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"Canadians"
2013.6.36.3.08.02 · Item · [after 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts "VIA Rail's eastbound and westbound "Canadians" meet at Glenogle, BCon C.P. Rail's Mountain Subdivision in the Kicking Horse River Valley. May 23, 1985."

2013.6.36.3.06.10 · Item · [before 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Glacier from the Railway. "One of the chief attractions for tourists is the Illecillewaet Glacier, and, while not the largest in the Canadian Rockies, it is the most accessible and in every way representative of these most interesting natural phenomena. A trip across its face leaves a lasting impression on one's memory. The Illecillewaet River takes its rise from the great glacier of the Selkirks."

2013.6.36.1.053.41 · Item · [3 June 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a railway that was used to haul fire clay from a horizontal drift mine. The track on the left-hand side, behind the camera, led to a garage type of structure that held dismantled battery operated electric locomotives made by General Electric.

2013.6.34 · Series · 1962-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Series consists of records from the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Includes “CRHA Communications” newsletters, issues of “The Sandhouse”, issues of “Canadian Rail”, and information about the Exporail Canadian Railway Museum.

2013.6.34.01 · File · 1962-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2013.6.34.04 · File · 1971-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of issues of "Canadian Rail", the journal of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Contains various complete issues relating to multiple railway subjects. Also includes miscellaneous excerpted articles from Canadian Rail issues, many of which look at broader Canadian rail history.

"Canadian Rail" indexes
2013.6.01.1.4 · File · 1962-1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of indexes to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's periodical, "Canadian Rail". Includes indexes for 1962 issues, 1973 issues, and a complete index to issues #1 to #455 (1937-1996).

2013.6.11.2.05 · File · 2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of two 2000 publications by Richard Yaremko from the "Canadian Rail Car Pictorial" series entitled "Volume Five: Canadian Pacific Stock & Refrigerator Cars" and "Volume Six: Canadian National Refrigerator & Stock Cars".

2013.6.02.4 · File · 1994-2011
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of maps of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) trackage in British Columbia, which consist of photocopy reproductions and hand drawn works by Davies. Includes maps of CPR track in various B.C. cities (Armstrong, Cranbrook, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Penticton, Vancouver, Princeton, Kaslo, Creston, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Summerland, Revelstoke, Enderby, Nelson, Trail, and Golden); maps of CPR track at various times (1909, 1985); maps of the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR); maps of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N); and a hand drawn map of the railways in south-eastern British Columbia.