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Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway, the greatest transportation system in the world
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2898
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.148.3
- Call Number
- 917.1 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- [Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "May 2nd 1914 _________ Frank ___ _ _ C.P.R." [handwritten in pencil on back cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroad travel--Canada--Guidebooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- 11 p. of advertisements following p. 101
Air-brake pumps : triple valves and brake valves, air-brake troubles, operating and testing trains, foundation brake gear, air signal-system, high-speed brake, no. 6 E T locomotive brake, P C passenger brake equipment, L N passenger brake equipment, type K freight triple valves, train control
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3315
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.14.1
- Call Number
- 620.7 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, PA.
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- 1912
- Series
- I. C. S. Reference Library
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- viii, 1 v. (various pagings), xxvi : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Valves
- Brakes
- Railroads--Brakes
- Transportation
- Railroad trains
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Notes
- Includes index.
A textbook on electric lighting and railways
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.6.6
- Call Number
- 621.3 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Penn.
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- I.C.S. reference library
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Charles Campbell" [handwritten on pre-pages in red ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electrical engineering--Study and teaching
- Electric railroads
- Electrical engineering
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- Includes index.
Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.45
- Call Number
- 385 NAT
- Contributor
- International School of Engineering
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- International School of Engineering
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Trainmen
- Railroads--Design and construction
- Railroads
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
- "Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Dinner for Miss Creeden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7356
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Call Number
- 388.46 BCH
- Contributor
- British Columbia Electric Company
- Place of Publication
- [British Columbia, Canada]
- Publisher
- BC Hydro
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural gas industry
- World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization
- World War, 1939-1945--Mobilization
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Summary: Industrial film. A film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant; Vancouver natural gas facilities; BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley; Stave Falls generator plant; Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants; 1939 royal visit; BCE employee's newsletter; A.E. Grauer family at home; office scenes; plans & construction at Bridge River project; BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II; BCE streetcar and trolley bus services
- Credit notes: producer: Lew M. Parry; director: Lew M. Parry; photography: John Young; script: Cecil Maiden; sound: S.G. Wilson; narrator: A.E. Grauer; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
Progress report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Call Number
- 388.46 BCH VR
- Contributor
- British Columbia Electric Company
- Place of Publication
- [British Columbia, Canada]
- Publisher
- BC Hydro
- Publication Date
- c1947
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural gas industry
- Local transit
- Hydroelectric power plants
- Electric railroads
- Electric power-plants
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Summary: Promotional film. The BC Electric Railway Company's $50 million post-war expansion and modernization program, to be completed by 1950. Includes: expansion of transit services, including start of the switch from streetcars to trolley buses; water gas plant; explanation of the Bridge River project, with footage of construction (including La Joie Falls storage dam); Lower Mainland power sub-stations. Various Vancouver street scenes, especially Fraser Street and downtown
- Credit note : sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
The railway builders : a chronicle of overland highways, v. 32
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5117
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.106.9
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.32
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Brook & Company
- Publication Date
- 1916
- Series
- Chronicles of Canada, 32
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- viii, 254 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Railroads--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"
- "In thirty-two volumes"
- "Part IX National Highways"
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Author's given names and dates: Skelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas), 1878-1941
- Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953