Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Mountain Barrier
1 The Rails Arrive
2 Conquering the Mountains: The Tunnels and Bridges
3 The Faces of the Railways: The Heritage Railway Stations
4 Life Along the Line: The Railway Towns
5 The Dream Castles: Western Canada's Railway Hotels
6 Railway Structures: A Forgotten Heritage
7 Celebrating the Heritage: The Railway Museums
8 The Rail Trails
9 All Aboard
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Ron Brown is a geographer and travel author of more than twenty books, including Rails to the Atlantic, The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, and Back Roads of Ontario. He is past chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and leads tours of Ontario’s unusual sights. He lives in Toronto.
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