Transportation and Utilities

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  • Act of means of transporting from one place to another

  • Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities

  • Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)

  • Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries

  • Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)

  • Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)

  • Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)

  • Professional organizations and unions

  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military

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          CNR Albreda
          2013.6.36.1.038.22 · Item · [2 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an outfit spur at the Albreda Subdivision. Image captured looking upgrade towards Valemount. A work crew was working on repairing rock retaining walls.

          CNR Albreda
          2013.6.36.1.038.06 · Item · [30 June 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a continous rail train parked on the siding with work cars. Davies notes that it was most likely that the rail train would be laid there soon.

          CNR Albreda
          2013.6.36.1.038.07 · Item · [30 June 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at about mile 96.9 (from Jasper), Albeda Sub Division. The visible turning wye had been recently used, possibly by crate trains that Davies had spotted earlier at the location.

          CNR Ashcroft
          2013.6.36.1.036.07 · Item · [16 July 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a derailment of a coal unit train between Basque and Martel, at about mile 63 which is approximately 15 minutes south of Ashcroft.

          CNR Basque
          2013.6.36.1.036.08 · Item · [July 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken in Basque, on mile 58.5 on the CNR from Kamloops and mile 55.9 on the CPR. At this point, the tracks of the two companies are only 150 yards apart. This is the interchange line to divert traffic when the there are blockags in the canyon. The line on the left is owned by the CNR while the line on the extreme right is owned by the CPR.

          CNR Basque
          2013.6.36.1.036.36 · Item · [July 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken on mile 58.5 from Kamloops. Davie notes that he found this picture to be particularly depressing as he had been there 15 months prior and took a photograph of an abandoned depot which stood where the name sign now stood on the far side of the tracks. It was right near this spot that the "last spike" was driven on the Canadian Northern Railway between Edmonton and Vancouver on 23 Jan. 1915.

          CNR Blue River
          2013.6.36.1.038.13 · Item · [30 June 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a concrete pot in an elaborate station station garden that was still maintained but at a much lesser degree than in previous years.

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.01 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts train #1, the Super Continental, headed westbound, that was just entering the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking southward.

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.03 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Its engineer made no attempt to pull the passenger cars in order to face the depot. As a consequence, 3 locomotives and 4 baggage cars occupied the platform area and the rest of the cars covered the grade crossing and track to the north.

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.18 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking towards the north. Sign on the depot says "Restaurant" (which was defunct) and "Boston Bar: 2802 miles Montreal, 132 miles Vancouver."

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.02 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking northward.

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.09 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the three long distance westbound freights being held by the Super Continetal, a westbound train.

          CNR Boston Bar
          2013.6.36.1.036.04 · Item · 10 Oct. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a westbound train, the Super Continental, standing at the Boston Bar depot. Image captured looking southward.

          CNR Branch - Okanagan
          2013.6.36.1.043 · File · 1966-1984
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Canadian National Railway branch in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.

          CNR "Canadian Prince"
          2013.6.36.1.012.07 · Item · Feb. 1965
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a CNR ship named "Canadian Prince" being gutted, with the material on the scow at left. Alongside at right is the CPR "Princess Lousie" at Lynn Terminals, North Vancouver.

          CNR Cheam View depot
          2013.6.36.1.036.17 · Item · [May 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken on mile 54.1 from North Bend and about 14 miles west of Hope. Siding capacity at this location was for 120 cars. Davies notes that the location was likely to be demolished within a short time.

          CNR Cisco Bridge
          2013.6.36.1.070.05 · Item · [June 1967]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts Cisco Bridge, that crossed the Fraser River in Fraser Canyon. Looking upstream with CPR track in the lower right of the photo. 200 yards behind this photo, the CPR tack crossed the Fraser River to the west bank.

          CNR Clemina Creek
          2013.6.36.1.038.03 · Item · [30 June 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at about mile 96.9 (from Jasper), Albeda Sub Division. Davies notes that it was named after Clemina Buckle, a family friend who, at the time, was 91 years old.

          CNR Cowichan
          2013.6.36.1.044.20 · Item · [6 May 1975]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken on the line between the Deerholme Junction and Colwood (north Victoria) at about 1/4 mile north of the road that runs to north of Shawnigan Lake to Port Renfrew. The line had recently started to be used again.

          CNR Culchillum
          2013.6.36.1.044.25 · Item · Aug. 1985
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken on the CNR branchline from Cowichan Bay to Youbou. The rails are labelled "Canadian Algoma, 1924." An telegraph post stands on the right of the photo.

          CNR Deerholme
          2013.6.36.1.044.31 · Item · Aug. 1985
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts CNR equipment that used to run any trains required on the remaining trackage of about 31 miles. A caboose, water tank car, and CN locomotive are all visible.