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Whistle Posts West: Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x152x13 mm, weight: 340 g, Illustrations, unspecified
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Heritage House
  • ISBN-10: 1772030430
  • ISBN-13: 9781772030433
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x152x13 mm, weight: 340 g, Illustrations, unspecified
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Heritage House
  • ISBN-10: 1772030430
  • ISBN-13: 9781772030433
Foreword 1(2)
Introduction 3(5)
Time Tunnel 8(7)
Whistle Post One Routes and rails
15(38)
Pathways to the West: Finding Routes through the Rockies
16(5)
From China to the Rails of Gold Mountain
21(4)
The Craigellachie Kid and the Four "Last Spikes"
25(7)
Promises, Promises
32(6)
As Smooth as Silk
38(4)
Poetry in Locomotion: Yukon's Bard Arrives by Train
42(11)
Whistle Post Two Desperation and disasters
53(36)
"This Is a Holdup! Give Us Your Coal!"
54(6)
Terrorism on the Tracks
60(10)
Caboose on the Loose
70(6)
Eighteen Seconds to Hell
76(7)
Bridges and Barges Don't Mix Well
83(6)
Whistle Post Three Working on the railroad
89(46)
Building the Kettle Valley Railroad: A Boy's-eye View
90(9)
Whistling Up a Warning
99(6)
Leaving Town
105(12)
A Day Out of the Ordinary
117(8)
Which Piece Goes Where?
125(10)
Whistle Post Four Trackside bedtime stories
135(42)
Billy Miner's Missing Loot
136(9)
Sunken Engine Creek
145(4)
A Royal Locomotive Rides the Rails
149(6)
The Train with No Name
155(12)
Women at Work---and Play---on the Railroad
167(10)
Whistle Post Five Riding the rails into the future
177(14)
The Mountaineer
178(6)
Interurbanation
184(7)
Afterword 191(2)
Western Canada Rail Experiences 193(2)
Sources 195(4)
Acknowledgements 199(2)
Index 201