldwin, Trackmobile, Dominion, and others. Also includes the following works: "Mining and Tunnelling Locomotives in British Columbia Today" by Mervyn T. Green; "Industrial Strength Railfanning" by Fred Clark; "Non-Steam Industrial Locomotives of B.C.: Part 1 and Introduction" by Jeremy Lambert; "Fort George Railway"; "Gen-set Units Make the Scene on Vancouver Waterfront"; and "List (Incomplete) of Narrow Gauge Locomotives Used by Contractors Building Railways in BC in period 1905-1925" compiled by Davies.

File consists of material regarding compressed air locomotives. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes background notes by Davies on compressed air locomotives in British Columbia.

File consists of material regarding the Hillcrest Lumber Company Limited and its leased rail line. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the steam locomotives of the Hillcrest Lumber Company, the rail line from the mill at Honeymoon Bay to the E&N/CPR branch line terminal at Cowichan Lake, and an article by Ian Smith entitled "B.C. Logging Line Set the Scene for Unique Fan-Trips".

File consists of material regarding the Comox Logging and Railway Company, which rafted timber to Fraser Mills, Coquitlam on the Fraser River. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of material regarding the preservation of interurban cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Downtown Historical Railway - A Look at Vancouver's Interurban Revival" by Webster; "BCER 1223 Joins in Trolley Revival" by McGeachie; and "The Downtown Vancouver Historic Railway" by Murphy.

File consists of material regarding cultural interpretations of railways, such as railway-related movies, poetry, drama, and art. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, excerpts from books, clippings from periodicals, a Christmas card. Includes an excerpt from "Waiting for the Light: Early Mountain Photography in British Columbia and Alberta, 1865-1939" by Silversides; an article by Doughty entitled "About a 'Boy in a Dining Car': How New York Central's company photographer helped Norman Rockwell create an American classic"; an excerpt from "Motion Picture Production in British Columbia: 1898-1940" by Browne; and a list of railway films depicting British Columbia.

File consists of material regarding the Canadian Railroad Historical Association (CRHA). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals, which were all produced by the association for the association.

File consists of material regarding Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, pamphlets, and clippings from periodicals.

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 consists of printed and photograph postcards depicting railways, buildings, ships, and other transportation in British Columbia.

File consists of lists of clients served and jobs worked by G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. between 1978 and 2013. These lists reference client numbers that match up to client record files and serve as an important cross-reference tool. Also includes a list of inactive client records that were culled in 2001 prior to the move of company headquarters from Burnaby to Atnarko.

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 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.

Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. This slide collection documents the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of these slides tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of slides related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These slides also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.

Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's professional career development, interests, and involvement beyond his Land Sense Ltd. work. Runka was involved in many professional associations, including the Agricultural Institute of Canada, the B.C. Federation of Naturalists, the B.C. Institute of Agrologists, the Bella Coola Watershed Conservation Society, the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, the Canadian Society of Landscape Ecology and Management, the Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia, the Lambda Alpha International Society for Range Management, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the Wilderness Tourism Association, among others. Records include material relating to Runka's involvement with these professional associations, as well as collected professional resource material relating to agriculture and environment topics. Also includes Runka's business card collection.

Subseries consists of Great Northern Railway employee timetables and schedules. Also includes employee timetables for the Burlington Northern Railway, the BC Electric Railway, and the BC Harbours Board Railway.

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.

Series consists of public timetables for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, BC Rail, the CNR, the CPR, the Great Northern Railway, the Burlington Northern Railway, and VIA Rail.

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.

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".