Download or read book Rails Across Canada written by Tom Murray and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely presented histories of each railroad, along with more than 300 photographs, including rare archival black-and-white images and modern and period color photography sourced from national archives and private collections.
Download or read book Canadian Railroads Versus Railroads of the United States written by Joseph Nimmo Jr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Canadian Railroads Versus Railroads of the United States: What Shall We Do About It? In the relations of the two countries to ea ch other touching the interests of transportation, we have' also, first and last, given much and received little. The State of New York, in the year 1826, completed the Erie Canal, from Lake Erie to the Hudson, and thus placed our Northwest Territory in commercial communication with the Atlantic seaboard. At once Canada began the construction of a system of improvements, embracing the Welland and St. Lawrence canals, costing in the aggregate about fifty million dollars, for the sole pur pose of competing for the same prize; and later on she has constructed a railroad system, which, like her canal system, draws its life-blood from American commerce. During the last fifty years the United States has con tributed hundreds of millions of dollars toward sustain ing the transportation lines and the commercial interests of Canada, and in return we have not drawn one-hun dredth part as much from the domestic and foreign com merce of the Dominion. Even now, while denying to our fishermen the right to ship the products of their in dustry through her territory to their home markets, her railroads are carrying millions of dollars' worth of American goods between American ports. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railroad Safety written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Railroads Versus Railroads of the United States written by Joseph Nimmo (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Railroads Versus Railroads of the United States what Shall We Do about It written by Joseph Nimmo and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reciprocity of Transportation Facilities Between the United States and the Dominion of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway written by Joseph Nimmo and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reciprocity on Transportation Facilities Between the United States and the Dominion of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway written by United States Statistics Bureau. Treasury Department and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railway Interrelations of the United States and Canada written by William John Wilgus and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian National Railway written by Tom Murray and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Tom Murray provides an unprecedented look at a national icon, from its genesis amid the turmoil surrounding World War I to its acquisition of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and its lease of BC Rail, both in 2003. In addition to exploring Canadian National operations and equipment through depression, war, modernization, and acquisitions, Murray explains how the railway affected and was influenced by the vast and varied regions it served. Marvelous photography from top shooters and Canadian archives, along with period timetables and print ads, illustrate CN's extraordinary geographic reach, diverse operations, and social and economic roles, both as a government entity for 70-plus years and more recently as a privatized industry exemplar.
Download or read book The History of American Railroads No 06003 written by John Brian Hollingsworth and published by . This book was released on 1984-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the railways of North America is also a history of the development of two great nations: the United States and Canada. The coming of the railroad made the rapid expansion and growth of the two countries possible in the 19th century, and today railroads form a vital network across the continent. By the 1930s railways reached their pinnacle of development: some 15,000 passenger trains departed each day. By the time Amtrak was established in 1971, many famous names like the Super Chief, the Twentieth Century Limited and the California Zephyr had disappeared, perhaps forever. After years of decline, the late 1970s and early 1980s have seen U.S. and Canadian railroads showing signs of recovering, albeit slowly. The book covers the very latest equipment and rolling stock and explains how the consolidation of the railroad companies has made them more efficient.
Download or read book Return of the Railroads to Private Ownership written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grand Trunk Corporation written by Donovan L. Hofsommer and published by East Lansing : Michigan State University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Detroit, Michigan-based Grand Trunk Corporation was established more than two decades ago by Canadian National to oversee and maximize the potential of its railroad holdings in the United States. By making use of corporate records, oral histories, and archival material, Hofsommer uncovers the interesting and complex history of the Grand Trunk from its inception in 1971 through 1992. Grand Trunk Corporation is complete in its detail, giving new insight into the turbulent era of deregulation, free trade, repositioning of basic industry, and the realities of the new economic order along with Canadian National's expectations for all three railroads: Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont, and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific.
Download or read book Railroads and the American People written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads and the American People is a sparkling paean to American railroading by one of its finest historians.
Download or read book Poor s Manual of the Railroads of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada 1896 1914 written by John Andrew Eagle and published by Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large federal cash subsidy aided CPR construction of the Crows Nest Pass Railway from Lethbridge, Alberta, to Nelson, British Columbia. The line, completed in late 1898, was designed to en-courage mining and smelting in the Kootenays and to link this region with Central Canada. From 1989 to 1914 the Great Northern Railroad in the United States also built lines into southern British Columbia to tap this valuable mining traffic. The CPR completed a line to Vancouver in 1915, by which time it dominated the regional traffic. However, it still faced competition for this traffic from the Great Northern which had allied itself with the Canadian Northern Railway. John Eagle examines the lengthy and bitter conflict which resulted between the two railways. Eagle provides the first scholarly analysis of the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897. Under this historic agreement, the CPR stimulated prairie agriculture by lowering its freight rates on grain, matching both the lower rates of the Canadian Northern on grain and the rates on wheat established under the Manitoba Agreement of 1901. The development of southern British Columbia also opened a new market for prairie grain and cattle. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada challenges the prevailing view that CPR land policies were designed primarily to promote settlement in order to generate traffic for the railway. Eagle argues that the railway adopted policies which maximized profits from its agricultural lands so that proceeds from prairie land sales became an important source of revenue for the company.
Download or read book Transportation Interests of the United States and Canada written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railroads Across North America written by Claude Wiatrowski and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and the culture surrounding it. Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, modern images, maps, timetables, tickets, brochures, and all manner of memorabilia, this volume offers a fascinating look at the rail industrys beginnings and development, as well as its place in American history. From the might of the major rail companies and their empires to the romance of rail travel, this is the full and fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved a nation--and stirs our imaginations to this day.
