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The Canadian Northern Railway : pioneer road of the northern prairies 1895-1918 /

History of the Canadian Northern Railway Company based on the Company's own records.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regehr, T. D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, ©1976.
Subjects:
Canadian Northern Railway Company > History.
Canadian Northern Railway > History.
Canadian Northern Railway Company > Histoire.
Canadian Northern Railway Company
Railroads > Canada
History
Online Access:French equivalent / Équivalent français
Table of Contents:
  • In the land of the CPR, 1881-1888
  • A northern beginning, 1889-1896
  • Unconnected projections of steel, 1896-1898
  • The Manitoba branch lines, 1898-1901
  • Transcontinental rivalries, 1902-1903
  • A beginning in the East, 1903-1904
  • Serving the prairie West - the main lines, 1903-1906
  • Serving the prairie West - the branch lines, 1906-1911
  • Serving the prairie West - the ancillary enterprises, 1903-11
  • Progress in the East, 1905-1911
  • The best line to the Pacific, 1909-1911
  • Not a cloud in the sky, 1911-1912
  • A period of financial stringency, 1912-1913
  • Government help at a high price in 1914 00 Wartime problems
  • The search for long-term solutions
  • Arbitration and nationalization
  • Conclusion.