- CA SQPL ST_RTP-1950-1955.xx.xx.037
- 1955
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- CA SQPL ST_RTP-1950-1955.xx.xx.040
- 1955
- CA SQPL ST_RTP-1950-1955.xx.xx.042
- 1955
1st PGE Train Schedule for Squamish Area
- CA SQPL 17-002
- November 1, 1913
Photoraph of the 1st PGE Train Schedule for Squamish Area on November 1, 1913.
Angus McCrae, locomotive engineer
- CA SQPL 06-057
Angus McRae, a locomotive engineer standing on his locomotive (Engine No. 59) with two engines pushing behind clearing the track. Picture taken about 4 miles above Swift Creek.
- CA SQPL STA-1960-1960.xx.xx.295
- 1960
Part of Squamish Times Archive
- CA SQPL ST_RTP-1950-1955.xx.xx.005
- 1955
Negative sleeve: #462
- CA SQPL 05-017
Identified men in Vancouver (?)
Engine No. 52 arriving at Newport
- CA SQPL 26-020
Engine No. 52 arriving at Newport (Squamish). The date on the arrival of this locomotive was November 13, 1913.
Fighting deep snow in Cunningham Cut Mile 19.5
- CA SQPL 26-012
- 1935
Fighting deep snow in Cunningham Cut Mile 19.5 (now 58 Miles), 1935.
Photo by: H. Brightbill
Brightbill, Harry
First full train of logs going south
- CA SQPL 17-024
- May 1927
First full train of logs going south through "Old Camp" on way to dump. Merrill and Ring 0-4-0 14 ton plymouth gas locomotive.
Left to right: Bun Yarwood, ?, Big Dave Thompson, Al Lund, ?, Bill Tourcotte, ?.
May 1927.
Photo by Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
First locomotive to come up Howe Sound to Norton & McKinnon logging operation
- CA SQPL 17-022
Left to right: Tommy Dickenson (book keeper), George Percy (superintendent), Pete Olsen (hooktender), Al Lund (head high rigger). Taken in 1927 where South Park apartments now stand.
Engine - 50 ton wood burning shay later converted to oil burner. First locomotive to come up Howe Sound to Norton & McKinnon logging operation. Acquired by Merrill & Ring for fire damage to Merrill & Ring timber when Norton McKinnon had a bad fire. Loco taken out of Squamish to other Merrill & Ring operations and came back to Squamish in late 1927 or early 1927. Shark arrester smoke stack loco.
Information supplied by Ed Aldridge.
Photo by: Bun Yarwood.
In 1911, McKinnon and Norton of the Newport Timber Company were logging in Squamish in the area known as the base camp road, near Curly Lews' place. They had donkeys, a large shay engine, and a weird whistle. Mr McKinnon was a bartender and Mr Norton was a logger. Amedy Levesque and George Laviolette worked as brakemen on the locomotive. The camp was run by Mr Fuller.
First passenger train out of Newport - PGE
- CA SQPL 26-021
- December 9, 1913
Fred Downer in front of the 2 spot in 1914
- CA SQPL 22-027
- 1914
Fred Downer with Howe Sound & Northern Railway's first locomotive
- CA SQPL 22-026
- 1910
- CA SQPL 26-023
Garibaldi passenger car "junked" in North Yards in 1959. Use began again in 1974 with Royal Hudson.
Additional information from Trevor Mills, 01/2012: The PGE Garibaldi car was never used on the Royal Hudson train. The one on the Royal Hudson train was a CPR car that is owned by the Railway Museum in town and can be seen at West Coast Railway Heritage Park.
Photo by: H. Brightbill
Brightbill, Harry
Howe Sound & Northern Railway's first locomotive
- CA SQPL 22-035
- 1910
- CA SQPL 32-002
Part of G.J. Duff Photograph Collection
Left to right: Jack Manning (card), Minor Bazley, Alex McLennan, H Brightbill in front of locomotive.
Photo by: G.J. Duff.
In front of logging locomotive
- CA SQPL 06-019
- 1910 - 1913
Left to right: Harry Brightbill, Sainsbury (cook), Amedy Levesque in front of logging locomotive, 1910-1013.
Amedy Levesque and his partners, Leviolette, McIntyre, and Levesque Co. ("The French Boys") were the first to use high rigging extensively in the valley. To rig a 70 foot high spruce tree, Arthur McIntyre would go up the tree, no spures, and chop off branches as he went. When he was tired, Amedy Levsque went up, finished chopping off the branches, topped the tree, and hung the two guy lines and blocks.
James Eadie and Marsh Hurren Sr standing on Loco #51
- CA SQPL 44-002
Left to right: James Eadie and Marsh Hurren Sr standing on Loco #51
- CA SQPL 44-005
- CA SQPL 44-001
James Eadie outside train engine
- CA SQPL 44-003
Joe Confortin's brother and family in front of engine
- CA SQPL 19-061
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Joe Confortin's brother and family posing in front of a train engine decorated with flags. The women on the left are Mrs J. Johnson and Mrs M. Hurren.
- CA SQPL 11-045
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Left to right: Mr and Mrs J. Johnson with daughter, Joe Confortin's brother and family.