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VIA Rail
| Author: Christopher C. N. GreenlawFormat: Hardcover, 160 Pages Item: 143021 ISBN: 9780760325292 Publisher: Voyageur Press Series: MBI Railroad Color History Specs Illustrations: 101 Color & 28 B&W Photos Size: 8.625 x 11.00 x .625 Weight: 2.125 lb. Edition: First Published: May 15th 2007 DC: AP List Price: $36.95 $27.71 All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
Go VIA Rail and see Canada: Here is Canada’s national railway, covering 14,000 kilometers of track from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. This illustrated history tells the story of how, starting in the early 1970s, VIA Rail became a separate Crown corporation, once and for all relieving the old Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways of their beleaguered passenger operations. It is a story rich in history—and marked with failures and misfortunes right up to our day, when a need for convenient, fuel-efficient mass transportation holds out hope for a renaissance.
Archival and modern photography, route maps, and print ads help detail the history of VIA Rail’s motive power and passenger cars from the likes of General Motors, Bombardier, Montreal Locomotive Works, and Budd Company, as well such passenger trains as The Canadian, The Atlantic, The Ocean, and The Super Continental. Chris Greenlaw also explains all of the political machinations that have inevitably shaped the railroad, and delves into its connection with Amtrak via The Maple Leaf. |
Trains, August 2007
“This is an interesting read and worthwhile for anyone with an interest in VIA and the important role it plays in Canadian passenger rail travel.”
O Scale Trains, July 2007
“Voyageur Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing, has the knack of hitting the bulls-eye in terms of books that combine great color photography and printing with just enough historical background to engage readers who want to know more – but aren’t ready to give up their day job and become fill-time historians. One of the best examples of this ability is Christopher Greenlaw’s ‘VIA Rail.’ ‘VIA Rail’ covers an amazing amount of ground – in both the geographic sense as well as the various eras of Canadian political and railway history.”
National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, July 2007
“This is a worthy study of the Canadian passenger rail system which will appeal to all students of the passenger train and the ongoing and endless struggle to sustain it.”
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Austere Beginnings: 1919–1967 Chapter 2 Toward Nationalization: 1967–1974 Chapter 3 “We’re Going All Out to Get You Where You’re Going”: 1974–1976 Chapter 4 Transitions: 1976–1980 Chapter 5 The Axe Rises and Falls: 1980–1990 Chapter 6 Into the New Millennium: 1990–2006 Epilogue Sources Index |
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