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Rails Across Ontario
Ron Brown
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Description for Rails Across Ontario
Paperback. For the first time, train buffs and history lovers will have a book that explores the heritage of Ontario's railways, from its oldest stations to its highest bridges, glamorous hotels (and some not-so-glamorous ones), scenic and historic train rides, rail trails, and sagging old ghost towns. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 412.
Explore Ontario’s rich railway heritage — from stations and hotels to train rides, bridges, water towers, and roundhouses.
Rails Across Ontario will take the reader back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape.
Read about historic stations, railway museums, heritage train rides, and historic bridges. Follow old rail lines along Ontario’s most popular rail trails. Find out where steam engines still puff across farm fields and where historic train coaches lead deep into the wilds of Ontario’s scenic north country. Discover long forgotten but once vital railway structures, such as roundhouses, coal docks, and ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781459707535
SKU
V9781459707535
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ron Brown
Ron Brown is a geographer and freelance travel writer. He has published more than twenty books, including Rails Across the Prairies, The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, and Back Roads of Ontario. He is past chair of the Writers' Union of Canada and leads bus tours to Ontario's many unusual sights. He lives in Toronto
Reviews for Rails Across Ontario
Ron Brown’s book takes a travel writer’s historical look at all the factors that have made Ontario’s rail network what it is today. There is a wealth of history here, as one can imagine… [Rails Across Ontario] is to be enjoyed for its look at all the different aspects connected to the development of the railways and their infrastructure.
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