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The Friendly Railway

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Train LoverJune 29, 2020

This 1949 booklet is a standard 8″x9″ in size, but the front cover is only 4 inches wide, leaving half of the first interior page exposed. This is especially strange because the image on the front cover is a full … Continue reading →

The Scenic Route of British Columbia

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Train LoverJune 18, 2016

This is the second booklet advertising the Pacific Great Eastern shown here; the first one was dated after 1959, as it mentions Alaska becoming a state in that year. This one is from several years before, as the railway described … Continue reading →

Gateway to an Empire

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Train LoverNovember 21, 2020

The Pacific Great Eastern Railway started construction in 1912 with the aim of connecting Vancouver with Prince George, a town on the Grand Trunk Pacific route to Prince Rupert. Along with the Grand Trunk Pacific, the PGE railway failed long … Continue reading →

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