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C.N. yards at Port Mann
2013.6.36.1.009.42 · Pièce · [May 1965]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) yards at Port Mann. A wrecking crane, without a jib, and water tanker are behind.

Tilbury dock on the Fraser River
2013.6.36.1.009.50 · Pièce · Apr. 1966
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Tilbury dock on the Delta shore of the Fraser River. The stern of the Canadian National Railway (CN) onboard railcar carrier SS "Canora" is about 10ft away, and showing tidal and moving a piece of dock leading to shore.

C.N.R. line across the Thompson River
2013.6.36.1.009.51 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) line crossing the south Thompson River. Kamloops Junction and Kamloops city are joined by a 2 mile spur, which crosses the river as shown. The view in the photo is looking north from the site of the former fort.

PGE Shalalth
2013.6.36.1.045.08 · Pièce · Aug. 1969
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Chasm
2013.6.36.1.045.10 · Pièce · [22 May 1972]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

BC Rail Horseshoe Bay
2013.6.36.1.045.12 · Pièce · [May 1975]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

BC Rail Lone Butte
2013.6.36.1.045.21 · Pièce · 24 Sept. 1972
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Kelly Lake
2013.6.36.1.045.25 · Pièce · [22 May 1972]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.045.43 · Pièce · 17 Mar. 1968
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern bridge over the Capilano River in northwest Vancouver. Also visible is a switching locomotive.

PGE Australian
2013.6.36.1.045.46 · Pièce · [3 July 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a trestle near Australian, BC on mile 364. Visible is a northbound freight of 2 locomotives and about 60 cars.

PGE Lillooet
2013.6.36.1.045.54 · Pièce · Aug. 1969
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Kelly Lake
2013.6.36.1.045.58 · Pièce · [21 May 1972]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.04 · Pièce · 7 Aug. 1969
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

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.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.09 · Pièce · Aug. 1969
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside the Seton River which connects Anderson Lake and Seton Lake. The bridge to the left take the road to D'Arcy and Pemberton.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.10 · Pièce · [7 Aug. 1969]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the general view of the clean up of the derailment in Seton Portage. The track in which a speeder stands a gondola car with rolls were the two tracks of the loop. They were both severed and respliced in making the "second edition" of the shoo-fly.

BCER Granville Island
2013.6.36.1.048.06 · Pièce · 26 Sept. 1974
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on Cartwright Street, looking eastward. Track to the right is unusable because the switch towards the right is blocked over.

BCER Granville Island
2013.6.36.1.048.18 · Pièce · 26 Sept. 1974
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken looking westward, down Cartwright Street. Trackage seen was not usable. Switch was blacktopped into position. The far end of the spur was used to lead to Columbia Bitolithic Ltd. Unseen track on the right side of the road was still in use.

BC Hydro Railway Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.049.05 · Pièce · 2 Oct. 1975
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts ballasting of realigned track due to the redevelopment of the south side of False Creek, Vancouver. Existing trackage lay to the north, just behind the front end of visible loader.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.11 · Pièce · [22 June 1975]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #382 which consisted of 3 locomotives and switching cars at an industrial steel fabrication plant. Freight was travelling from New Westminster to Huntingdon.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.14 · Pièce · [22 June 1975]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken approaching Langely from the west at about mile 16 at the by-pass diversion point. Image captured from the cab of locomotive #382, looking eastward as the locomotive pulled 45 freight cars to Huntingdon.

BC Hydro Railway Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.049.16 · Pièce · [22 June 1975]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts "Extra 382-Eastbound" freight. Taken from the cab of locomotive #382 on 2% grade between Scott Road and Kennedy in North Surrey. Train had 3 locomotives and about 45 cars.

BC Hydro Railway New Westminster
2013.6.36.1.049.19 · Pièce · 4 Nov. 1974
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a cross over. Track on the left to right are owned by the BC Hydro Railway, with the tracks on the right going to the Queensborough rail bridge. The tracks receding into the background are believed to be owned by the CPR.

BCER Abbotsford
2013.6.36.1.049.22 · Pièce · [3 June 1973]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts one of six former sub-stations of the BC Electric Railway's 64 mile interurban railway between New Westminster and Chilliwack. It opened in 1910, but was closed in the 1950's due to electric traction. The interior had been vandalized, but the building (made out of concrete) was so well built that the structure itself was quite sound.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.24 · Pièce · 2 Jan. 1972
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken looking southwest at the Langley town centre. Fraser Highway was 2 pole lengths away. The track used to be the main line with a spur leading to the right. Now all of the trackage was spur with the main line skirting the north side of the city.

BCER Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.049.34 · Pièce · Apr. 1976
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts old BC Electric Railway interurbans purchased for restoration by the government of BC from an Oregon owner. They stood in the CPR Duke Street Yards in Vancouver.