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Passing Trains The changing face of Canadian Railroading By Greg McDonnell DJ
Passing Trains The changing face of Canadian Railroading By Greg McDonnell
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket Reflection for lights on some photos
Copyright 1996
160 Pages
CONTENTS
Essays
Winds of Change7
A Mari Usque ad Mare10
Lost in the Land of Evangeline16
Last Train to Clarksville19
Of Poets and Prime Ministers24
Nevermore Newfoundland29
From Izma's to the Island 32
Riviere du Loup Revisited 36
One for the Books 41
Sleepless in Megantic44
Montreal West Winters50
On Her Majesty's Service 58
Facing the Wrecking Ball60
The Greatest Show on Earth66
Lake Effects and Legends 74
Always Look Back77
The Price of Progress86
Superior101
Old Soldiers105
El Dorado!110
Ten-hundred Territory113
Van Home's Wheat123
Miracle at Ogden130
Independence Day 132
Slide Zone143
North Bend Beanery150
Monument at Mileage 154.5154
Drawing upon the experiences of a thousand journeys and the efforts of some of the most talented railroad photographers in the world, this book is a time machine set to embark on a trans-Canada journey through the distant and not-so-distant past, a chance to observe and experience railroading through an unforgettable season of change.
Ride the plush cushions of a heavyweight coach on a DAR mixed train and venture into the CN shop at Charlottetown; relive memories at Riviere du Loup, Megantic and Montreal West, and hang on as a battered Goderich-Exeter snowplow does battle with headlight-deep drifts in the legendary Lake Huron snowbelt. Explore CN's legendary Spadina roundhouse just moments ahead of the wrecking ball, and step into the CPR train-order office at Streetsville. Cling to the seatbox of a CNR U-1-b Mountain as a veteran engineer speeds Passenger Extra 6034 East out of Sarnia. Venture across the Prairies, tracking CN's unique six-axle Ten-hundreds, and witness holsters and machinists tending to Selkirks and Royal Hudson at Medicine Hat. Consider the case for a Canadian independence day as CP Extra 5737 West tops the Continental Divide in a Rocky Mountain blizzard. Pause in the company of a wrecked Alco beached on the shore of Seton Lake, and wait for the White Pass & Yukon mixed train with Sasha, "the Bennett dog."
All aboard for an inspirational ride across Canada-and an informed, first-hand look at the changing face of Canadian railroading.
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