"Transportation - Rail" found 269 records

handcar

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.105.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.105.1

Description: This is a two or four person handcar used on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The car is powered by a hand pumped eccentric gear. There are four sets of short handles at each end to allow the car to be manually lifted off the track. There is a foot actuated brake on the edge of the platform. Wood shoes are pressed against the wheels.

Object History: This type of railroad vehicle would be used by a work gang as transport to a repair job in their section of the track. A trailer can be attached to carry equipment. The car is easily lifted off the track to allow a train to pass. This particular vehicle's history is not known it is typical of such equipment used on the CPR mainline.

Marks/Labels: "CPR", stenciled in black on the side of the pump support.

Measurements: Overall measurements: Lth 216 cm. (7 feet) X wdth 160 cm (5 feet 4 inches) X ht 152 cm. (5 feet)

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41405

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.1.183

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.1.183

Description: Button pin, round, buff ground with wide brownish red border and green print. Around edge from left, "JULY / AUG / SEPT". Logo below 'AUG', illegible, "LI--HA" ?, then "1920". At bottom is brownish red dot at centre of "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L." in circle. Pin is paper formed over a metal back and held in place by pressure. Clear coating over front. Back is dark metal with remains of pin clasp closure ?, coil of wire one side, lighter-coloured patch of metal around opening other side. Back is hollow. Manufacturer's stamp, mostly illegible, "--- CO" "--H.N.Y." and hallmark ?. Metal of back is tarnished, some scratches and wear on front.

Object History: Union dues button for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labour. Railroad way workers oversaw the maintenace of railroad tracks. (For more information see http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_186.html)

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Marks/Labels: "JULY / AUG / SEPT", green letters printed around top "1920", larger green numbers printed in centre "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L.", green letters printed around dot and surrounded by a green circle

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Industries; Occupations - Railroad Labourers; Organizations - Unions; Transportation - Rail

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signal light

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82358

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.25.12

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.25.12

Description: Black metal train signal used on the interurban trams.The lamp has red lenses that face 90 degrees to the line of travel and a single clear lens that faces down the track. The lens opening on the fourth side of the lamp is covered with a flat plate. There is a mounting bracket on this side of the lamp. The clear lens is on a verticaly sliding panel that gives access to the inside of the lamp. Originally this lamp may have had a kerosene lamp for a light source but this lamp has had an electric light bulb mounted inside. The modern power cord is aproximately 12 feet long with a double prong plug. "B C E R" is stamped in the body of the lamp under the clear lens.

Object History: The artifact belonged donor's father when he worked for the BCER.

Category: 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts

Classification: Rail Transportation Equipment - - Rail Transportation Accessories

Object Term: Lamp, Signal

Subjects: Lighting Devices; Transportation - Rail

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pamphlet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV011.50.14

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV011.50.14

Description: pamphlet; light green paper; printed on two sides with brown ink; front includes title "BURNABY / CENTRAL / RAILWAY" with photograph of model steam engine above and information on the railway operation with fares; verso of pahmplet includes map with location of Burnaby Central Railway and contact information.

Object History: Burnaby Central Railway Project was constructed on the site of Heritage Village and was financed by the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers; Century Park Museum Association (via Burnaby Parks); Federal Government New Horizons Program and B.C. Goverment Recreation Facilities fund. British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (B.C.M.E.) operated the Burnaby Central Railway inside Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) between 1975 and 1991.

Measurements: w: 10 cm h: 20 cm.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)

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Standing by the railway tracks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription294

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.99 x 8.89 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of men and women standing by the railway tracks. There is a couple standing together on the left of the photograph, who have been identified as Dave and Birdie. Dave is holding an umbrella in one hand, and holding Birdie's hands with the other hand. The other three people are …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.99 x 8.89 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of men and women standing by the railway tracks. There is a couple standing together on the left of the photograph, who have been identified as Dave and Birdie. Dave is holding an umbrella in one hand, and holding Birdie's hands with the other hand. The other three people are standing on the right side of the photograph and two of them have been identified as F. Graham, and Jack. A tall woman standing on the extreme right of the photograph has been unidentified. Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Dave / Birdie / F. Graham / Jack / ?"

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: HV983.42.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For other prints of the same image, see HV983.42.35 and .36

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Standing by the railway tracks, [190-] thumbnail

Standing by railway tracks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription346

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 15.24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men and two women standing by railway tracks at what appears to be a railway station or junction. The group of people appear elderly or middle aged. They are standing on wood plank boards in between railway tracks. To their right is a CN rail car, and to their left, a Grand Trun…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 15.24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men and two women standing by railway tracks at what appears to be a railway station or junction. The group of people appear elderly or middle aged. They are standing on wood plank boards in between railway tracks. To their right is a CN rail car, and to their left, a Grand Trunk rail car. A station building can be seen to the left of the photograph. The location is not identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian National Railway; Grand Trunk Railway

Accession Code: HV983.42.86

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Railway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription586

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks running along a river or inlet. No homes or farms are in sight. The location is not identified.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks running along a river or inlet. No homes or farms are in sight. The location is not identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: HV977.99.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Railway, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

Young woman standing on a railway track

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1036

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young woman in skirt and blazer with a camera box by her hip and the box strap over her shoulder. She is standing on a railway track at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: inscribed in pencil, on verso, "F O Hanrahan"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified young woman in skirt and blazer with a camera box by her hip and the box strap over her shoulder. She is standing on a railway track at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras

Accession Code: HV973.110.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-30

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young woman standing on a railway track, [190-] thumbnail

Railway embankment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1057

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just nort…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 14.8 x 19.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway embankment. The railway is winding out of the picture frame with the road lined with electric posts running almost parallel to the rail tracks. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 notes that this is the view of the Great Northern Railway and cut along North Road just north of the Brunette River, looking southeast toward Coquitlam from Burnaby.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: North Road

Accession Code: HV972.11.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Related Material: for another view of the same railway embankment, see HV972.11.2

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Railway trestle fire

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1423

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: August 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway trestle fire from a distance. The dark area on left side of the photograph may be the edge of a bridge from where the photograph was taken. Very little details are visible in the smoke. Location is not identified.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, t. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ AUG 3 1938/ Nu- Gloss", l.r. "41 2"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a railway trestle fire from a distance. The dark area on left side of the photograph may be the edge of a bridge from where the photograph was taken. Very little details are visible in the smoke. Location is not identified.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Transportation - Rail; Natural Phenomena - Fires

Accession Code: BV985.5797.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: August 1938

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Railway trestle fire, August 1938 thumbnail

Wrecked rail cars

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [May 1913]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.

Subjects: Accidents - Train Accidents; Transportation - Rail

Names: Great Northern Railway

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: HV979.54.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [May 1913]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Locomotive no. 7414

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian National Railway locomotive no. 2124 leaving the station at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian National Railway locomotive no. 2124 leaving the station at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian National Railway

Accession Code: BV985.6114.71

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CN"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "012"

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Locomotive no. 7414, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Train travelling along the track

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified train travelling along an unidentified track.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified train travelling along an unidentified track.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.98

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Train travelling along the track

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam locomotive travelling along an unidentified track.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam locomotive travelling along an unidentified track.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.99

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Train travelling along the track

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified train travelling along an unidentified track.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified train travelling along an unidentified track.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Last car on train

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the last car on moving train with an emblem that reads, "THE/ CANADIAN". Two men are looking out at the photographer from the train car. Neither the location nor the individuals have been identified.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the last car on moving train with an emblem that reads, "THE/ CANADIAN". Two men are looking out at the photographer from the train car. Neither the location nor the individuals have been identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail

Accession Code: BV985.6114.101

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Last car on train, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

Train travelling along the track

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1708

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train travelling along track that crosses over a river and through a mountain range. The location has not been identified.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a train travelling along track that crosses over a river and through a mountain range. The location has not been identified.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: BV985.6114.102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-26

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Seaboard freight car

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a freight car with painted sign that reads "Route of the/ Orange Blossom Special/ Seaboard" at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a freight car with painted sign that reads "Route of the/ Orange Blossom Special/ Seaboard" at an unidentified location.