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When trains rules the Kootenays : a short history of railways in Southeastern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25533
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12w
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 240 pages : illustrations
- Series
- When Trains Ruled
- Subjects
- Travel
- Transportation
- Railways
- Railway routes
- History
- Abstract
- When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient transportation network to haul ore from the mines, move people, and service the communities during the early years of the 20th century in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Terry Gainer's latest book documents sixty years of change in the railway industry of British Columbia. The evolving transformations of life and landscape noted in the text and photos also reflect a period of rapid change in Canada. Threaded through the narrative are anecdotes from Kootenay pioneers recounting their experiences and the means of transportation of the times. -- Publisher's website
- Contents
- Part I : Rails to the Kootenays: The Kootenays ; The Antagonists ; The Battle Begins : Rails to the West Kootenays ; The Battle Moves East : Rails to the Crowsnest Pass ; Ship Ahoy! The Clash on Kootenay Lake ; The Battle Moves West : Peace at Last? ; Part II : The Trains to Gold and Silver: Nelson Becomes the Hub ; The Trains of the Kootenays ; A Day at the Station ; Trains to Rossland and Trail ; Trains to Castlegar ; Arrowhead and Nakusp : The North Kootenay Gateway ; The Travellers of Yesterday ; Special Trains and Excursions ; Not-So-Special Trains : Canada's Shame, Japanese Canadian Internment ; Into the 20th Century ; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ; Epilogue - The End of a Dream
- ISBN
- 9781771604017
- Accession Number
- 2022.08
- Call Number
- 08.5 G12w
- Location
- Reading Room
- Collection
- Archives Library
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They call me George : the untold story of black train porters and the birth of modern Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25243
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Foster, Cecil
- Publisher
- Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis
- Edition
- First, revised
- Call Number
- 08.1 F81t
1 website
- Author
- Foster, Cecil
- Responsibility
- Cecil Foster
- Edition
- First, revised
- Publisher
- Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 296 pages
- Abstract
- Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger—yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards—a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense—the so-called Pullmen of the country’s rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better. (From publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781771962612
- Accession Number
- P2020.7
- Call Number
- 08.1 F81t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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When trains ruled the rockies: my life at the Banff railway station
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19859
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 08.5 G11w
- 08.5 G22w copy 2 (Reference)
1 website
- Author
- Gainer, Terry
- Responsibility
- Terry Gainer
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 272 pg
- Abstract
- When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962.Drawn from Terry Gainer’s personal memories and experiences from his years living and working at the legendary Banff Railway Station, this entertaining memoir and important historical record beckons the reader into the golden age of railway travel in the mountains of western Canada.Complete with a selection of archival photographs, When Trains Ruled the Rockies documents life at the Banff Railway Station and traces the huge role the station played in the local community. The author’s own story of growing up at the station winds a thread through the narrative and brings into clear focus Terry’s lifelong passion for passenger trains, at one time the most dominant means of transportation for Canadians but sadly an experience that is now fading into history.
- Contents
- Part I - The golden years: when trains ruled the rockies
- Part II - Special trains
- Part III - In the trains station's backyard
- Part IV - The glory years 1955 - 1962: I've been working on the railroad
- Part V - An ending or a beginning?
- ISBN
- 9781771603010
- Accession Number
- 2019.69
- Call Number
- 08.5 G11w
- 08.5 G22w copy 2 (Reference)
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to the Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. publishing company where the abstract for the book has been drawn from.
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
1 website
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Responsibility
- Will Smith
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
- Subjects
- Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Restaurants
- Travel
- Canada
- Industry
- History
- History-Canada
- Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
- Chapter 2 - Research sources
- Chapter 3 - Railway
- Chapter 4 - Steamships
- Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
- Chapter 6 - Airline
- Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
- Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
- Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
- Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
- Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
- Chapter 12 - Market value
- Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
- Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
- Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
- Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
- Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
- Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
- Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
- Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
- Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
- Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781999382100
- Accession Number
- 2019.27
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
1 website
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Responsibility
- Ron Brown
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Railways
- History
- History of Alberta
- History-Canada
- Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
- ISBN
- 9781459733596
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Tied to the rails : Jasper's railway connection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19804
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Covey, Bob
- Publisher
- Jasper, Alberta : Jasper Yellowhead Museum & Archives
- Call Number
- 08.5 C11t copy 1
- 08.5 C11t copy 2
1 website
- Author
- Covey, Bob
- Responsibility
- Bob Covey
- Publisher
- Jasper, Alberta : Jasper Yellowhead Museum & Archives
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 99 pages : illustrated with photographs ; 19 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of the railway as it relates to Jasper National Park.
- Contents
- Author's note
- Acknowledgements
- Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site
- Preface
- Mountain torrents
- Ahead of its time
- Stake out
- Following the fur trade
- Fly camps and locations scouts
- "An exceptional opportunity which no wise man will overlook"
- Ahead of the track : wagon trails and tote roads
- Life on the line : a hard advance
- Whisky skirts
- Frozen freighting
- Camplife
- Station to station
- GTP & CNoR station sites and flag stops
- A isolated national park
- Grand schemes and dissolved dreams
- A frame of a town
- Territorial tendancies
- Larger forces at work
- Nationalization
- Canvas tents and increased rents
- Luxury in the wilderness
- Resident relocation, station configuration
- Smooth as silk
- Jasper royaly - teh Beanerie Queens
- Four wheeled future
- Downsizing
- A lineage of commitment
- The Canoe River train wreck
- Jasper railway timeline
- Bibliography
- Index
- Image reproduction information
- ISBN
- 978-1-77084-379-0
- Accession Number
- P2019-24
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.5 C11t copy 1
- 08.5 C11t copy 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Article pertaining to book
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The history of Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14576
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Power, Meghan
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : Summerthought Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 P87h
- Author
- Power, Meghan
- Responsibility
- Meghan, Power
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Series
- Canadian Rockies history : the series
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Railways
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- ISBN
- 9781926983004
- Accession Number
- 2015.8524
- Call Number
- 08.3 P87h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Alberta centennial 1905-2005
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12810
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Government of Alberta; Sun Media corporation
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1c Pam oversize
- Responsibility
- with a message from the Premier of Alberta, Ralph Klein
- Publisher
- Government of Alberta; Sun Media corporation
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 68p. : ill
- Subjects
- Aviation
- Bedaux Expedition
- Crime
- Film making
- Immigration
- Indians
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Place names
- Politics
- Railways
- Sports
- Notes
- Magazine supplement to Banff Crag and Canyon newspaper with articles pertaining to the history of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1c Pam oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Triumph and tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13552
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88wi
- Responsibility
- edited by Diana Wilson
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 168 p. : ill., map, ports
- Notes
- Partial contents: Railroad through the Crowsnest / Diana Wilson; The Frank Slide / Frank Anderson; Hillcrest Mine Disaster / Frank Anderson; Fernie: city under a curse / Elsie Turnbull
- Accession Number
- 40500 08-02-01
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88wi
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Silver streak
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24982
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
- Call Number
- 06.3 Si3 DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- Arthur Hiller (director)
- Colin Higgins (writer)
- Gene Wilder (actor)
- Richard Pryor (actor)
- Jill Clayburgh (actor)
- Publisher
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color
- Subjects
- Films
- Film making
- Railways
- Morant, Nicholas
- Abstract
- In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) puts him in the middle of a Hitchcockian murder plot. Leaping on and off the train, in and out of roomettes, bars, and dining cars, George teams up with an amiable small-time crook (Richard Pryor) to defy the murder's henchmen, FBI agents and a host of other outrageous characters (from back of DVD)
- Notes
- Still photography by Nicholas Morant
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976
- Accession Number
- P2019-31
- Call Number
- 06.3 Si3 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Silver Streak on IMDb
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