The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
by Brown, Ron
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0921149840
- ISBN 13
- 9780921149842
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Peterborough ON: Broadview Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0921149840 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. ; Illustrated with B&W and colour photos throughout. A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 220 pages; "Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada's landscapes. This book revisits the times when railways were the country's economic lifeline, and the station the social centre. Here was where we worked, played, listened to political speeches, or simply said goodbye to loved ones never knowing when they would return. The landscapes which grew around the station are also explored and include such forgotten features as station hotels, restaurants, gardens and the once common railway YMCA. Railway companies often hired the world's leading architects to design grand station buildings which ranged in style from chateau-esque to art deco. " .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21669
- Title
- The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0921149840
- ISBN 13
- 9780921149842
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Place of Publication
- Peterborough ON
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 0921149840, Railway stations, CNR, CPR, Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad; Railroad / Canada;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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