Vancouver Island Railroads - Hardcover

Robert D. Turner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155039083X ISBN 13: 9781550390834

Publisher: Sono Nis Press, 1996

Synopsis

This second, revised, enlarged and updated edition provides a fascinating history of railroading on Vancouver Island. Steam, diesel, narrow-gauge, copper haulers, trestles and Baldwins...from sophisticated to improvised, this book looks at them all. Includes concise histories of the CP's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, branch lines of the Canadian National, electric street railway and interurban systems, vintage coal mining and logging railways against a backdrop of the Island's beautiful forests. Illustrated throughout with almost 300 black and white as well as color photos. With maps and bibliography. 186 pages with index.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sono Nis Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 155039083X
• ISBN 13: 9781550390834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 186