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When Trains Ruled the Rockies - by Terry Gainer (Paperback)

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  • Drawn from Terry Gainer's personal memories and experiences from his years living and working at the legendary Banff Railway Station, this entertaining memoir and important historical record beckons the reader into the golden age of railway travel in the mountains of western Canada.Complete with a selection of archival photographs, When Trains Ruled the Rockies documents life at the Banff Railway Station and traces the huge role the station played in the local community.
  • Author(s): Terry Gainer
  • 240 Pages
  • Transportation, Railroads

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When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962.



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Drawn from Terry Gainer's personal memories and experiences from his years living and working at the legendary Banff Railway Station, this entertaining memoir and important historical record beckons the reader into the golden age of railway travel in the mountains of western Canada.

Complete with a selection of archival photographs, When Trains Ruled the Rockies documents life at the Banff Railway Station and traces the huge role the station played in the local community. The author's own story of growing up at the station winds a thread through the narrative and brings into clear focus Terry's lifelong passion for passenger trains, at one time the most dominant means of transportation for Canadians but sadly an experience that is now fading into history.



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"[When Trains Ruled the Rockies] is a warm and sentimental look back on a way of life that was perfect for a young boy in the 1940s and 1950s." - TrainGeek.ca

"[Terry Gainer's] book, which includes both personal and archival photos, provides an entertaining and nostalgic look at a time 'when trains ruled the Rockies.'" - Canada's History Magazine

"I recommend Terry Gainer's When Trains Ruled the Rockies: My Life at the Banff Railway Station as a valuable, textured, and beautifully illustrated account of growing up after the Second World War at an important Rocky Mountain tourist and recreational railway station along the CPR mainline between Calgary and Vancouver." - The Ormsby Review
Dimensions (Overall): 7.0 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Transportation
Sub-Genre: Railroads
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
Theme: History
Format: Paperback
Author: Terry Gainer
Language: English
Street Date: May 11, 2019
TCIN: 1006603956
UPC: 9781771603010
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-9474
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 5.1 inches width x 7 inches height
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