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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With(...)
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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With(...)
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Trouble on the tracks : Grand Trunk Railway of New England tragedies, accidents that occured on Canadian National Railways' Montreal to Portland line
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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With details about four dozen such tragedies, you�ll learn what happened when people, vehicles, or nature decided to duel with a fully-loaded train. Discover the circumstances when a cattle train hit a mudslide� a passenger train toppled over the bank... two locomotives met in heavy fog that made it impossible to see� two trains, one fully-loaded with immigrants, came towards each other on ONE track!� the West Paris Bridge collapsed� two double-headed freight trains collided head-on � a train hit fuel tanker truck, with ensuing explosion and fire� a derailment toppled a chlorine tank car off a bridge onto the highway below. 196 pages, over 200 photographs, (5 colour), 16 maps and diagrams to show where the accidents occurred.
Trouble on the tracks : Grand Trunk Railway of New England tragedies, accidents that occured on Canadian National Railways' Montreal to Portland line
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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With details about four dozen such tragedies, you�ll learn what happened when people, vehicles, or nature decided to duel with a fully-loaded train. Discover the circumstances when a cattle train hit a mudslide� a passenger train toppled over the bank... two locomotives met in heavy fog that made it impossible to see� two trains, one fully-loaded with immigrants, came towards each other on ONE track!� the West Paris Bridge collapsed� two double-headed freight trains collided head-on � a train hit fuel tanker truck, with ensuing explosion and fire� a derailment toppled a chlorine tank car off a bridge onto the highway below. 196 pages, over 200 photographs, (5 colour), 16 maps and diagrams to show where the accidents occurred.
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décembre 2007, Montreal, Pickering
décembre 2007, Montreal, Pickering
Sujet:
Architecture du Canada
Architecture du Canada
