WEST OF THE GREAT DIVIDE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1880-1986
by Turner, Robert D
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0919203515
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203518
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Victoria, BC: Sono Nis Press, 1990. First edition, fourth printing . Hardcover. A detailed, sensitive account of construction, day-to-day operations, engineering achievements such as the Spiral and Connaught tunnels, battles with endless winter snows and mountain grades, the Kettle Valley Railway, Kootenay branch lines and the route through Crowsnest Pass, the Esquimalt & Nanaimo, locomotives and equipment, steam era passenger servieces, dieselization and the first generation of diesel power, The Canadian, modern unit trains, and the grade revisions of the 1980s. 336 pages with photographs, a few in color, maps, rosters, bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Near fine with bump and break to cover material at top of spine. In very good dust jacket with mild edge wear and tape mend to the reverse.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27576
- Title
- WEST OF THE GREAT DIVIDE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1880-1986
- Author
- Turner, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, fourth printing
- ISBN 10
- 0919203515
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203518
- Publisher
- Sono Nis Press
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 1sted, railroads, railroading, railroad, trains, locomotives, Canada.
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Talent, Oregon
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