The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.
Photograph taken in Britannia Beach looking at the Ana-Canada Britannia Mines Ltd. Image captured the view of the concentrated ore dock with BC Rail in the foreground. The mine was closed on November 1, 1974.
Photo displays the Pacific Great Eatern Railway depot in Kelly Lake on mile 192.7.
Photograph depicts northbound freight in Britannia Beach. A concentrator (copper) of Ana-Canada Company is found in the background.
Photograph depicts the yards in Williams Lake. Image captured on the new overpass that was being constructed at the time.
Photograph taken on mile 178.0. Depicts a work train on a spur with a water tank car.
Photograph depicts a speeder proceeding north to Squamish. Davies notes that it was easier to lift a speeder over the blades than work the switch.
Photograph location is unknown, but Davies stated it to be possibly somewhere north of Quesnel. A bridge is visible.
Photograph taken looking northbound at the BC Rail station in Pemberton.
Photograph depicts gondolas that are in storage due to the poor economy in 1982.
Photograph depicts a northbound 4 unit Budd passenger train at the flag stop in Australian, BC.
Photograph taken from the depot in Squamish that runs a half a mile spur down to a dumping site beside the Squamish River. Image displays the log dump looking towards the east with the depot in the background, towards the right.
Photograph depicts a caboose and flanger car #1823.
Photograph depicts a switcher and a way freight locomotive that was stationed in Fort St. James. The passenger train ran from Driftwood to Fort St. James.
Photograph taken at the passenger depot in Prince George, sited on a dead-end spur. It is situated in an industrial park some miles away from the city centre.
Photograph taken at the depot in Seton Portage. A northbound Dayliner of 3 Budd cars that have stopped are visible. This train ran daily from North Vancouver to Lillooet.
Photograph taken at the end of the Pacific Great Eastern passing loop near the Portage River. Image captures the general view of a rail lifting train about to commence work. The train moved backwards at a slow walking pace and picked up rails. Track fastening were collected by 2 men and thrown on a flat car.
Photograph depicts 5 attached cars which are nearest to the camera and belong to the "Bridge and Building" work train. They were set at the location for a week before travelling to Hanceville.
Photograph depicts a close up of a rail lifting train. 65 Ibs of rails were being placed in a gondola by the crane. The work crew consisted of: a crane driver, hook onto rail men (on ground), gondola, rail positioner, 2 men collecting track fastenings found on each side of the flat care, spare men, and a supervisor.
Photograph depicts the rear portion of a southbound way freight on the passing loop in Seton Portage. Visible is a caboose with leaf springs.
Photograph depicts a north, upgrade, and mainly empty freight preceded by its "checking" speeder which was about to enter a crossing loop.
Photograph depicts two "slave units" heading north after having been spliced into the middle of loaded southbound freight the previous day. Continous movement was performed daily.
Photo depicts the interchange of passengers of a northbound dayliner around the wreckage of a derailment. Two budd car units from Vancouver can been seen in the background. Passengers were being transferred to a "scratch" train assembled at Lillooet and consisting of a budd car, caboose and a diesal switcher.
Photo depicts the transfer of a Vancouveer to Lillooet dayliner to the unit made up at Lillooet wich consisted of a budd car, caboose and switcher. The scene of the Seton Portage derailment was found 100 yards behind the photo.
Photo depicts the largest crane on the Pacific Great Eastern and is stationed in Prince George.
Photo depicts a crane #6501 in position to lift locomotive #703. It was about to re-rail one end of the locomotive. Image captured looking towards the south with the shoo-fly in the immediate foreground and Setan Lake in the background.
Photograph taken at the west end of Johnston Street at the plant of Arrow Transfer Company Ltd.
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Granville Island to the mainland connection.
Photograph taken looking eastward, down a service rail track way, from Granville Bridge.
Photograph depicts a train about to return to New Westminster. The train consisted of 3 locomotives, 2 idling switchers, and 58 cars.
Photograph depicts an interlocked grade crossing with the CPR at Clayburn. Eastbound freight had stopped as required and was proceeding across.
Photograph taken at the east end of the BC Hydro Railway yards in Queensborough, looking north east from the bridge in New Westminster.
Photograph taken at the overpass bridge on the BC Hydro Railway, close to the intersection of County Line Road and Howell or 64th Avenue.
Photograph depicts former BC Electric car barns in New Westminster. In the foreground remained an old flat and possibly a hoist for battery plates.
Photograph depicts a CPR unit coal train travelling eastward at the Livingstone Road grade crossing, near the freeway and with half of the train already on the CNR connector. This connects the main line of BC Hydro Railway with the CNR main line (known as the Rawlison Subdivision CNR).
Photograph depicts a CPR unit coal train travelling empty and eastwards. Taken at the Livingstone Road grade crossing, near Freeway 401.
Photograph depicts a westbound way freight switching at the Matsqui Industrial Centre on the north side of Abbotsford. Train consisted of BC Hydro Railway locomotives and 25 box cars.
Photograph depicts locomotives of the BC Hydro Railway.
Photograph depicts Great Northern Railway freight heading south having just come off of the New Westminster government rail bridge.
Photograph depicts disused, but perhaps not legally abandoned, track 2 miles south of Keremeos on the old Keremeos branch. The track was broken in several places and fences were also erected across its length.
Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway station in main street Vancouver. Image captured looking west with the CNR trackage to the left. Lifted track in the foreground used to be depot track. Visible are switchers and a sand car found behind them.
Photograph depicts locomotive #1077 built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1923. It was the road engine for log traffic to Ladysmith and had been left on a spur, isolated by three breaks in the tracks. It had been out of service, as had all MacMillan Bloedel traffic, for at least 12 months.
Photograph depicts ballast car #175 built by Western Wheeled Scraper Company, Aurora, Illinois.
Photograph depicts locomotive #4804 at the Beaver Cove terminal. Locomotive stood on a realigned track about a qaurter of a mile from the wharf.
Photograph taken at Beaver Cove. Image captures part of a log train that had arrived at the terminal and was waiting to be dumped into the sea. Log car #606 was built in December 1922.
Photograph taken above Nimpkish Lake. Believed to be located on mile 14. Rails in this section were "1918-Colorado."
Photograph taken between the Nimpkish and Woss Camps. Visible is a string of log cars awaiting haulage to the tide water at Beaver Cove.
Photograph taken at Vernon Camp on mile 5. The main line ran south, with tank car #54 standing on a spur.
Photograph depicts the approach to the upper terminal on mile 62. Railway and logging road, which is open to the public, share the same bridge. This happens at two points along the line.
Photograph depicts a former CPR grade of Copper Mountain. A spur at an Allenby concentrator was located on mile 5.6 from Princeton. Ore was first hauled on the track in October, 1920 as grading commeced in April, 1918. Track appeared to be in position, but little was it used unil 1956/1957, but then it was lifted.