Author: Gary W Ness
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN: 9781771081689
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For a hundred years (1894-1994), the Dominion Atlantic Railway served the people of western Nova Scotia--from Yarmouth to Halifax--faithfully. In this new edition to the Images of Our Past series, author Gary Ness traces the history of the line through gorgeous photographs and fascinating stories from the people who worked along the route and the passengers who used the trains to travel through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Includes over 150 black and white photos.
The Dominion Atlantic Railway
Author: Gary W Ness
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN: 9781771081689
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For a hundred years (1894-1994), the Dominion Atlantic Railway served the people of western Nova Scotia--from Yarmouth to Halifax--faithfully. In this new edition to the Images of Our Past series, author Gary Ness traces the history of the line through gorgeous photographs and fascinating stories from the people who worked along the route and the passengers who used the trains to travel through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Includes over 150 black and white photos.
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN: 9781771081689
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For a hundred years (1894-1994), the Dominion Atlantic Railway served the people of western Nova Scotia--from Yarmouth to Halifax--faithfully. In this new edition to the Images of Our Past series, author Gary Ness traces the history of the line through gorgeous photographs and fascinating stories from the people who worked along the route and the passengers who used the trains to travel through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Includes over 150 black and white photos.
End of the Line
Author: Mike Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988286761
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
There was a time when railways criss-crossed Nova Scotia, carrying passengers and delivering mail, moving freight and produce, hauling timber, coal, gypsum, and iron ore. But those days have passed thanks in large measure to the advent of the automobile, improved highways, long-haul trucking, and the vagaries of market demands and resource extraction. The number of railways operating today in the province can be tallied on one hand, with fingers left over. Vestiges of Nova Scotia's railway heritage are disappearing. Tracks are now Rails to Trails; trestle bridges have deteriorated to decrepitude; and train stations, once the arterial pulse for so many communities, have, for the most part, disappeared. Most poignant, perhaps, is the silencing of that magical, haunting train whistle. Mike Parker's latest book End of the Line follows a similar track as three of his earlier best-selling books about ghost towns and deserted island settlements. Presented in Mike's popular storytelling style, and drawing upon more than 430 images, many of them in colour, End of the Line opens another window to the past, taking the reader for a nostalgic trip back in time on the abandoned Dominion Atlantic Railway along the once-famous Land of Evangeline route from Yarmouth to Halifax through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Twenty-five years have passed since the demise of the Dominion Atlantic Railway (1894-1994), which closed just one month and five days short of its one hundredth birthday. There have been many railways but none more storied than the D.A.R., considered to be "one of the more important pages out of Nova Scotia history."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988286761
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
There was a time when railways criss-crossed Nova Scotia, carrying passengers and delivering mail, moving freight and produce, hauling timber, coal, gypsum, and iron ore. But those days have passed thanks in large measure to the advent of the automobile, improved highways, long-haul trucking, and the vagaries of market demands and resource extraction. The number of railways operating today in the province can be tallied on one hand, with fingers left over. Vestiges of Nova Scotia's railway heritage are disappearing. Tracks are now Rails to Trails; trestle bridges have deteriorated to decrepitude; and train stations, once the arterial pulse for so many communities, have, for the most part, disappeared. Most poignant, perhaps, is the silencing of that magical, haunting train whistle. Mike Parker's latest book End of the Line follows a similar track as three of his earlier best-selling books about ghost towns and deserted island settlements. Presented in Mike's popular storytelling style, and drawing upon more than 430 images, many of them in colour, End of the Line opens another window to the past, taking the reader for a nostalgic trip back in time on the abandoned Dominion Atlantic Railway along the once-famous Land of Evangeline route from Yarmouth to Halifax through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Twenty-five years have passed since the demise of the Dominion Atlantic Railway (1894-1994), which closed just one month and five days short of its one hundredth birthday. There have been many railways but none more storied than the D.A.R., considered to be "one of the more important pages out of Nova Scotia history."
Nothing Like It In the World
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives
Author: Omer Lavallée
Publisher: West Hill, Ont. : Railfare Enterprises
ISBN: 9780919130340
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher: West Hill, Ont. : Railfare Enterprises
ISBN: 9780919130340
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Canadian Pacific
Author: Greg McDonnell
Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN: 9781550464023
Category : Chemins de fer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A tribute to the Canadian Pacific Railway featuring the work of North America's top rail photographers -- photography and essays cover the entire CPR system and capture the drama and pleasure of another era.
Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN: 9781550464023
Category : Chemins de fer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A tribute to the Canadian Pacific Railway featuring the work of North America's top rail photographers -- photography and essays cover the entire CPR system and capture the drama and pleasure of another era.
The Railway Builders
Author: Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Author: HAROLD ADAMS. INNIS
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033266236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033266236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Report of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada for the Year Ended ...
Author: Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Report of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada
Author: Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description