Via Rail(1st Edition)

Authors:

Christopher C N Greenlaw

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ISBN: 0760325294, 978-0760325292

Book publisher: Voyageur Press

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Book Price $0 : Go VIA Rail And See Canada: Here Is Canadaâ??s National Railway, Covering 14,000 Kilometers Of Track From The Atlantic To The Pacific, And From The Great Lakes To Hudson Bay. This Illustrated History Tells The Story Of How, Starting In The Early 1970s, VIA Rail Became A Separate Crown Corporation, Once And For All Relieving The Old Canadian National And Canadian Pacific Railways Of Their Beleaguered Passenger Operations. It Is A Story Rich In Historyâ??and Marked With Failures And Misfortunes Right Up To Our Day, When A Need For Convenient, Fuel-efficient Mass Transportation Holds Out Hope For A Renaissance.Archival And Modern Photography, Route Maps, And Print Ads Help Detail The History Of VIA Railâ??s Motive Power And Passenger Cars From The Likes Of General Motors, Bombardier, Montreal Locomotive Works, And Budd Company, As Well Such Passenger Trains As The Canadian, The Atlantic, The Ocean, And The Super Continental. Chris Greenlaw Also Explains All Of The Political Machinations That Have Inevitably Shaped The Railroad, And Delves Into Its Connection With Amtrak Via The Maple Leaf.