 2007 034 978
Knight Fonds
Title: Dunrobin Centennial Train
Description: The Dunrobin Centennial Train of 1960
is coming through the Diamond Crossing just south of Ladysmith,
B. C.
Date: Circa 1960
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
Events
Centennials
 2007 034 979
Knight Fonds
Title: Dunrobin Centennial Train
Description: The Centennial train “Dunrobin”, a British train which was
owned by Governor Dunrobin, now resides at Fort Steel.
Date: Circa 1960
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
Events
Centennials
 2007 034 980
Knight Fonds
Title: Kay Grouhel, in the Cab of the Dunrobin
Description: Kay Grouhel, Mayor of Ladysmith, in the cab of the
English locomotive Dunrobin on the visit to Ladysmith during the visit
of the train during the Centennial celebration.
Date: Circa 1960
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
Events
Centennial
 2007 034 1089
Knight Fonds
Title: Saddle Tanker
Description: Three crewmen with unknown saddle tanker which
is pulling a load of loaded cars on a switching track.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1090
Knight Fonds
Title: Saddle Tanker at shop.
Description: Two crewmen working on unknown saddle
tanker at the Shop.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1095
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive 4-6-0
Description: Locomotive 4-6-0 with a passenger car with people
departing from it. The engineer is in the cab of the engine.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1096
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive 4-6-0
Description: Unknown.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1100
Knight Fonds
Title: Interior of the Cab of a locomotive
Description: Interior of the Cab of a locomotive which reveals
all the controls that the engineer uses to run the locomotive.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1310
Knight Fonds
Title: Cattle pens, Ladysmith, B. C.
Descriptions: The cattle pens were used to hold cattle
that were delivered from local farms. The rail cars are on a siding.
The cows would be loaded into the rail cars and shipped via rail barges to
Vancouver to a big packing house like Burns. The cow pens were
located on the water side of Esplanade Avenue.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Services
Transportation
Rail Transportation
Shipping
 2007 034 1311
Knight Fonds
Title: Cattle Pens, Ladysmith, B. C.
Description: A view of Esplanade Avenue in Ladysmith
showing the cattle pens which were used as holding pens for cattle
that would be shipped on waiting rail box cars which when
filled with cattle were shipped to Vancouver one a rail barge.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Services
Transportation
Rail Transportation
Shipping
 2007 034 1324
Knight Fonds
Title: Switch House at Diamond, Ladysmith, B. C.
Description: George Russell, was the Controller at the Switch
House at the Diamond just north of Ladysmith, B. C.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Transportation
Rail Transportation
 2007 034 1332
Knight Fonds
Title: George Russell
Description: George Russell in cab of locomotive as a brakeman
and later he was the switchman at the Diamond Crossing.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Occupations
Trades People
Engineers (Railroad)
 2007 034 1333
Knight Fonds
Title: the Water Tower at the Diamond Crossing
Description: Winter scene showing frozen water on the water Tower
where the trains that are hauling logs have to go over the E & N
railway and are switched so they can change to the track which
takes the logs to the booming grounds. It is the Macmillan and Bloedel
Diamond Water tower.
Date: Circa 1967
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Freight Trains
 2007 034 1352
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive #2
Description: Pacific Great Eastern #2 when it was retired is a static
display in Squamish.. It is a 2-6-2 and was built in 1910.
Date: Circa 1920
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1971
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive #4
Description: Locomotive #4 was built by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 1972
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive # 940
Description: A Baldwin locomotive # 940 was used by
British Columbia Electric. It was a 2-6-2.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 2171
Knight Fonds
Title: Hearse, Ladysmith, B. C.
Description: First child to die as a result of the flu
epidemic in Ladysmith, B. C. Hearse operated from
Siler’s stables. Near Harry Blair’s confectionery store.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids: Diseases
Influenza
 2007 034 2522
Knight Fonds
Title: Chemainus, B. C.
Description: Train going through Chemainus, B. C.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids:
Vehicles
Trains
Passenger Trains
 2007 034 2597
Knight Fonds
Title: Unknown Locomotive
Description: Unknown Locomotive
a 4-6-0.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids:
Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 2599
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive # 202, Vancouver, B. C.
Description: Vancouver Harbour Commissioner’s
Terminal Railway Locomotive #202 alongside
“Pacific Terminal Elevator”, grain elevators.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids:
Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
 2007 034 2600
Knight Fonds
Title: Locomotive # 3214
Description: Locomotive #3214 and freight
cars at Starks Crossing.
Date: Unknown
Finding Aids:
Vehicles
Trains
Locomotives
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