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Cabin near Williams Lake
2013.6.36.1.078.06 · Item · [July 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a cabin near Williams Lake. Its interior contained two old treadle sewing machines and a chesterfield. Davies had the impression it had not been inhabited for at least a decade.

Caboose in Castlegar
2013.6.36.1.098.02 · Item · Aug. 1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a caboose that was formerly part of KVR and was on its way to Grand Forks. It now only went 3 miles to the Canadian Cellulose pulp mill in Kraft.

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.

Canfor Logging Railway
2013.6.36.1.131.28 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train on display at Beaver Cove. It was built in 1923 and had always been a logging liner, first in the USA. It was purchased by Canfor (Englewood) in 1947 and retired around 1960.

Canfor Logging Railway
2013.6.36.1.131.31 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canfor Logging Railway yard in Beaver Cove, located adjacent to a salt water dump. Visible is a railway terminal. There was one running track and 4 storage lines.