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  1. 1987.003.002 - Print, Photographic

    Young man and child holding hands and standing on railway tracks.

    Record Type: Photo

    1925-28 - Two boys on tracks - Cowichan Valley - 1987003002 - jpg72 - 001
  2. 1988.007.002 - Print, Photographic

    Railway tracks leading to a log dump at Great Central Lake.

    Record Type: Photo

    1936 - Railway Tracks - Great Central Lake - 1988007002 - jpg72 - 001
  3. 1988.007.019 - Print, Photographic

    Bloedel, Stewart & Welch logging camp at Great Central Lake.

    Record Type: Photo

    1936 - BS&W Camp - Great Central Lake - 1988007019 - jpg72 - 001
  4. 1990.004.005 - Print, Photographic

    Framed print of a BC Forest Products logging camp in Caycuse. Depicts bunkhouses and a speeder with "BC Forest Products San Juan Division" painted on its side.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - Logging Camp - Caycuse - 1990004005 - not scanned - 001
  5. 1990.040.004 - Print, Photographic

    Watchman's Shanty at Kelsey Bay, Salmon River. It is a small wooden building placed next to railway tracks. A Watchman's Shanty would also be called a gatehouse. Before electronically-triggered crossing gates were commonplace, railroads would typically keep an employee at busy crossings to lower gates and stop traffic when trains approached.

    Record Type: Photo

    1943-45 - Watchman's Shack - Kelsey Bay - 1990040004 - jpg72 - 001
  6. 1990.040.006 - Print, Photographic

    A crane(?) loaded on a flatcar. There is a layer of snow on the ground and beside the tracks is a water tank for steam engine refueling.

    Record Type: Photo

    1940s - Crane on flatcar - Salmon River - 1990040006 - jpg72 - 001
  7. 1990.040.007 - Print, Photographic

    Steam donkey loaded on a flatcar

    Record Type: Photo

    1940s - Steam Donkey on flatcar - Salmon River - 1990040007 - jpg72 - 001
  8. 1990.040.008 - Print, Photographic

    A Caboose with "Salmon River Logging Co. LTD No. 6" visible on the sliding door.

    Record Type: Photo

    1940s - Salmon River Caboose - Salmon River - 1990040008 - jpg72 - 001
  9. 1990.040.010 - Print, Photographic

    Locomotive owned by Salmon River Logging Company on some railroad tracks and flanked by dense forestry on either side.

    Record Type: Photo

    1942 - Locomotive on Tracks - Salmon River - 1990040010 - jpg72 - 001
  10. 2013.006.002 - Print, Photographic

    Logs being hauled away on railway tracks. Photo is taken behind the flatcars and the locomotive pulling them is not visible. There is dense forest in the background and a speeder and four men in the foreground. Written on the back: "A few carloads of logs, loaded by Johnson speeder in the foreground." Donor indicated that this photo, as well as the rest donated with it, is dated from 1937 and is of Franklin River. Logging began at this area in...

    Record Type: Photo

    1937 - Logs Being Hauled - Franklin River - 2013006002 - jpg72 - 001
  11. 2016.002.001 - Print, Photographic

    The No. 1 "Ladybug" at Ladysmith. Note the steel wheels and wooden tracks.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - No. 1 Ladybug - Ladysmith - 2016002001 - tiff600 - 001
  12. 2016.002.005 - Print, Photographic

    Fred Bell standing on the railway tracks at the BC Forest Museum (the BC Forest Discovery Centre). Sometime in the late 1960's to early 1970's.

    Record Type: Photo

    1965-75 - Fred Bell on Tracks - Duncan - 2016002005 - tiff600 - 001
  13. 2016.002.006 - Print, Photographic

    An unidentified man and Fred Bell (right) on the railway tracks of the BC Forest Museum (the BC Forest Discovery Centre). In the background is a young Peter Davies.

    Record Type: Photo

    1970 - Fred Bell & Peter Davies on Tracks - Duncan - 2016002006 - tiff600 - 001
  14. 2016.002.024 - Print, Photographic

    A crowd of onlookers watching the completion of the museum's lower grounds railway and its first loop. The ceremony is called the "Last Spike". Either 1969 or early 1970.

    Record Type: Photo

    1969-70 - Last Spike - Duncan - 2016002024 - tiff600 - 001
  15. 2016.002.026 - Print, Photographic

    "Lily of the Valley" cabin with the trestle being worked on by Hillcrest Lumber Company crew in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    1964 - Lily of the Valley & Trestle - Duncan - 2016002026 - tiff600 - 001
  16. 2018.057.092 - Print, Photographic

    Canadian Forest Products Woss reload for transportation by railway car to Beaver Cove.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - Canfor Reload Area - Nimpkish Valley - 2018057092 - jpg72 - 001
  17. 2018.057.103 - Print, Photographic

    Typical train trestle showing detail of construction.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - Trestle Detail - Elk River - 2018057103 - jpg72 - 001
  18. 2018.057.106 - Print, Photographic

    Canadian Forest Products Englewood Logging Division railway logging setup.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - Canfor Railway Logging - Nimpkish Valley - 2018057106 - jpg72 - 001
  19. 2019.004.002 - Print, Photographic

    5 men and No. 2 Timberland climax locomotive stationary on some tracks and railroad sidings. It has its characteristic steam cylinder tilted at an angle.

    Record Type: Photo

    unk - Timberland No. 2 Climax - Ladysmith - 2019004002 - jpg72 - 001
  20. 2019.014.008 - Print, Photographic

    "Sandy", a 1924 Plymouth DLC6 8-ton gasoline powered 0-4-0 locomotive. It is 1964.001.475 in the objects catalog. The caboose attached to it has a "10" on its side, and a man peeking out the top widow. The engine of the locomotive is visible in the photograph. "June 1959" written on the back. Photograph taken on Wellburn's property in Deerholme. The caboose also photographed is likely the No. 10 caboose, which has since been scrapped.

    Record Type: Photo

    1959 - Sandy & Caboose - Deerholme - 2019014008 - jpg72 - 001

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