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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          2013.6.36.1.059.18 · Item · [23 May 1971]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a car that used to be on the "Victoria-Pacific Railway" tourist steam train, owned by Terry Ferguson. It was built in 1890 as a sleeping car by Barry and Smythe (USA). Originally named "Sherbrooke," it worked on the Montreal-Halifax run. It was rebuilt in 1910 as a private car and then became superintendent's car #16 in Lethbridge and was sold by the CPR to WCRA in 1963.

          CNR Phelan
          2013.6.36.1.040.02 · Item · [5 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a spur that leads to a North Pacific cannery. Davies noted in 2003 that the place became a museum and the spur track disappeared.

          CNR Phelan
          2013.6.36.1.041.15 · Item · [5 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a fish cannery that was in use, but its spur looked to be unused according to Davies. Prince Rupert is 10.7 miles away.

          CNR Oyama
          2013.6.36.1.043.03 · Item · 1984
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts where track runs from the east side of Wood Lake to the west side of Kalamalka Lake. Image captured 19.7 rail miles north of Kelowna.

          CNR Oyama
          2013.6.36.1.043.05 · Item · 1984
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken 19.7 miles north of Kelowna. The line pictured was built in the mid-1920's and had passenger traffic till the mid-1930's.

          CNR old logo
          2013.6.36.1.035.06 · Item · [June 1970]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a slowly-disappearing, older CN logo. Davies notes that he saw it infrequently in 1970, but it was still not yet rare. This was a good example of a box car at Fort Langley.

          2013.6.36.1.139.08 · Item · [May 2003]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photo at Hansard, a railway point in the Fraser Subdivision. This was the only bridge in B.C. used by both rail and road vehicles. In the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction days, it was known as the third crossing of the Fraser River.

          CNR North of Fraser
          2013.6.36.1.035.01 · Item · Apr. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken north of Fraser, about 5 miles north east of the Patulla Bridge in New Westminster. The image displays the CNR swing bridge that connects to the trackage of Lulu Island. The CNR swing bridge is left open except for the passage of the daily freight train.

          CNR north of Ballantyne Pier
          2013.6.36.1.035.12 · Item · [1 July 1971]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the CNR yards, located north of Ballantyne Pier. Visible is a CN yard switcher #1251. Davies notes that the photograph was taken because it was unusual to find any locomotives that do not have a new colour scheme during this time.

          CNR New Hazelton
          2013.6.36.1.040.12 · Item · [8 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a freight shed at mile 49.5 on the Bulkley Subdivision. The depot in New Hazelton (now demolished at the time) was built in 1913.

          CNR New Hazelton
          2013.6.36.1.040.10 · Item · [8 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a depot that was destroyed at this point 2 years prior from when the photograph was taken. Visible is a tunnel clearance work trolley. There were 10 tunnels in the location of the photo, the Bulkley Subdivision.

          CNR Mount Robson stop
          2013.6.36.1.038.15 · Item · [2 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the site of the Mount Robson stop which could be reached by a 3 mile gravel road from the BC Government campsite at the bottom of a valley in Albreda. The Tete Jaune Subdivision line (to Prince George) is located on the left.

          CNR McBride
          2013.6.36.1.039.06 · Item · [3 July 1980]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the CNR depot in McBride. It was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1919 according to an individual design.

          CNR Matsqui depot
          2013.6.36.1.036.16 · Item · [3 June 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the Matsqui depot which stood on the north side of the track and was a flag stop. Electric indicator board for stopping the train was below the left-handed window. The depot house was occupied by a family, but the CNR intended to close and demolish it.

          CNR Matsqui depot
          2013.6.36.1.036.14 · Item · [3 June 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the Matsqui depot on mile 87.4 from Boston Bar, BCCNR applied to close and abolish the Matsqui depot in 1872, but no action had been taken by 1973. The house visible was occupied by a family.

          CNR Matsqui depot
          2013.6.36.1.036.15 · Item · [3 June 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the Matsqui depot on mile 87.4 from Boston Bar and 45 minutes from Vancouver. Trackage consists of a passing lie and a storage loop, which in 1973 contained no cars.

          CNR Lytton
          2013.6.36.1.036.29 · Item · [June 1967]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a caboose at the end of a contractor's gear train. This train was being hauled one mile south to Winch Spur where loads were removed from flat cars.

          CNR Lytton
          2013.6.36.1.036.30 · Item · [June 1967]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the southern end of the Lytton yard limits. The visible rail bridge carries a protected pedestrian footpath on its northern trusses.

          CNR Lumby
          2013.6.36.1.043.02 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the entrance to the CNR yards in Lumby. Principal outgoing products from this location are poles and dressed lumber while incoming products are oil and gas.

          CNR Lulu Island
          2013.6.36.1.042.03 · Item · [4 Apr. 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a CN switcher crossing Wiggins Street in South Burnaby. Image captured looking west towards the bridge crossing the north arm of the Fraser River. A trestle appproach on the south side of the bridge was burned down in September 1973, causing cessation of service along this part of the branch for several months.