Photograph depicts a Woodings Rail car owned by Kettle Valley Steam (Heritage) Railway. Davies noted that it was a rare example to have seen in B.C. at the time. It was believed to have been a type that was favored by the CPR.
Photograph taken at the Agassiz Musuem which was found in an old railway station, which was relocated. Captured is the front view of a CPR speeder.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of track trollies in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a CN Fairmont speeder on a spur/siding. Looking east towards Kamloops Lake.
Photograph depicts a CN track trolley that carried a 4 man crew or section gang. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/ Ltd and was for sale.
Photograph depicts CN speeders for disposal. Row of about 40 speeders/trolleys withdrawn from service to be scrapped. All self-propelled vehicles were made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/Ltd, Toronto. Engineless vehicles were made by Rail Car Canada.
Photograph depicts a BCR track trolley.
Photograph depicts a modern device usedor track gangs in order to carry 20-40 ft. lengths of rail.
Photograph depicts a CN track trolley that carried a 4 man crew or section gang. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/ Ltd and was for sale.
Photograph depicts a CN rail car made by Fairmont Ralway Motor Inc/Ltd. It appeared to be a winter version of an earlier design.
Photograph depicts a CN track trolley for disposal. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/Ltd.
Photograph depicts a one of a kind CN track trolley that was either for sale or scrap.
Photograph depicts a section gang motor trolley for disposal. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/Ltd.
Photograph depicts a CN track speeder for "advance of train" patrol to detect rock falls/snow slides or for inspection trips by supervisors.
Photograph depicts a CN rail car that was either for sale or scrapping.
Photograph depicts a CN rail car for disposal. It was one of about 40 track repair vehicles uo for sale. Able to carry 6 men and was pulled by a motor track trolley. Made by Rail Car Canada.
Photograph depicts CN rail vehicle that was for disposal. The track speeder was for 1 or 2 men crew, mainly for inspection of trackage prior to the passage of a train. Made by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc/Ltd. For sale when photograph was taken, gone by August 1998.
Photograph depicts a CN rail car that was either for sale or scrapping.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of CN track maintenance and patrol trollies in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts former yard and freight stock of the Comox Logging Railway.
Photograph depicts former yard of the Comox Logging Railway. Locomotive shed in background. Locomotive #11, Baldwin, also visible.
Photograph depicts a part of the former ard of the Comox Logging Railway. It was now a little known park. Locomotive #11, Baldwin, also visible.
Photograph depicts a homemade (?) device used to scour boiler tubs of scale. Taken at the former site of the Comox Logging Railway's yard and maintenance facilities.
Photograph depicts former Comox Logging locomotive #11.
Photograph depicts the former Comox Logging Railway headquarters.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of artifacts of the Comox Logging Railway in Ladysmith, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Parksville. Image captures switch-stand details.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Parksville. Looking north beyond the junction with the Alberni branch line. The spur on the left seemed to be used, but the siding on the right did not.
Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway branch line in Parksville. Highway crossing and station were behind the camera.
Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Alberni branch line, one mile east of the former Cameron Lake station. At this point, Highway 4 and rails "touch" each other for about 100 yards, but it was hardly noticable in those days because of bush growth.
Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway depot in Ladysmith. Track visible. Looking southward.
Photograph depicts what was believed to be a former repair coach/car shop. It held a Budd car in storage. Vegetation in the foreground shows passage of a vehicle in the last 2-3 months.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage on the outskirts of Greater Victoria, on the southwest edge of Langford Lake.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Langford, Greater Victoria. Looking east towards Victoria and a grade crossing of Jacklin Road (north/south road).
Photograph depicts the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Ladysmith.
Photograph depicts the Courtenay depot, an Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway terminus. Back in 1910, the line was intended to have Campbelll as the destination.
Photograph depicts the Courtenay depot, an Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway terminus. Back in 1910, the line was intended to have Campbelll as the destination.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway track in Qualicum Beach.
Photograph depicts a shelter in Cowichan on the EN. The plaque on it read "founded in 1885."
Photograph depicts a shelter in Cowichan on the EN. The plaque on it read "founded in 1885."
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway track in Qualicum Beach.
Photograph depicts travelling rip-rap in the Nanaimo Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards.
Photograph depicts a general view of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards in Nanaimo.
Photograph depicts decrepit reach cars that were used for loading and unloading cars from rail ferries. They prevented the locomotive from running onto the ramp.
Photograph depicts what was believed to be a lumber loading spur.
Photograph depicts a snow plow in the Nanaimo Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yards.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Esquimalt suburbs. Travelled southbound at Wilson and Dalton.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Esquimalt suburbs. Travelled northbound at Devonshire and Fairview.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Esquimalt suburbs. Travelled northbound (or southbound?) at Wilson and Dalton.
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage in Courtenay. In another 200 yards, it was the northerly point the railway ever reached. Both lines were not in use north of the Courtenay station. The line on the left was the main one, while the one on the right was an industrial spur or siding.