Famous Name Trains: Travelling in Style with the CPR
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1894856511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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G. Grossman said Its not all about the Canadian. This is a very interesting book about the history of Canadian Pacific Railroadpassenger service. Although there is one chapter about the Canadian, the bulkof the book is about the passenger service from the first transcontinentaltrain up to the Canadian, with emphasis on earlier trains. There was oneinteresting chapter about the construction and expansions of the WindsorStation in Montreal. I would have liked similar chapters on other CanadianPacific stat. Informed and Intelligent David L. Jones has written an informed and intelligent synopsis of the Canadian Pacific's operations. Unlike most "railfan" publications, this is far more than a picture book. His style makes pleasant reading while spinning a complex tale, from an insider's viewpoint. The book itself is attractive, creatively laid out and printed excellently. I highly recommend it.
He lives in Calgary with his wife and daughter. David Laurence Jones is manager of internal communications at Canadian Pacific Railway. . A history graduate from Concordia University, he worked for fourteen years in the railway's corporate archives, researching and collecting stories and anecdotes about the CPR's rich heritage
He writes easily, whether about the joy of riding the trains as a child or the patronizing attitudes experienced by black sleeping-car porters. The book is well laid out for browsing, with copious photographs, artifacts (a children’s breakfast menu with cartoon beavers in circus hats) and, of course, the railway’s brilliant marketing posters." - The Globe and Mail"Anyone remotely interested in trains should pick up a copy of David Laurence Jones's Famous Name Trains: Travelling in
These first-class cars would later become five-star hotels on wheels. Have you ever wondered, while sitting in traffic or waiting to board a crowded airplane, what it was like to travel the rails? In his new book, Famous Name Trains: Travelling in Style with the CPR, former CPR archivist David Laurence Jones goes back in time to describe what it was like to travel on some of the CPR's famous "name trains," like the Pacific Express, the Imperial Limited, and the Canadian. As the reader will find out, the steamships have their own stories to tell, both romantic and tragic. Jones evokes both the practical interiors of the early col