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“terry gainer”

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  • When Trains Ruled the Rockies

    My Life at the Banff Railway Station

    by Terry Gainer ...
    When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962.Drawn from Terry Gainer’s personal memories and experiences from his years living and working at the legendary Banff Railway Station, this entertaining memoir and important historical record beckons the reader into the golden age of railway travel in the mountains of western Canada.Complete with a ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • When Trains Ruled the Kootenays

    A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia

    by Terry Gainer ...
    A popular history of late 19th and early 20th century railways as they blasted their way into southeastern British Columbia.When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient transportation network to haul ore from the mines, move people, and service the communities during the early years of the 20th century in the Kootenay region of British ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Soo Line’s Famous Trains to Canada

    by Terry Gainer ...
    The Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada–USA tourist trains.Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local millers in Minneapolis, the Soo would eventually come to join the Canadian Pacific line at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with service to Montreal. In 1888, Canadian Pacific assumed controlling interest in the ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

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  • Rails Across the Prairies

    The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces

    by Ron Brown ...
    Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rails Across Canada

    The History of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways

    by Tom Murray ...
    Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Whistle Posts West

    Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon

    by Mary Trainer, Brian Antonson, Rick Antonson ...
    Everybody has a train story. Whether it comes from a distant relative who worked on the railways or from a family train trip that formed a lasting impression of the Canadian landscape, trains inspire a sense of wonder and nostalgia. They are embedded in the history of Canada as a whole and western Canada in particular, and for generations they were how most people travelled and saw the country. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Carving the Western Path: By River, Rail, and Road Through B.C.'s Southern Mountains

    By River, Rail, and Road Through B.C.'s Southern Mountains

    by R. G. Harvey ...
    A century of dealmaking and government misdeeds forms the backdrop of this entertaining account of sternwheelers, iron horses and mountain roads. Battling factions of rail builders crossed many a line in the sand as they carved up both the land and the spoils of industry.Did both federal and provincial politicians wittingly sabotage road construction programs to the benefit of the rail barons? ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Carving the Western Path: By River, Rail, and Road Through Central and Northern B.C.

    By River, Rail, and Road Through Central and Northern B.C.

    by R. G. Harvey ...
    The history of British Columbia's transportation systems north of the Canadian National Railway's mainline may not be well known—but it certainly is colourful. Continuing the story he began in the first volume of Carving the Western Path, R.G. Harvey describes the development of river, road and rail routes that crossed the northern two-thirds of BC.This was a land of dreams and schemes that seemed ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Dundurn Railroad Bundle

    In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across Ontario / Rails Across the Prairies / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

    by Ron Brown ...
    Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railroads, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special four-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: the poignant The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, an examination of the railroad’s impact on communities – when ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rails Over the Mountains

    Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada's Western Mountains

    by Ron Brown ...
    Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada’s western mountains.Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Calgary Album

    Glimpses of the Way We Were

    by Mark Kozub, Janice Tuff ...
    Before becoming the oil capital of the nation, Calgary was a nineteenth-century boomtown in the heart of Alberta. The roots of great prosperity were growing, despite the fact that politicians and the general public believed the West was best left to the trapper and trader.Nurtured by a sense of vision and the sweat of good old-fashioned hard work, Calgary grew, and has now blossomed into a world ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • High Peaks Engineering

    Rocky Mountain Marvels

    by L.D. Cross ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Building transportation routes through the Rockies is dangerous. It always has been. It is also expensive, labour-intensive, and highly political. But railway and highway construction through the western cordillera succeeded thanks to scientific innovation and sheer human grit. In the nineteenth century, steam locomotives, railways, tunnels, trestles, and telegraphy represented the hi-tech ... Read more

    $7.19 USD