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Hydro engine 906 in collision with a CN engine

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2881
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1974
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Hydro engine 906 in a collision with a Canadian National railway (CN) engine. Engine 906 was coming off the Queensborough Bridge when it collided with the CN engine.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Canadian National Railway
Geographic Access
New Westminster
Accession Code
BV012.18.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
May 1974
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
13-Mar-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Engine 906 coming off / Queensbou Bridge with string of (M)/T Auto Racks at CNR / Diamond. / May 1974"
Images
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Rail classics, vol. 2, no. 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1387
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1973
Call Number
388.46 RAI v. 2, no. 2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
388.46 RAI v. 2, no. 2
Place of Publication
Canoga Park, Calif.
Publisher
Challenge Publication Inc.
Publication Date
1973
Physical Description
82 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Transportation
Electric railroads
Local transit
Street-railroads
British Columbia--History
Subjects
Transportation
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation - Rail
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Notes
"Commuting in British Columbia, Vancouver's British Columbia Electric Railway was the Canadian Equivalent of the Sprawling Pacific Electric by Ira L. Swett" -- page 40 - 45.
Details about the "Districts of Interurban line plus descriptions of different interurban cars operating in the system.
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