Journey through the spectacular railway heritage of Canada's western mountains.
Ron Brown explores the grand railway hotels built to attract tourists to the West's scenery, the rustic stations, and the ingenious feats of engineering that conquering the mountains demanded, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles. He also covers steam excursions, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, rail trails laid on abandoned roadbeds like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway, and some of Canada's most extensive railway museums.
Features
- Subject: the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
- Author: Ron Brown
- Stations, hotels, engineering feats, excursions and rail trails
- Published by Dundurn Press
Journey through the spectacular railway heritage of Canada's western mountains.
Ron Brown explores the grand railway hotels built to attract tourists to the West's scenery, the rustic stations, and the ingenious feats of engineering that conquering the mountains demanded, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles. He also covers steam excursions, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, rail trails laid on abandoned roadbeds like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway, and some of Canada's most extensive railway museums.
Features
- Subject: the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
- Author: Ron Brown
- Stations, hotels, engineering feats, excursions and rail trails
- Published by Dundurn Press