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Orillia: Canadian Branchline Miniatures, 2004. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 4to. pp.192.heavy book additional postage will apply
Steam to the Niagara Frontier: CNR Operations in the Peninsula during the 1950s -by Ian Wilson (signed)( C.N.R./ Canadian National Railway )( Trains / Ontario ) by Wilson, Ian (signed) - 2004
by Wilson, Ian (signed)
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Steam to the Niagara Frontier: CNR Operations in the Peninsula during the 1950s -by Ian Wilson (signed)( C.N.R./ Canadian National Railway )( Trains / Ontario )
by Wilson, Ian (signed)
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Orillia, Ontario: Orillia, ON: Canadian Branchline Miniatures, 2004, 1st edition, First Printing , 2004. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, signed "To Ken with best wishes Ian Wilson Feb 20/05", 192 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photos, ---"reconstructs freight train operations circa June 25, 1954 in Ontarios industrial core, including connections with American roads. All our other titles covering southwestern Ontario tie into this study. ---Step back to the 1950s and witness exciting CNR mainline steam action in the Niagara Peninsula through the pages of Steam to the Niagara Frontier. Visit the Grimsby Subdivision, heart of the Niagara Fruit Belt, where refrigerator blocks of peaches are hustled from the platforms by express fruit extras; experience the contest with the Escarpment as multiple locomotives fight the steepest grade on the system south of Merritton; travel with the Thorold Switcher servicing paper plants along the Welland Canal; stand amid beautifully manicured grounds at Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls stations while passenger trains load express, mail and passengers; ride freight and mixed trains behind Pacifics and Mikados over the Dunnville Subdivision and across the Port Colborne lift bridge; watch heavy steam yard engines switch freight cars at Niagara Falls and Fort Erie; cross the Suspension and International Bridges on transfer runs; see Northerns and Mikados being serviced on shop tracks between manifest freight assignments; and observe locomotives being fueled at massive timber coal docks. ---Fifth in a series of books by Ian Wilson documenting CNR steam operations during the 1950s, the 192-page Steam to the Niagara Frontier is laden with the dramatic photographs, track maps, locomotive rosters, train profiles, time tables and description of operations which characterize predecessor volumes"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 9.25w x 11.75h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.
- Bookseller Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Illustrator Photo Cover
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine (see description)
- Jacket Condition Near Fine (see description)
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0968381545
- ISBN 13 9780968381540
- Publisher Orillia, ON: Canadian Branchline Miniatures, 2004, 1st edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication Orillia, Ontario
- Date Published 2004
- Keywords Trains, Railways, Railroads, Locomotives, Steam Driven,
- Size 9.25w x 11.75h Inches
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Steam To The Niagara Frontier CNR Operations in the Peninsula during the 1950's
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Steam to the Niagara Frontier : CNR Operations in the Peninsula During the 1950s
by Wilson, Ian
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Orillia, ON: Canadian Branchline Miniatures, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED by author. Owner's stamp to inside front board. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. .
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