The Soo Line's famous trains to Canada

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'The Soo Line's Famous Trains To Canada' is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada-USA tourist trains. Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local millers in Minneapolis, the Soo would eventually come to join the Canadian Pacific line at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with service to Montreal. In 1888, Canadian Pacific assumed controlling interest in the Soo Line, providing entry into the lucrative US...

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ISBN:

9781771606714
1771606711

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xviii, 87 pages : illustrations (colour, black and white), maps ; 23 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Part 1. A brief history of the Soo Line
In the beginning
The birth of a railway
What a tangled web we weave
Westward ho through Great Northern's backyard
Wisconsin Central, the final piece of the puzzle
Setting the stage
Part 2. Famous trains of the Soo
The Atlantic Limited
The Soo Pacific Express
The Manitoba Express, the Winnipeg Express, the Winnipeger
The Soo-Spokane-Portland Train Deluxe
The Mountaineer
The mystique of the Mountaineer
The Depression and the Dirty Thirties
My Mountaineer
1962, triumph and tragedy
The end of an era

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3265868

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