The untold history of the maritime branches of two giants of early-twentieth-century Canadian railroads. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, two giants of Canadian rail transportation, each operated maritime shipping ventures during the early twentieth century. Numerous vessels, including sidewheel, paddlewheel, and propeller steamers, tugboats, and barges, helped to build and serve these railways. Passenger and merchant ships sailed the West Coast, the Great...
Transportation history buffs rejoice. Ride the rails and the waves in this special two-book collection on the great railways from Canada’s past. <br/> <br/> <i>Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways</i> <br/> The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime branches of two of Canada’s great transcontinental railways of the early twentieth century: the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern....
