Famous Name Trains Travelling in Style with the CPR

Name: Famous Name Trains Travelling in Style with the CPR
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ISBN: 9781894856522

ISBN-10: 189485652X

ISBN-13: 9781894856522

Edition: 2006

Authors: David Laurence Jones, Gary Anderson

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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. Jones evokes both the practical interiors of the early colonist cars with their communal sleeping arrangements and wooden bench seats, and the luxury of the higher-end cars that looked and felt like rolling men's clubs with wooden veneers, plush carpets, and upholstered chairs. These…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Fifth House Publishers
Publication date: 6/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.98" wide x 10.06" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English