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Railways of Winnipeg (Volume One)
by Fred Headon This work is the first in a series on Canada’s “railway city” and looks at the many lines which operated into this area from 1877. Packed with previously unpublished photographs, this is a “must” for all interested in Canada’s railways. Published August 2003. |
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Canadian Pacific in the Rockies
by Donald Bain This was our first tentative step into publishing in 1978 to fill an almost complete lack of books on the railway west of Calgary. The first volume has now sold over 17,000 copies and as the series evolved, the coverage spread both eastwards and westwards such that it deals with everything between Kenora, Ontario and Vancouver Island. There are ten volumes but Nos. 2 and 7 are out of print. We can, however, supply photocopies. Please contact us for details. |
Canadian Pacific in the West (Volume One) by Donald Bain and Doug
Phillips
The continuation of Canadian Pacific in the Rockies to keep the
volume numbers low.
Canadian Pacific in the
West (Volume Two) by Donald Bain and David Maiers
Includes the great shots of Joe Boreskie taken in Manitoba and
the complete story of the Lake Louise Tramway. In addition, there
are two of Nick Morant's greatest shots and views of the
locomotives on the 1939 Royal Trains.
Canadian National in the West
by Al Love and Ray Matthews
The equivalent of Canadian Pacific in the Rockies but dealing
with Canada's "other" railway west of Winnipeg and
concentrating on Edmonton, Jasper, Kamloops, Vancouver, etc. Six
volumes.
Canadian Pacific's Rossland Subdivision
by the late Gib Kennedy
This deals with the area around Castlegar, Trail and Rossland in
B.C.
Canadian Pacific in Southern British
Columbia by the late Gib Kennedy
A follow-up to the previous volume covering the area from Nelson
westwards to Grand Forks.
Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan and
Kootenay Valleys by Jim Hope
The first volume deals with the railways and lake services
between Sicamous, Penticton, Nelson and Revelstoke in steam days
but unfortunately is now out of print. The second volume handles
the same area in the early days of diesel-electric locomotives.
Canadian Pacific's Big Hill by
Floyd Yeats
A comprehensive look at the line between Field, B.C. and Lake
Louise, Alberta before and after the construction of the Spiral
Tunnels. Now in its fifth printing, this was written by Floyd
Yeats who was an engineman on the Canadian for many years. Floyd
passed away in June 2000.
Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks
by Jan Booth and Roger Steed
The line between Golden and Revelstoke from its construction in
the 1880s through to the completion of the new Selkirk tunnel
beneath the Rogers Pass. The second volume concentrates on
operations since the new tunnel was completed.
The Pacific Great Eastern/The British
Columbia Railway by Timothy Horton
A series of five works covering the history of BC's own railway
from its beginnings in 1912 up to the 1990s, including Canada's
only mainline electric system. The system stretches north from
Vancouver, through Quesnel, Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort St.
John to Fort Nelson. The Pacific
Great Eastern Railway (Volume Three) has just been published and
contains much data and photographs which have come to light as a
result of the first two volumes. Timothy is now working on the
third volume of The British Columbia Railway.
Northern Alberta Railways by
Colin Hatcher and "Swanny" Swanson
Two volumes looking at the joint CP/CN lines extending north from
Edmonton to Dawson Creek, Peace River, etc. A third work, dealing
with the history of operations and with complete power, passenger
equipment, freight stock, work cars and leased power was publishe
in early 1998. CN has now sold the system.
Canadian Pacific from Calgary to Edmonton
by Brian McLoughlin
A review of this important line from its construction in the
1890s.
Canadian Pacific in Alberta and
Saskatchewan by Les Kozma and Charles Bohi
A look at branch lines in two of the prairie provinces in the
days of steam and diesels.
Calgary Transit Then & Now by
Donald Bain
A 66 page book with over 100 photographs of Calgary's streetcars,
trolley coaches, motor buses and LRT cars. The complete story of
a progressive transit system and the only one where buses have
been replaced by streetcars not once, but twice!
Canadian Pacific and Candian National in
Southern B.C. by Ernie Ottewell
A CP engineman with over 40 years service looks back over his
long career with the aid of photographs he took while operating
many of the locomotives and units shown in the work
Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in B.C.
(Volumes One and Two) by Jim Hope and Donald Bain
Jim Hope has spent the last 60 years taking photographs of the
railways in western Canada. This work includes some of his best
shots taken from 1935 to the mid-1950s between Kamloops and
Field.
The Great Northern and Northern Pacific in
Canada by Lawrence Stuckey and Donald Bain
These two American railroads had extensions into Canada which
have been more or less ignored in the past. This work covers the
GN/NP/ BN/BNSF history in Canada.
Canadian Pacific's Kettle Valley Railways
by Joe Smuin
Joe Smuin's fine review of the Second Mainline in Southern B.C. A
history of the railway from its ear;iest days until its final
demise in 1959. A fine mix of information from one of the
foremost KVR historians who has personal knowledge of the
railway's operations.
The Railways of Edmonton by
Alan Vanterpool
This 50 page work covers the history of the 14 railways which
vied for supremacy in Alberta's capital city. Now only CP, CN and
VIA remain.
The Railways of Calgary
(Volumes One and Two) The Early Years of Steam and The Later
Years of Steam by Donald Bain
and Ray Matthews
These two volumes illustrate the development of Calgary's
railways from the arrival of the first construction train in 1883
up to end of steam in the mid to late-1950s. Both works include a
wealth of information as well as many historic photographs.
The Railways of
Calgary (Volume Three) by
Kevin Franchuk
The final work in the series deals with the introduction of the
diesels and their takeover of all railway operations on both
transcontinental systems. One photgraph was taken only just over
two weeks before publication!
Canadian Pacific in Manitoba (Volumes One
and Two) by Lawrence Stuckey
Two volumes by one of Canada's premier railway photographers.
Full of data on Canada's number one railway in an area which has
been more or less ignored in the past. See Royal
Hudsons in their prime on the flatlands ( which
aren't that flat!)
Canadian National in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan by David Maiers
Our youngest author was very upset that we had published nothing
on his favourite railway in his part of Canada. He contacted us
to see if we would do anything about this and ended up writing
this work which deals with the "other" railway in the
prairie provinces.
Men of Steam -The Early Careers of Floyd
and Bill Yeats on the Canadian Pacific Railway
Bill Yeats has written about the
human side of firing and driving steam power in the 1940s and 50s
out of Calgary
