Rails Over the Mountains (eBook)

Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada's Western Mountains

Ron Brown (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
160 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3358-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada's western mountains.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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-3358-4 / 1459733584
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-3358-9 / 9781459733589