Photograph depicts what is possibly a Canadian National Railway steam shovel digging alongside railway tracks with onlooking railway workers.
Photograph depicts construction of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway trestle by Bostrom & Green Contractors near Fort Fraser, BC.
Photograph depicts Grand Trunk Pacific locomotive 624 and equipment at a railyard.
Photograph depicts a CNR locomotive pushing snow removal equipment #51070 near a building, possibly a railway station.
Photograph depicts 2 railroad workers. Annotation on verso of photograph reads, "Carl Wagner (top) leaning on car loader - early 1900's; Mountain Park Alberta".
Photograph depicts a railway employee and man shaking hands at a railroad station.
Photograph depicts 3 unnamed railway employees posing for a photograph in front of a railroad station in an unknown location.
Photograph depicts derailed rail cars and locomotive # 5119 in a ditch.
Photograph depicts derailed rail cars and locomotive # 5119 in a ditch.
Consists of photographs depicting unidentified rail stations, locomotives, equipment, communities and people.
Typed annotation on verso reads: "Matt Caldwell on GTP/CNR turntable at Endako c. 1950. Pre-WW1, Matt worked as boiler maker for Grand Trunk in Montreal & later in Edson. He served in WW ! with First Pioneers from P.G. and after the war became (eventually) Loco Foreman in Endako: retired c. 1950. Photo: May Caldwell Dockrill (daughter) & "Deeper Roots & Greener Valleys", published by Fraser Lake & District Historical Society."
Photograph depicts man standing in CNR / GTP roundhouse at Endako. Typed annotation on verso reads: " Matt Caldwell in CNR/GTP roundhouse at Endako, pre-1950. Pre-WW1, Matt worked for Grand Trunk in Montreal as a boiler maker, moving to GTP in Edson. Served in WW1 with First Pioneers from P.G. Eventually promoted to Loco Foreman in Endako: retired c. 1950. Photo: May Caldwell Dockrill (daughter) & "Deeper Roots & Greener Valleys", published by Fraser Lake & District Historical society."
Photograph depicts Canadian National Railway steam cranes at work. Three railwaymen are in the foreground.
Photograph depicts the Dorreen railway station on the Canadian National Railway main line, located on the west bank of the Skeena River between Cedarvale and Terrace, British Columbia. CN boxcars visible on the siding.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway rail yard at Prince Rupert, BC.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment on a bridge. Location is unknown.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National Railway train derailment.
Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian National train stations, derailments, equipment, locomotives and staff.
Consists of photographs depicting abandoned Canadian Pacific train stations, derailments, equipment and staff.
Photograph consists of an old wagon and another unidentified piece of old equipment in a grassy field.
Consists of photographs depicting various forestry and forestry railway scenes, including early sawmills, Church Logging (Prince George) logging trucks, the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills (Giscome) railway locomotive and train cars loaded with logs, early logging with horse-drawn skids, an aerial of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, among others.
Consists of photographs depicting various scenes on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and British Columbia Railway (later known as BC Rail).
Consists of 47 black and white photographs; 1 photo album containing approximately 85 photographs; newspaper clippings; and some miscellaneous items.
Sans titreConsists of photographs depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes photographs of various forestry-related scenes.
The Miscellaneous Forest History Material series consists of material created or used by various logging and pulp mill companies. Includes forms, union materials, maps, plans and other records related to the forestry sector in British Columbia. The series also comprises publications related to equipment and employee training, and correspondence and memorandum developed by B.C. Chemicals, a division of Canfor.
The Fyfe Lake Sawmill series consists of administrative, financial, and operational records created by Fyfe Lake Sawmills. The series includes labour, logging, sale, and order records. Also comprises correspondence between Fyfe Lake Fir and a number of individuals, organizations and companies. Records created by the Northern Interior Lumberman’s Association, equipment manuals, and instructional publications that were collected and used by Fyfe Lake are also included.
Sans titreSubseries contains maps and plans depicting railway sites in British Columbia and the Yukon.
Subseries contains material pertaining to the history of railway in Northern British Columbia.
Subseries contains used and unused railway and financial forms.
Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.
Subseries contains publications created for the use of railroads in North and South America. Includes publications pertaining to railway equipment, machinery, safety, maintenance and other subjects related to railway industry and labour.
Subseries contains publications and charters developed by various unions representing Canadian and American railway workers. Includes union newspapers, pamphlets, constitutions, medical and dental plan information, and union ephemera.
Subseries contains employee time books and payroll ledgers developed by various companies and union groups for the use of rail workers and railways. Includes a time and payroll ledger used by Magofin Bergh & co., a railway construction contractor.
Subseries contains employee training and instruction materials for general rail operations.
Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.
Subseries contains material created by various Canadian railways. Includes forms, condensed profiles, time tables and promotion material.
This series consists of material created by various societies, companies, railways, unions and government branches for the use and instruction of railway companies and employees. Includes publications, time tables, training materials, union materials, forms, maps and plans related to rail operations in North and South America, but predominately related to Canadian railway operations. Also comprises material created by several American and Canadian railways and transportation companies.
Subseries contains letterhead, pamphlets, ticket stubs and stamps used and created by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Subseries contains instructional, maintenance, freight and tariff publications created by Canadian Pacific Railways and the Canadian Freight Association.
Subseries contains passenger and employee time tables for Canadian Pacific Railway and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, a railway on Vancouver Island owned by CP Rail.
Subseries contains employee and personal material used or created by H.S. Unwin, a Canadian Pacific Railway Employee.
Subseries contains internal and external correspondence created by or pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway.
Subseries contains newspaper articles and clippings pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway. Excerpts from the railway’s paper, CP Rail News, are also included.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) series consists of materials documenting CPR operations in British Columbia from 1927-1996. Series includes correspondence, time tables, publications and ephemera used or created by Canadian Pacific. Also comprises tariff and freight materials developed by Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Freight Association used by Canadian Pacific.
Sans titreSubseries contains plans of BC Rail sites, yards and industrial parks.
Subseries contains published material pertaining to BC Rail operations but not created by BC Rail.
Subseries contains miscellaneous material created by BC Rail, BC Rail employees or through a partnership between BC Rail and Mountain Outin’ Tours, Inc.