Series consists of photographs of locomotives and rolling stock of various railway companies operating in and near Vancouver. Photographs show steam, diesel, passenger, yard and freight locomotives, switchers and assorted cars including coaches, cabooses, heat cars, dome cars, passenger cars, street cars and interurbans.
Series consists of eight subseries: 1) Canadian Pacific Railway; 2) Canadian National Railway; 3) Great Northern Railway; 4) Northern Pacific Railway; 5) Miscellaneous railways; 6) British Columbia Electric Railway; 7) Pacific Great Eastern Railway and ; 8) Boxcars.