Main entry:

Stevens, G. R. (George Roy), 1892-1975.

Title & Author:

History of the Canadian National Railways [by] G.R. Stevens.

Publication:

New York, Macmillan [1973]

Description:

xii, 538 pages illustrations 24 cm.

Series:

Railroads of America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-523).
A land in its beginnings -- The portage railways -- Promoters and politicians -- Grand Trunk : the trail of the comet -- The intercolonial : monkeyshines in the maritimes -- The first Canadian system -- The confrontation of systems -- The tools of the railway trade -- Miracles sometimes happen -- Mackenzie and Mann : amble to jog trot -- Consequences of a bluff -- From sea to sea -- Mackenzie and Mann : canter to gallop -- Canadian railways at war -- Mackenzie and Mann : day of reckoning -- The Grand Trunk tragedy -- New venture : changed world -- Potentials and perils -- The summer of his days -- The lordly buck and the butcher's dogs -- The lean and hungry years -- At war anew -- Shaping up for the future -- The Newfoundland story -- Over the hump -- Wider still and wider.

Subject:

Canadian National Railways History.
Canadian National Railways.
Canadien national.
Railroads Canada History.
Chemins de fer Canada Histoire.
Railroads
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Railroads of America (Macmillan)

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 154116
Call No.: HE2810.C2 S72 1973
Status: Available