McCulloch's Wonder The Story of the Kettle Valley Railway by Barrie Sanford 1977

Description: McCulloch's Wonder. The Story of the Kettle Valley railway by Barrie Sanford. Whitecap Books, West Vancouver B.C. 1977. HCDJ. First edition "But very little has been written about an area far removed from the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline which was perhaps more significantly impacted by the CPR's choice of route location than any other part of Canada - southern British Columbia. Entering the British Columbia, the CPR crossed much of the province nearly two hundred miles from the international boundary, a marked contrast from the Northern Pacific and great Northern railways whose mainline across the United States were, in places, so near the border that British Columbians could hear the whistle of passing trains in the night. This discrepancy was at first disregarded as unimportant, but came to haunt the CPR and Ottawa politicians only two years after the CPR's completion when silver was discovered in southern British Columbia's Kootenay District. Overnight the Kootenays became the richest mining district of all Canada - and the exclusive preserve of the American railways. The CPR promise of unity for all Canada, so freely boasted by the Ottawa politicians a scant few years before, became a hollow promise indeed for the citizens of Southern British Columbia "What followed was a three decade long struggle to build a railway - the Kettle Valley Railway - west from the mines of the interior to the seaports of coastal British Columbia against political and geographic difficulties which were perhaps no less formidable than those faced by the Canadian Pacific Railway itself. Even veteran builders from the CPR were staggered by the Kettle Valley Railway construction challenge. And when, after years of struggle, it was finally completed, the Kettle Valley railway earned the distinction of being the most difficult railway in Canada to operate. So difficult was it to operate, in fact, that much of the railway was ultimately abandoned and the rails torn away." CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1. Coast-to-Kootenay: A DreamChapter 2. Empire BuildingChapter 3. Mountains, Men and Paper RailroadsChapter 4. The race for RepublicChapter 5. Makeshift & VisionaryChapter 6. Steel Trail to NicolaChapter 7. Northwest NemesisChapter 8. Disciples of DestinyChapter 9. Bridging the GapChapter 10. Death Duel at Coquihalla PassChapter 11. The Dream FulfilledChapter 12. Steel Rails and Iron MenChapter 13. Coming of AgeChapter 14. End of the LineCorporate Abbreviations and AffiliationsFootnotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex Hard cover book measuring 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches with 260 pages Inscription written in pencil on first blank page. Light dust jacket wear Good used condition

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