Subject: Equipment
Railway Construction
Appears to be a railway construction/work train.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0880 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Girl by rail line switch
Girl by hand rail line switcher, possibly a Dowker.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0104 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Bulldozers At Train Wreck
Bulldozers clearing the wreckage at the Mt. Robson snowsheds.
| Internal ID: | 0104.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Bulldozer At Train Wreck
Bulldozers at work clearing the wreckage at the Mt. Robson snowshed.
| Internal ID: | 0104.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Railway Construction Site
Construction site and equipment (steam shovel)on new rail line.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Construction
Railway construction site and equipment (steam shovel).
| Internal ID: | 0115.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Steam Shovel and Construction Locomotives
Railway construction - Steam shovel and small construction locomotives.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Steam Shovel
Steam shovel on railway construction site.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Cconstruction
Railway construction, cutting a new line with town above tracks. What town?
| Internal ID: | 0115.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Construction
Railway construction, town site, locomotive and steam shovel.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Car Full
Group of men, women and children in rail wagon Possibly Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0083 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Railroad Construction
Men and rail equipment, laying the track on railway, with a work engine off to the side. Thought to be the Great Northern.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0094 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Clearing Snowslide
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad equipment on construction opposite Mt. Robson. L.J. Cole, Res. Engineer for construction. It appears that a steam shovel is being used to clear snow debris from the track in front of Mt. Robson.
| Internal ID: | 0122.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
Railway Construction
Laying rail on Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad bed opposite Mt. Robson. Photo shows the track layer putting down rails with a crew of men working around the machine. L.J. Cole, Res. Engineer for construction.
| Internal ID: | 0122.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
Railway Snowslide
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. L.J. Cole, Res. Engineer for construction. After track was down, there appears to have been a snow slide on the track in front of Mt. Robson. One boxcar is on it's side and other equipment has been routed around the train on the main line.
| Internal ID: | 0122.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
CN Rail Workers
CN rail crew grouped together, not sure why? Possible derailment? Presumed to be Valemount, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0126.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Overview of Castlegar
A late 1930s overview of Castlegar, B.C. with C.P.R. water tank in the foreground and the Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society garage in the middle background.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0326 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar, B.C.
Castlegar, B.C. - railroad and town water tower visible, town in background.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0363 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar, B.C
Castlegar, B.C. - steam locomotive and water tank by tracks. Ruth Parfeniuk added: This photo is not taken in Castlegar. My guess is on the rail line west of Castlegar, possibly Coykendahl. The Lower Arrow Lake is visible to the right of the photo.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0371 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Kinnaird Train Derailment
A Rossland CPR passenger train de-railed in Kinnaird in the early 1920s.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0386 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
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 |
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 |
Sperry Test Car
Sperry rail testing unit.
| Internal ID: | 0219.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Mile 7, Kingsgate, May 1948
Mile 7, Kingsgate, crane lifting rocks from river, May 1948
| Internal ID: | 0229.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 1st 1948 |
Kootenay Landing, B.C.
Kootenay Landing, B.C. Pile driver on rail tracks driving â??dolphinsâ??, construction of landing.
| Internal ID: | 0336.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Railway Equipment
C.P.R. railway equipment in the Castlegar yard.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
The Shay engine and ore cars, c. 1909
The Shay engine and ore cars, c. 1909
| Internal ID: | 2358.0056 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1909 |
Cranbrook Autoist
Road superintendent states over 400 miles of roads and trails have been repaired and improved and about 200 miles of new roads completed in Cranbrook district this year, comings and goings of Cranbrook residents in cars and speeders.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0731 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 28th 1912 |
Skookumchuck Autoists
Comings and goings of Skookumchuck residents and their guest by means of train, automobile, horse and sleigh.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0787 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 23rd 1930 |
Skookumchuck Autoists
Comings and goings of Skookumchuck residents and guest by train, automobile, speeder and horse and wagon. Many to see the ice being harvested.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0834 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 27th 1930 |
Group Photo at Red Pass Dance
Group photo of those (mostly from Valemount) that attended a dance at Red Pass. In photo are Alec Veloski, Ole Johnson, Fred Homberg May 19, 1937. Photo taken at railway station.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0083 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1937 |
Woman and Child on Speeder
L.J. Cole was a surveyor and resident engineer for the construction of the GTP railway. Tete Jaune BC, woman and child on speeder at MP 57. Possibly Bertha and son Herbert.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0110 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 23rd 1912 |
Mike Czorny and Dan Polipiak
Mike Czorny and Dan Polipiak and dog, 1936 on railway speeder at rock cut at mile 15.7
| Internal ID: | 0076.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1936 |
Section Crew
Section Crew men in front of speeder, possibly at Canoe River.
| Internal ID: | 0076.0056 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Railroad Crew
Railroad crew posed on track in front of speeder.
| Internal ID: | 0083.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Dowker's at railway station
Mr and Mrs Dowker on speeder in front of Leaman, AB railway station, early 1900s.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0063 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Railway Section Crew
Railway section crew and railway speeder.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Grant Brook Station
Grant Brook B.C., railway station.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0040 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Velocipede
Rail worker positioning velocipede on rail line, with storage shed in background. Second man walking with bedroll. Possibly Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0086 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Sports Day Parade
CN display - rail trolley in Sports Day Parade, Valemount, BC
| Internal ID: | 0127.0849 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
C.P.R. Repair Crew in Cranbrook, 1904
Some of the C.P.R. track repair crew in Cranbrook, 1904. Seated on the velocipede are: Jim Smith, Bob Edmondson & George Sneddon.
| Internal ID: | 0262.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1904 |
Restored Velocipede
Garry Anderson and G. Doeksen with restored velocipede in front of Baggage Car at the Cranbrook Railway Museum, 1979.
| Internal ID: | 0279.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1979 |
The "Slow Curve" 1/2 mile East of Genelle
Photo of a man standing off the tracks at the "Slow Curve" 1/2 mile East of Genelle.
| Internal ID: | 0454.0053 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 16th 1919 |
Kimberley Railway Accident
Hopper car off the tracks with three men and a working speeder.
| Internal ID: | 0493.0226 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Castlegar Station Museum Collection
A restored CPR work speeder, used by section men to haul tools and supplies out for work on the railway tracks.
| Internal ID: | 0502.0061 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Raiway Speeder at Moyie
Railway construction or maintenance of way workers posing on a rail car, with Moyie Lake in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0506.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Speeder Transportation at Moyie
Railway construction or mainenance of way workers on a motorized speeder equipped with a headlamp.
| Internal ID: | 0506.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Railway Speeder As Work Truck
Maintenance of way workers on a motorized speeder, with an attached car of ballast. Working on the Crows Nest Pass Railway. Does anybody know who these fellows are?
| Internal ID: | 0506.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Moyie Railway Station
Maintenance of way workers pose on a hand-powered speeder in front of the Moyie CPR train station. Anyone know any of these gentlemen?
| Internal ID: | 0506.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
#247, Moyie train tunnel
An unidentified gentleman with a velocipede just on the Moyie side of Jerome Tunnel on the Crows Nest Pass Railway outside of Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0513.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Moyie Railway Crew
The man with the mustache is Charlie James (he & his family lived in Moyie and had a son Stanley wife Hilda, came from England, he was Mormon); wearing the tie is Oliver Ortis, Foreman, on the right is Henry Peterman, the man in gumboots is Tom Walkelchick. Probably a railway crew on a speeder at Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0042 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
C.P.R. Speeder Near Michel, B.C.;
The way road maintenance crews got around c. 1910.
| Internal ID: | 0278.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Railway Roundhouse at Lethbridge, Alberta
Photo shows a railway roundhouse, in Lethbridge, Alberta as well as a turntable. This is used to easily turn rolling stock around, facing the opposite direction.
| Internal ID: | 0191.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Locomotive #3001
Lethbridge Alberta, 1942 - CPR Locomotive #3001 off turntable and in the pit.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1942 |
Lethbridge Roundhouse and Turntable
An overview of the Lethbridge CPR railway yard, showing the roundouse and turntable - 1954
| Internal ID: | 0204.0028 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1954 |
Railway and Store
Railway, water tower and stores, possibly early Valemount. Sandy Czorny added: Red Pass Junction, B.C., with the railway water tank ahead and the General Store on the right.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0043 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Train Loading
String of boxcars at a siding with water tower and coal chute, presumed Kimberley, BC area.
| Internal ID: | 0236.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1946 |
Filling Tender
Tender for #3658 with train crew guiding the loading of water from water tank, presumed near Kimberley, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0236.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1946 |
CPR Locomotive #3663
Canadian Pacific Locomotive #3663 at water tower, presumed near Kimberley, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0236.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1946 |
Michel Train Station
C.P.R. station, platform and water tower at Michel, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0310.0021 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Locomotive and Water Tower
C.P.R. locomotive and water tower at an unknown location and date.
| Internal ID: | 0310.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Cranbrook, B.C. Rail Yard
Cranbrook, B.C. Two locomotives (one by water tower) in the rail yard.
| Internal ID: | 0310.0031 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Big Eddy Trestle
A large railway trestle - Valemount area?? Sandy Czorny has added: This picture is of the original GTP railway bridge at the confluence of the McLeod River and Sundance Creek between Edson and Bickerdike -- Big Eddy Trestle.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0879 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Mining Cars
Mining cars for an unknown mine (see mining camp photos in this collection)parked on a trestle.
| Internal ID: | 0504.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Hauling Canoes on the railway c.1925
Workers on a pumping a Handcar on the railway tracks pulling canoes just south of Golden, B.C. on the K.R.C. track c.1925
| Internal ID: | 1903.0065 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Mr. & Mrs. Elwell on a railway handcart c.1910
Mr. & Mrs. Elwell on a railway handcart at #2 Plant at Bonnington Falls c.1910
| Internal ID: | 2318.0031 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
