topic:"Railways" found 226 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

When trains ruled the rockies: my life at the Banff railway station

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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)

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Author: Gainer, Terry

Responsibility: Terry Gainer

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 272 pg

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Railway stations; Railways; Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway; Rocky Mountains

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.

Websites

https://rmbooks.com/book/when-trains-ruled-the-rockies/

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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware

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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

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

Websites

https://www.cvrco.ca/Book_Distributing/2018

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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Brown, Ron

Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn

Call Number: 08.3 B78r

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Author: Brown, Ron

Responsibility: Ron Brown

Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 156 pages : illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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.