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Famous Name Trains
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Author : David Laurence Jones
language : en
Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House
Release Date : 2006
Famous Name Trains written by David Laurence Jones and has been published by Calgary : Fifth House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Have you ever wondered, while sitting in traffic or waiting to board a crowded airplane, what it was like to travel the rails? In his new book, Famous Name Trains: Travelling in Style with the CPR, former CPR archivist David Laurence Jones goes back in time to describe what it was like to travel on some of the CPR's famous "name trains," like the Pacific Express, the Imperial Limited, and the Canadian. Jones evokes both the practical interiors of the early colonist cars with their communal sleeping arrangements and wooden bench seats, and the luxury of the higher-end cars that looked and felt like rolling men's clubs with wooden veneers, plush carpets, and upholstered chairs. These first-class cars would later become five-star hotels on wheels. Jones tracks the evolution of the passenger train, detailing improvements in engine strength, heating, lighting, interior design, and innovative sleeping arrangements. Although the focus of the book is the CPR's famous name trains, Jones talks about other CPR enterprises that fed into and contributed to the railway. These included the dining halls and mountain chalets built at railway divisional points across the country, the rustic bungalow camps operated in both Ontario and within the Canadian Rockies, and the CPR's iron steamships that sailed the Great Lakes. Steamships like the Algoma, Alberta, and Athabasca provided passenger service between Owen Sound and what is now part of Thunder Bay, connecting passengers to CPR trains heading west. As the reader will find out, the steamships have their own stories to tell, both romantic and tragic. With a Foreward by Gary Anderson, director of the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel.
Railway Nation
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Author : David Laurence Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10
Railway Nation written by David Laurence Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10 with History categories.
A riveting, visually engaging collection of vignettes highlighting the rich heritage of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic railway, at its height CP also ran hotels, steamships, and an airline, and had myriad involvements in immigration, irrigation, resource development, war contributions, and international trade. It has been said that no other single corporation has shaped Canadian national identity as much as CP. Railway Nation: Tales of the World's Greatest Travel System is a compilation of more than fifty thrilling and historically significant stories based on colourful anecdotes and archival sources dating back to the company's golden era. From the construction of the ground-breaking Spiral Tunnels on what was previously the most dangerous and accident-prone stretch of railway track in the Rockies, to the CPR-manufactured Valentine tanks that helped the Soviet Union fight off the Nazis in World War II, to the long and frustrating struggle of CP stewardesses fighting against sexist employment policies, this lively and nuanced portrait of an iconic company is illustrated with fascinating archival photography and will be an essential addition to any Canadian history buff's library.
Last Train To Paradise
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Author : Graham Hutchins
language : en
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06
Last Train To Paradise written by Graham Hutchins and has been published by Exisle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06 with History categories.
No book exists specifically on the famous, popular ‘name’ trains that used to run on the New Zealand rail network. The Auckland-Opua Express once carried passengers to the Bay of Islands, the Onehunga Boat Train used to be part of the main route between Auckland and Wellington, and the Rotorua Limited enabled tourists and the well-to-do to take the waters in Rotorua. Later trains like the Silver Star and Northerner - even the Kaimai, Geyserland and Bay Expresses, withdrawn in 2001 - had a distinctive character too.Last Train to Paradise describes the halcyon days of New Zealand rail, some of which the author was fortunate enough to experience personally. The ‘name’ trains and journeys cover a considerable period of New Zealand’s history, from the late 1800s, through the ‘golden’ era of train travel (the first four decades of the 20th century), and conclude with the introduction of new services in the last half of the century. The railway lines described in the book cover every part of the country – and some that have almost been erased from popular memory. Almost everyone in the first half of the 20th century travelled by train – including royalty. In 1869 the first royal train journey from Lyttelton to Christchurch carried the Duke of Edinburgh; the first fully-fledged royal train carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (the future King George V and Queen Mary) plied the route of the Rotorua Limited and the South Island Express; in 1920 the Prince of Wales traversed the country by train with Lord Louis Mountbatten. In 1927 the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) travelled more than 1700 miles by royal train. Other distinguished visitors whose stories will be told in the book include the English comedian J.L.Toole and his company (1890), Australian poet Will Lawson, singers Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, Irish tenor John McCormack and Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin, Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski, ‘March King’ John Philip Sousa and his band, ballerina Anna Pavlova, the 17-year-old violinist Yehudi Menuhin, writers Rudyard Kipling, Zane Grey and George Bernard Shaw, and actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. The book will include a wide variety of fascinating and unfamiliar photographs, not just of the trains themselves but also of the people who travelled in them.
American Passenger Trains And Locomotives Illustrated
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Author : Mark Wegman
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Release Date : 2008-11-17
American Passenger Trains And Locomotives Illustrated written by Mark Wegman and has been published by Voyageur Press (MN) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-17 with Transportation categories.
A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age.
Famous Trains Of The 20th Century
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Author : Christopher Chant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Famous Trains Of The 20th Century written by Christopher Chant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Railroad trains categories.
Text and photographs present some of the best known and well remembered railroad trains of the past 100 years.
Annual Report Of The Interstate Commerce Commission
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Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Annual Report Of The Interstate Commerce Commission written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Interstate commerce categories.
Annual Report
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Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Annual Report written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Freight and freightage categories.
Searching For Justice
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Author : Fred Kaufman
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Searching For Justice written by Fred Kaufman and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Law categories.
The Honourable Fred Kaufman has been a distinguished figure in Canadian law for a half century. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in mid-1920s Vienna, Kaufman escaped to England on the eve of the Second World War. In 1940, he was interned as an 'enemy alien' and sent to Canada. Released in 1942, Kaufman stayed in Canada where he went on to university and law school in Montreal. Kaufman was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1955 and practiced criminal law for eighteen years, taking part in many of the famous cases of that period. In 1960, he secured the release of a young Pierre Elliott Trudeau from prison, and in 1973, Trudeau returned the favour by personally informing Kaufman of his appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, where he served for eighteen years, including one as Acting Chief Justice of Quebec. Since his retirement in 1991, Kaufman has led numerous commissions and inquiries, most notably the investigation into the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin and the two-year reassessment of the Steven Truscott case. Searching for Justice is Kaufman's remarkable story in his own words. It is the tale of adversity overcome in a crucial period of Canadian legal history.
New Haven Passenger Trains
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Author : Peter E. Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
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New Haven Passenger Trains written by Peter E. Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Santa Fe Railway
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Author : Steve Glischinski
language : en
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
Release Date : 1997-11-13
Santa Fe Railway written by Steve Glischinski and has been published by MBI Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11-13 with Transportation categories.
An enlightening historical overview of the world's most famous railway. Archival color photography captures the nostalgia of the locomotives, rolling stock, and scenic routes.