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Cordwood Limited A History of the Victoria & Sidney Railway by Hearn & Wilkie SC
The Cordwood Limited A History of the Victoria & Sidney Railway by George Hearn and David Wilkie
Softbound
Copyright 1966, Revised 1971
83 pgs
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Early Railroad Schemes Surveying the Route Financing Arranged Start of Construction Elk Lake Relocation First Rolling Stock
Temporary Southern Terminus
Early Operations
Victoria Terminal Railway & Ferry Company
Commencement of Victoria City & Mainland Extensions
The Great Northern Purchase
New Mainland Rail Connections
Mainland to Island Connecting Link SS "Victorian" Additional Motive Power
Service Complaints
Further Extension of G.N. Control
Operating Problems The G.N. Locomotives A New Victoria Station Passenger Problems
City and Province versus Railway Company Competition-B.C.E.R.
G.N. Gas-Electric Car
Further Competition - Canadian Northern Pacific Railway New G.N. Barge Slip
The Big Snow of 1916 The Last Run
V & S in Receivership Sidney Branch Sold to C.N. End of an Era
Roster of Locomotives
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