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![Seniors and public transportation, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1641-1.jpg?width=280)
Seniors and public transportation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of senior citizens posing by bus stops. One senior holds a TransLink bus pass.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1641
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of senior citizens posing by bus stops. One senior holds a TransLink bus pass.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Buses
- Persons - Seniors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata 535-1641-1: "Josephine Young, 92, fears she'll be confined to her Quayside apartment if the area loses its bus route."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1641-2: "Doug and Margaret Court say they could make the 20-minute walk it takes to get to Skytrain from their Imperial area home, but they rely on the bus service in bad weather."
Images
![Seniors and public transportation, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1641-1.jpg)
![Bus and SkyTrain, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2549.jpg?width=280)
Bus and SkyTrain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97017
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a "Not in Service" electric bus and cars on an unidentified, tree-lined road. The SkyTrain is passing over the road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2549
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a "Not in Service" electric bus and cars on an unidentified, tree-lined road. The SkyTrain is passing over the road.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Transportation - Buses
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Bus and SkyTrain, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2549.jpg)
![NewsLeader staff commuting, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2767.jpg?width=280)
NewsLeader staff commuting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97392
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wanda Chow, Greg Knill, and David Weir, all Burnaby NewsLeader employees, posing outside of the Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain station with a car and a map before a morning commute.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2767
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wanda Chow, Greg Knill, and David Weir, all Burnaby NewsLeader employees, posing outside of the Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain station with a car and a map before a morning commute.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The NewsLeader's commuting team gets ready to face the challenges of morning rush hour. Wanda Chow plots her driving route on a map, editor Greg Knill reviews his notes for his bus route, and David Weir checks to see how long until the next Skytrain."
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![NewsLeader staff commuting, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2767.jpg)
B.C.E.R. Video: Then and now
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Accession Code
- BV013.27.21
- Call Number
- 388.46 TRA VR Ver 1
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Transit Museum Society
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (128 min, 43 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Original footage shot on 16mm film in the early 1950's by Ken Hodgsen.
- Summary : Historical film footage of Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman. Frank worked as a motorman on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information.
- Produced by David Asselin, President, Transit Musem Society
- Cover on verso of DVD case includes photos with description: "Here are three instructors... Vic Sharman, Frank Horne & Don Bellamy for the Downtown Historic Railway (D.H.R.) Who have all had previous experience driving interurbans in the Vancouver area in the 1940's & 1950's"
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video.
Images
![Andrea Noonan with Sperling Station model, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2380.jpg?width=280)
Andrea Noonan with Sperling Station model
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96822
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrea Noonan inspecting an architect's model of Sperling Station on the SkyTrain's Millennium Line, which was under construction.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2380
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Andrea Noonan inspecting an architect's model of Sperling Station on the SkyTrain's Millennium Line, which was under construction.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Andrea Noonan, of rapid transit staff, gets a closer look at an architect's model of the Sperling Station for Skytrain's Millenium Line, currently under construction along Lougheed Highway."
Images
![Andrea Noonan with Sperling Station model, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2380.jpg)
![British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2635.jpg?width=280)
British Columbia Society of Model Engineers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97108
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Roy, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, polishing a Model M420 train engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, ahead of a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2635
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Roy, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, polishing a Model M420 train engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, ahead of a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Paul Roy makes sure his wife's Model M420 train engine is looking its best as the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers prepare to host a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers, August 11-14. More than 500 engineers from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, England, Germany and all across the United States and Canada will gather at the park to swap stories and drive their trains."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2635.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2657-1.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified engineers from the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers operating model trains at the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2657
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified engineers from the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers operating model trains at the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2657-1.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway opening, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2248-1.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96626
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park for the season. Photographs depict Eivind Luffe hooking up an electric switcher to a train and Doug Bach pushing a 1936 Northern Class locomotive out of a shed. Both Luffe and Bach are members of the Briti…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2248
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park for the season. Photographs depict Eivind Luffe hooking up an electric switcher to a train and Doug Bach pushing a 1936 Northern Class locomotive out of a shed. Both Luffe and Bach are members of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2248-1: "Eivind Luffe hooks up his electric switcher as the BC Society of Model Engineers open Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park for the season. Luffe says the engine, which is based on a design from his own imagination, took him about three years to build."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2248-2: "Doug Bach, of the BC Society of Model Engineers, pushes out to the tracks the group's 1936 Northern Class locomotive, at the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park. The Railway opens for the season this weekend."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway opening, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2248-1.jpg)
![Burnaby Central Railway opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2314.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Central Railway opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96709
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Simpson, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, making adjustments to a BC Rail M420 engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, after the Railway's opening for the season.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2314
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Simpson, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, making adjustments to a BC Rail M420 engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, after the Railway's opening for the season.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dave Simpson makes some adjustments to the BC Society of Model Engineers' BC Rail M420 engine. The Society's Burnaby Central Railway opened its ninth season at its Willingdon and Penzance site, on the weekend. It will be open every weekend and holidays until Thanksgiving."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Burnaby Central Railway opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2314.jpg)
![Confederation Park Miniature Railway opening, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2362.jpg?width=280)
Confederation Park Miniature Railway opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96804
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of engines at the Confederation Park Miniature Railway (Burnaby Central Railway) during preparations for the opening of the railway's season. Tom Pruden, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, rides one of the trains in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2362
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of engines at the Confederation Park Miniature Railway (Burnaby Central Railway) during preparations for the opening of the railway's season. Tom Pruden, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, rides one of the trains in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Tom Pruden, the president of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, rolls out the engines at the Confederation Park Miniature Railway in preparation for the opening of their season, on the Easter weekend. The Railway features more than two miles of track and working scale models of a variety of engines, from old-fashioned steamers to modern diesel engines."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Confederation Park Miniature Railway opening, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2362.jpg)
![Confederation Park railway engine, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2371.jpg?width=280)
Confederation Park railway engine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96813
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Steve Postlethwaite, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, restoring a 1936 Northern 4-8-4 steam engine ahead of the Confederation Park miniature railway (Burnaby Central Railway)'s opening for the season.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2371
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Steve Postlethwaite, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, restoring a 1936 Northern 4-8-4 steam engine ahead of the Confederation Park miniature railway (Burnaby Central Railway)'s opening for the season.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Steve Postlethwaite is busy restoring the BC Society of Model Engineers' 1936 Northern 4-8-4 steam engine in time for the opening of another season of their railway at Confederation Park, on Good Friday."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Confederation Park railway engine, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2371.jpg)
![Don Wrigley with Interurban 1223, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3112-1.jpg?width=280)
Don Wrigley with Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98008
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, posing inside of the trolley car and outside of rusted, pre-restoration car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, posing inside of the trolley car and outside of rusted, pre-restoration car.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Rail
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3112-1: "Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, and of the Burnaby Historical Society, surveys the gutted interior of the old trolley car."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3112-2: "Don Wrigley, the President of the Friends of Interurban 1223, and of the Burnaby Historical Society, wants to keep the old trolley car in Burnaby."
Images
![Don Wrigley with Interurban 1223, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3112-1.jpg)
![Hitchhiking during transit strike, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2233-1.jpg?width=280)
Hitchhiking during transit strike
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96611
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2233
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2233-1: "Denis Orlov, who just emigrated from Russia a week ago, tries to thumb a ride to Metrotown from the Middlegate area on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. Orlov says he was on his way to make arrangements to get his phone connected. "I'll just be waiting here, and see what happens," he says, hopefully. Five minutes later, he got a lift from a passing minvan."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2233-2: "Denis Orlov, who emigrated from Russia just last week, accepts a lift to Metrotown from a passing minivan, on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. He was hitchiking along Kingsway on his way to make arrangements to hook up his phone service."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Hitchhiking during transit strike, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2233-1.jpg)
![Metrotown bus loop, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1940-1.jpg?width=280)
Metrotown bus loop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96257
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the bus loop at Metrotown. Photographs depict transit riders waiting in lines and on seats for buses and a TransLink bus in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1940
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the bus loop at Metrotown. Photographs depict transit riders waiting in lines and on seats for buses and a TransLink bus in the background.
- Names
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Medig, Kari
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Passengers wait for TransLink buses at the bus loop at Metrotown Centre in Burnaby on Monday."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Metrotown bus loop, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1940-1.jpg)
![Police at the SkyTrain, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3074-1.jpg?width=280)
Police at the SkyTrain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97948
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby RCMP and other police interacting with people the RCMP suspected of crimes on the SkyTrain. Photographs depict Burnaby RCMP Sergeant Barry Hickman searching a suspect's mouth and two unidentified officers looking at an unidentified person's ID, with the SkyTrain…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Burnaby RCMP and other police interacting with people the RCMP suspected of crimes on the SkyTrain. Photographs depict Burnaby RCMP Sergeant Barry Hickman searching a suspect's mouth and two unidentified officers looking at an unidentified person's ID, with the SkyTrain visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Police Officers
- Public Services - Policing
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3074-1: "Sargeant Barry Hickman, of the Burnaby RCMP, searches a suspect's mouth during a crime crackdown along Skytrain on Wednesday. Hickman says drug dealers often hide their drugs in their mouths, under the tongue."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3074-2: "Police forces from Vancouver to Surrey, combine with Skytrain constables and immigration officials to crack down on crime and drug dealing along Skytrain."
Images
![Police at the SkyTrain, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3074-1.jpg)
![Rail crossing at Government and Cariboo, [2006] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1880.jpg?width=280)
Rail crossing at Government and Cariboo
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96183
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2006]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rail crossing at the intersection of Government Street and Cariboo Road. Two cars are passing on the road and the opposite directions of traffic are separated by a barrier on the road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2006]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1880
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rail crossing at the intersection of Government Street and Cariboo Road. Two cars are passing on the road and the opposite directions of traffic are separated by a barrier on the road.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "An accident involving a car and a train last summer has prompted the installation of barriers at the rail crossing at Government and Cariboo to prevent cars from jumping the line to beat the crossing arms."
- Geographic Access
- Government Street
- Cariboo Road
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Rail crossing at Government and Cariboo, [2006] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1880.jpg)
Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
on a vital transportation system of yesteryear but also will
provide a teaching resource for generations to come.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
In 1999 the campaign by several members of the Burnaby Historical Society to restore
the 1912 interurban car 1223 resulted in the formation of Friends of Interurban
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
Images
Digital Books
![10th Avenue connector construction, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1984.jpg?width=280)
10th Avenue connector construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96301
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the new 10th Avenue connector from Gord Thorneycroft's garage. Thorneycroft holds a mug and is silhouetted by the light coming from outside, where the Bombardier SkyTrain plant is visible in the distance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1984
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the new 10th Avenue connector from Gord Thorneycroft's garage. Thorneycroft holds a mug and is silhouetted by the light coming from outside, where the Bombardier SkyTrain plant is visible in the distance.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Gord Thorneycroft says he used to be able to enjoy his morning coffee looking out onto a quiet, tree-lined lane while working in his garage behind his home on 9th Ave. But workers building the new 10th Ave. connector tore out the trees last September, the City of Burnaby isn't making any promises to erect noise barriers, and his lane has become a thoroughfare to the Bombardier Skytrain plant."
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![10th Avenue connector construction, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1984.jpg)
![Aerial spraying over Burnaby Lake, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2408.jpg?width=280)
Aerial spraying over Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96850
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an airplane spraying pesticides over Burnaby Lake to eradicate European Gypsy moths.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2408
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an airplane spraying pesticides over Burnaby Lake to eradicate European Gypsy moths.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Aerial spraying over Burnaby Lake, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2408.jpg)
![Bombardier SkyTrain manufacturing facility, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2108-1.jpg?width=280)
Bombardier SkyTrain manufacturing facility
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96484
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new SkyTrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby. Photographs depict Hebert posing with the shell of a new SkyTrain car and inspecting the inside of the under-construction car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2108
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new SkyTrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby. Photographs depict Hebert posing with the shell of a new SkyTrain car and inspecting the inside of the under-construction car.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Construction
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2108-1: "Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new Burnaby facility, with one of the shells for the new Skytrain cars being built at the plant."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2108-2: "Pierre Hebert, plant manager at Bombardier's new Skytrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby, inspects the hollow shell of one of the new series of cars to be built at the plant."
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Hill Area
Images
![Bombardier SkyTrain manufacturing facility, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2108-1.jpg)