Author: Robert D. TurnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781550392128
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Vancouver Island's Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Author: Robert D. TurnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781550392128
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author: This Was Railroading
Author: George B. AbdillPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787208273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This is Part 1 of a historical collection of rare photos and true stories about the tracks, trains and trainmen of the Pacific Northwest...including Northern California. Railroading is the massive Mallet and the caboose hop. It is the lonely track walker, the roundhouse rumors, the water tender, the engineer’s long-spouted oil can. It is the age of steam centered in the most romantic field of industry and commerce ever to intrigue Mr. America. And here in this book of beauty and memory is the graphic story of railroading as the “New West” saw it and rode with it. Railroading to author George B. Abdill is the sound and picture of black bulk streaking and shrieking through the night with a jet of steam trailing back along the boiler. He saw and heard this as a boy on an Oregon farm and has carried it in his heart ever since. Now as a Southern Pacific engineer—“hoghead” to you—and a dedicated collector of railroadiana, he raises the lid of his personal locker to all other railroaders, active and armchair. Get into the cab and as Engineer Abdill steams up the grade he’ll spin you tales of the rails and illustrate them with a part of his precious collection, many of these photographs museum pieces of the first water, most of them never before published, all are rare.
Chapters 214-279. Indexes
Author: British ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
The Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway
Author: Robert D. TurnerPublisher: Sono NIS Press
ISBN: 9781550392043
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
United Empire
Author: Geography of British Columbia
Author: Brett McGillivrayPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842229
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Brett McGillivray focuses first on the combination of physical processes that produced a spectacular variety of mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, fjords, forests, and minerals, explaining the forces that created the province and the natural hazards that can reshape it. A concise examination of B.C. historical geography follows, covering First Nations ways of life, colonization, Asian immigration, and the sad history of institutionalized racism. The second half of the book contains a detailed description of the economic geography of the province, with chapters on forestry, the salmon fishery, metal mining, energy supply and demand, agriculture, water, and the tourism industry. It addresses the present-day issues of urbanization, economic development, and resource management, providing a thorough background to these topics and suggesting what the future might hold. This up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of the rich historical geography and development of British Columbia will be welcomed by teachers, students, scholars, and everyone with an interest in the province.
The Law Journal Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
The Law Journal Reports
Author: Henry D. BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Along the E&N
Author: Glen A. MoffordPublisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1771512881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In 1885, Vancouver Island’s E&N rail service carried coal to smelters and ships, and the towns in the railway’s path prospered as the tracks expanded. Along the E&N celebrates the historic and still-surviving hotels and roadhouses that sprung up near the E&N. Within this carefully researched historical narrative, you’ll find stories of the halfway house in the Esquimalt District, the murder and suicide at the Mt Sicker Hotel, and the iconic Quinsam Hotel in Campbell River, burned down in 2017. Peppered with stories of patrons and proprietors alike, this book chronicles the history of sixty hotels—most long gone, destroyed by fire, or simply demolished. Featuring some of the old hotels remodelled into modern-day neighbourhood pubs—such as the Rod & Gun, the Fanny Bay Inn, the Shady Rest, the Cumberland Pub, and the Waverley Pub—Along the E&N resonates with the haunting echoes of the train’s iconic whistle.