Despite the ‘green’ benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada’s landscapes. This book revisits the times when railways were the country’s economic lifeline, and the station the social centre. Here was where we worked, played, listened to political speeches, or simply...
About the author
Ron Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada’s World Wonders and The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. A...
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9781459717794 ● File size 18.6 MB ● Publisher Dundurn ● City Toronto ● Country CA ● Published 2008 ● Edition 3 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5277280 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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