Subject: Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR Passenger train
CPR's inaugural trip from Kaslo to Nakusp, B.C. Location is near Mile 10 along the Kaslo River and train headed by locomotives No. 3118 and No. 3112, is westbound. Engineers are C. Norris and A. Innes. Firemen are Gerner and Duffy. Conductor - Joe Turner and Brakemen are G.W. Reeves and J. Brennen.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0507 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1914 |
Columbia River
River view, assumed to be the Columbia in the vicinity of Brilliant, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0756 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Rossland Train Derailed
Rossland passenger train de-railed behind fire hall in Kinnaird, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Aerial view of Cranbrook, B.C.
Aerial view of Cranbrook, B.C., ca. 1938; Numbers on photo correspond to - #1-CPR, #2-Armouries, #3-Hospital, #4-Hotel, #5-Gyro Park, #6-Public School, #7-Government Buildings, #8-Arena, #9-Brewery, #10-Airport.
| Internal ID: | 0138.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1938 |
View of Cranbrook, BC looking Southeast c.1904
View of Cranbrook, BC c.1904 from top of C.P. Railway coaling tower. Notice Cranbrook Railway Station on the left hand side of the photo.
| Internal ID: | 0140.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1904 |
View of Cranbrook, BC looking southeast c.1905
View of Cranbrook, BC looking southeast c.1905 with Baker Mountain in background. The image gives a clear view of the C.P. Rail infrastructure in the Cranbrook rail yard.
| Internal ID: | 0140.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
CPR Superintendent's Residence in Cranbrook, BC c.1910
CPR Superintendent's Residence on 12th Avenue (Garden Ave) in Cranbrook, BC c.1910 The house was built at a cost of $6,000.00. It became the residence of the C.P.R. Superintendent C.J. Bury.
| Internal ID: | 0140.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook C.P. Railway Station Collapse c.1905
Cranbrook C.P. Railway Station Collapse c.1905
| Internal ID: | 0140.0024 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Cranbrook C.P. Railway Station Collapse c.1905
Cranbrook C.P. Railway Station Collapse c.1905
| Internal ID: | 0140.0025 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
YMCA Building
Cranbrook, B.C. - The old CPR-YMCA building completed in 1910. It later became the Armouries, then the Boy's Club. Due to lack of maintenance, it was demolished in 1974. A portion of the Railway Museum is now situated on the site.
| Internal ID: | 0147.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
YMCA Building
Cranbrook, B.C. - The old CPR-YMCA building prior to demolition. Completed in 1910, it later became the Armouries, then the Boy's Club. Due to lack of maintenance, it was demolished in 1974. A portion of the Railway Museum is now situated on the site.
| Internal ID: | 0147.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1973 |
Car Set on Railway Tracks, Cranbrook, c1920
Old car running on railway tracks in Cranbrook, B.C. Ruby Bidder's brother in passenger seat.
| Internal ID: | 0150.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
CPR Residence
C.P.R. Superintendent residence, 12th Avenue South (aka Garden Avenue) Cranbrook, BC
| Internal ID: | 0151.0088 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1976 |
CPR Residence
C.P.R. Superintendent residence, 12th Avenue South (aka Garden Avenue) Cranbrook, BC
| Internal ID: | 0151.0089 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1976 |
CPR Residence
C.P.R. Superintendent residence, 12th Avenue South (aka Garden Avenue) Cranbrook, BC
| Internal ID: | 0151.0090 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1976 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne, 1950
The results of a CPR head-on collission at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook), B.C., on January 6th, 1950. The car seen on top of the wreckage is #4442.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 6th 1950 |
C.R. Ward, CPR Civil Engineer
C.R. Ward, civil engineer for Canadian Pacific Railway and crew of surveyors, Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Train Accident
Derailment of C.P.R. diesel locomotive off the track.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne, 1950
The results of a CPR head-on collision on January 6th, 1950, at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook), B.C. To the right edge of photo is the undercarriage of another derailed car.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne, B.C., 1950
The results of a CPR head-on collision at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook), B.C. on January 6th, 1950. Car #4442 can be seen pushed to the top of the wreckage.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Civil Engineer
Civil Engineer, C.R. Ward for Canadian Pacific Railway, Cranbrook, BC
| Internal ID: | 0156.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne, 1950
Results of a CPR head-on collision at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook), B.C. 0n January 6th, 1950. Derailed cars are in the foreground and car #4442 is silhouetted on top of the engine.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne
A crowd of onlookers gathering at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook, B.C.) on January 6th, 1950. The scene was a head-on collision of CPR locomotives, with car #4442 pushed over the top of one of the locomotives.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
Construction of C.P.R. rail line in the Crows Nest Pass of the Canadian Rockies.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1897 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
Construction of C.P.R. rail line in the Crows Nest Pass region of the Canadian Rockies.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1897 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
Map of the Crows Nest Pass and Kootenay Central Railways, showing the route and stops to be made.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0015 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1920 |
Canadian Pacific Railway
Map of the Canadian Pacific Railway routes and stops throughout the Columbia Basin.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0016 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1920 |
S.S. Bonnington
An excellent view of the dining room on the paddlewheeler, S.S. Bonnington, operating on the Arrow Lakes for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0024 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
An early view of the Crows Nest Pass Railway line and bridge across the Kootenay River at Wardner, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0025 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Goat River Canyon Bridges
Crows Nest Pass Railroad bridge and men on suspension foot bridge over Goat River Canyon, near Creston, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0026 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
C.P.R Logging Train
C.P.R. logging train, engine crew, Yahk, BC 1 is Ted Elwood, 2 is Tom Dunseath, rest unknown
| Internal ID: | 0157.0068 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
1st Troop Contingent Leaving Cranbrook, B.C.
Photo shows a large gathering at the rail station in Cranbrook BC as the 1st troop Contingent leaves Cranbrook, 1914.
| Internal ID: | 0161.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
1st Troop Contingent Leaving Cranbrook, B.C.
Photo shows a large gathering at the rail station in Cranbrook BC as the 1st troop Contingent leavies Cranbrook, 1914. Same as 0161.0001.
| Internal ID: | 0161.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
CPR Rail Line, Moyie Lake, B.C.
CPR rail line running close to the bluff at Moyie Lake, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0180.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
More Classic Trains
Photo taken of pages 380-381 from the book: "More Classic Trains".
| Internal ID: | 0181.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Engine #583 at Kootenay Landing
CPR Engine #583; train 67; Cranbrook, B.C. to Kootenay Landing, B.C. Photo shows the train at Kootenay Landing ready to load onto barge.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Michel Tunnel, West End
West end of Michel, B.C. CPR loop tunnel, 1922.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1922 |
Michel Tunnel, East End
East entrance of Michel, B.C. CPR loop tunnel, 1922.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1922 |
CPR Michel Loop
CPR line, Michel, B.C. railway loop in winter; 1920s.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
CPR Michel Loop
Lower portion of CPR line, Michel, B.C. loop in winter, 1920's.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
CPR Michel Loop
Lower portion of CPR line, Michel, B.C. loop in winter, 1920's. You can see the train snaking through in the photo.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Michel Loop
The Loop on the CPR line at Michel, B.C. Photo is looking down from near entrance to the west tunnel. A bridge can be seen in the distance.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Moyie Train Wreck
Moyie Lake, B.C. - Spokane freight train plunged into Moyie Lake Nov. 1925 killing Fireman, R. Eley. Photo shows equipment pulling the parts of the train out.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | November 1st 1921 |
Moyie Train Wreck
Photo taken of a train wreck in Moyie, B.C. 1925. Photo shows the work crew that extracted the locomotive from Moyie Lake and worked to clean up the mess.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0015 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | November 1st 1925 |
Moyie Train Wreck
Train wreck, Moyie, B.C. 1925 - Photo shows a mangled locomotive on the flatcar of a work train, eventually going to Montreal CPR shops for repairs. The wreck occurred November 20, 1925. The train encountered a rock slide at the entrance to the Moyie tunnel (Jerome tunnel) and the engine derailed and went into the lake. The fireman killed in the wreck was Robert Ely. He was found trapped under the locomotive, while everyone else managed to jump clear.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | November 1st 1925 |
Diesel Locomotive #8666 at Cranbrook, B.C. station
CPR train and diesel locomotive No. 8666 at Cranbrook, B.C. station.
| Internal ID: | 0188.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Locomotive #8672 Derailment at Cranbrook, B.C.
CPR locomotive #8672 derailment in Cranbrook, B.C. This derailment was in 1972 and happened near the King Street crossing.
| Internal ID: | 0189.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1972 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne
Train wreck at Fassiferne, just south of Cranbrook, B.C., January 6, 1950. This image is a close up of the two locomotives that collided head-on.
| Internal ID: | 0195.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne
Train wreck at Fassiferne, just south of Cranbrook, B.C. January 6, 1950. In this photo, onlookers survey the damage caused by the accident.
| Internal ID: | 0195.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Harry Moorehouse of Skookunchuck, BC c.1943
Personalities of Kimberley, B.C. - Harry Moorehouse, Skookumchuck, B.C. c.1943. Moorehouse died in approximately 1946 at 91 years of age. He was Tie Hacker for C.P.R. railway when southern extension was made from Fort McLeod west in 1898. Tie Hacker - one who made ties.
| Internal ID: | 0196.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1943 |
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C.
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C Showing the C.P.R. railroad bridge at Sullivan Mine, photo by Goodman
| Internal ID: | 0199.0114 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1948 |
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C.
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C Showing C.P.R. track washed out at approaches to Sullivan Mine, photo by Goodman
| Internal ID: | 0199.0115 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1948 |
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C.
Mark Creek Flood 1948 Kimberley, B.C Showing Deer Park Avenue looking toward the C.P.R. freight shed, photo by Les Rimes
| Internal ID: | 0199.0151 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1948 |
CM & S Fertilizer Plant
Unloading the first phosphate rock from a rail car, at the CM & S Fertilizer Plant. July 13, 1953.
| Internal ID: | 0202.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 13th 1953 |
CM & S Fertilizer Plant
Unloading the first phosphate rock from a rail car at the CM & S feritlizer plant, July 13, 1953
| Internal ID: | 0202.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 13th 1953 |
CM & S Fertilizer Plant
Aerial view of the CM & S Fertilizer Plant from the south, July 21, 1953.
| Internal ID: | 0202.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 21st 1953 |
Phosphoric Acid Shipment
1st rail tanker load of phosphoric acid from the Kimberley Phosphoric Acid Plant to the Regina Fertilizer Department, March 18, 1965. Thor Sandberg on top of rail tanker, standing L-R: Art Howard, Laurie Nicholson, Oscar Johnson, Al Faunt & Harold Jordan.
| Internal ID: | 0202.0050 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | March 18th 1965 |
CM & S Fertilizer Plant
10,000th boxcar load of Elephant Brand fertilizer produced and shipped by Cominco's Kimberley Fertilizer Operations.
| Internal ID: | 0202.0051 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CM & S Fertilizer Plant
General view of the CM & S fertilizer plant near Marysville, B.C., including parking lot and extensive railroad lines, July 2, 1965.
| Internal ID: | 0202.0056 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 2nd 1965 |
Sullivan Mine Concentrator
Sullivan Mine concentrator - with CPR rail train being loaded, Kimberley, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0203.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1958 |
Sullivan Mine Concentrator
Sullivan mine concentrator with CPR ore train in limbo and new haulage way above, Kimberley, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0203.0035 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
CPR Dayliner
The last "Dayliner" on the Kettle-Valley Railroad. Taken in Lethbridge, AB. Joe Smuin has commented: The information attached to this photo is incorrect. While it is true that the Budd Cars did operate on KV Division territory, I have no record of this specific car on KV territory in regular service. Also, the photo was taken over a year after the service had ended in southern B.C. Please remember that the Kettle Valley Railway ran from Midway, B.C. west to either Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C. The KVR was absorbed into the BC District of the CPR in 1931. Except for a few miles at Grand Forks, B.C., no territory east of Midway was ever part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Kettle Valley Railway Locomotive
CPR 5758 - This locomotive was too large for sidings and was only used on straight line runs. Largest locomotive ever used on the Kettle Valley Railway. Joe Smuin comments on the information attached to this photo: As a Kettle Valley Railway historian and author of two books on the KVR, I have to tell you that the information about Engine No. 5758 is not quite on the mark. First of all, perhaps we should clarify that the KVR covered the territory from Midway to Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C., with a few short miles at Grand Forks, B.C. The Boundary Subdivision (Nelson-Midway) was NEVER part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division. Neither was the territory to the east of Nelson. As for No. 5758, that locomotive indeed did see assignment to pusher service at Penticton. However, it was never a KVR locomotive because the 5700 series locomotives did not get to Penticton until 1939, long after the KVR was absorbed into the CPR's BC District in 1931. It would be accurate to reword this caption to state that some 5700 series locomotives saw assignments to both Kettle Valley Division and Lootenay Division service. In no way can it be accurately stated that 5758 or any other 5700 series locomotive was 'a Kettle Valley Railway' engine.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
CPR "Tie" Car
Creosoting Plant in Truro, Nova Scotia with a "TIE" car ready for loading.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1957 |
Truro Creosoting Plant
Ties treated in this creosoting plant in Truro, Nova Scotia, were in general use across Canada.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1957 |
CPR Locomotive #1279
Locomotive #1279 - One of the Kettle-Valley Railway locomotives photographed at Lethbridge, AB. Kettle Valley Railway historian Joe Smuin writes: This information is completely incorrect. Neither this locomotive nor any of its type was ever assigned to either the KVR or the subsequent Kettle Valley Division. Locomotives of this specific class did work from Nelson east, but nowhere near KV territory. Please remember that the Kettle Valley Railway ran from Midway, B.C. west to either Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C. The KVR was absorbed into the BC District of the CPR in 1931. Except for a few miles at Grand Forks, B.C., no territory east of Midway was ever part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1954 |
Negotiating the Frank Slide
Kettle-Valley Railway passenger car coming through the Frank Slide in 1949. Joe Smuin has added: This is a passenger train, possibly a 'mixed train' which may have in fact transited Kettle Valley territory much further west - assuming the train is eastbound and a passenger train. If it is a mixed train (looks like a caboose on the tail-end) then it will not have been as far as KV territory. Please remember that the Kettle Valley Railway ran from Midway, B.C. west to either Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C. The KVR was absorbed into the BC District of the C.P.R. in 1931. Except for a few miles at Grand Forks, B.C., no territory east of Midway, B.C. was ever part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1949 |
Fassiferne Train Wreck
CPR train wreck at Fassiferne, B.C., January 6, 1951.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1951 |
Fassiferne Train Wreck
A CPR train wreck at Fassiferne (about 4 miles west of Cranbrook), January 6, 1951.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1951 |
Rogers Pass Train Wreck
A train wreck in 1910 caused by a snowslide in the Rogers Pass which claimed 62 lives.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Rogers Pass Train Wreck
A train wreck caused by an avalanche in the Rogers Pass resulting in the loss of 62 lives.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | March 1st 1910 |
CPR Locomotive #2855
The "Royal Hudson" - CPR locomotive #2855.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | October 1st 1976 |
