Railway Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific, the World's Greatest Travel System
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| ISBN: | 9781772033502 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1: Ribbons of Steel -- The Saga of the Three Last Spikes -- The Big Hill -- Taking Cover from Avalanches -- The Evolving Pacific Terminus -- Mail by Rail -- Record Statistics for the Big Bridge -- Phantom Train Presaged Disaster -- Schwitzer's Railway Pretzel -- Face-Off with the Montreal Canadiens -- The "Other Route" Gets a Great Express -- Odd Occurences in the Connaught Tunnel -- The Greening of the Prairies -- Riding the Side-Door Pullman -- Rolling Schoolhouses -- Kids Knew the Drill in the Dental Car -- Another Chinook Blows Down the Tracks -- Stampeder Special Changed the Game -- Running Out of Steam -- Vamoose Caboose -- Part 2: Railroaders, Rebels, and Royalty -- Chinese Navvies -- Railway Boss Defends Chinese Labour -- The Pioneer Guide and the Public Relations Man -- Not Just a Man's World -- Van Horne's Garden of Eden -- The Tragic BC Architect -- Prince Fushimi's Diplomatic Voyage -- The Unsinkable Captain Hendall -- The Empire's Prince Charming -- Last of the Operating Giants -- Ice Gangs Kept Passengers Cool -- Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines -- Not Just "Coffee, Tea, or Me? -- The Guru of Railway Historians -- Fateful Rendezvous with a Ghostly Mistress -- Part 3: Theatres of War -- The First World War Afloat -- Railway Troops Show Steely Resolve -- Locomotive Engineer's Heroic Sacrifice -- If You Can't Hide from Them, Dazzle Them -- The North Atlantic Was a Marine Graveyard -- Doughty Ship Did Not Disgrace the Service -- Bombers by Airmail -- Golden Aircraft Fund -- Forced Guests of the Japanese -- The Aerodrome of Democracy -- Secret Trains of 1943 -- Valentine Greetings for Hitler -- Part 4: Urban Castles and Rustic Resorts -- The Miraculous Waters of Caledonia -- Crossroads of Empire -- Tramway to Paradise | |
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