End of the line : the Dominion Atlantic Railway : a trip back in time / Mike Parker. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 2019. 223 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 D7 P37 2019
End of the Line follows a similar track as three of Mike Parker's best-selling books about ghost towns and deserted island settlements - Gold Rush Ghost Towns, Buried in the Woods, and Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia. Presented in Mike's popular storytelling style, and drawing upon more than 430 images, many of them in colour, End of the Line opens another window to the past, taking the reader for a nostalgic trip back in time on the abandoned Dominion Atlantic Railway along the once-famous Land of Evangeline route from Yarmouth to Halifax through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. There have been many railways but none more storied than the D.A.R. (1894-1994), considered to be 'one of the more important pages out of Nova Scotia history.' Mike Parker is a best-selling author who has been writing about his native province for many years and has earned numerous accolades, including that of Nova Scotia's Storyteller. Mike is affiliated with the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University as a research associate. He is a graduate of Acadia University and a long-time resident of Dartmouth. Includes bibliographical references (page 222-223).
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Halifax, city of trolleycoaches / by Paul A. Leger and Loring M. Lawrence. Windsor, Ont. : Bus History Association, 1994. 116 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.544 #6 - Vertical File
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trolley buses—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History
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The Halifax & South Western railway / Peter E. Lawson. Halifax : Peter Lawson, 2007. 58 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.541 #15 - Vertical File
Author info from prelim. pages. Includes bibliographical information.
Halifax and South Western Railway
Railroads — Nova Scotia — History.
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CNR's Halifax and South Western Railway / by Jim Simmons.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.525 #19a-b - Vertical File
In CN lines Vol. 9, no. 3 p.29-33 and v. 9, no. 4 p. [24-30.
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Trams and tracks : The Birneys of Halifax, Nova Scotia / compiled and edited by Russ Lownds. Halifax : Halcraft Printers, 1990. 40 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.345 #25 - Vertical File
Trolly buses — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
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Historcal reflections / Eleanor Blue. River Denys: the author, 1985. 10 pages; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.335 #11 - Vertical File
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Orangedale
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The Inverness and Richmond railway / by Allister W.D. MacBean. Halifax : Tennant Pub. House, 1987. xi, 87 pages : illustrations, maps, ports.; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.316 #30 - Vertical File
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History.
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The railways and Canada's greatest disaster, the Halifax Explosion / December 6, 1917. 1992. pages 201-213.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.21 #17 - Vertical File
In Canadian Rail, no. 431, Nov.-Dec. 1992.
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Intercolonial Railway — History — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Bridge of Sorrows : the Tragedy of Nova Scotia's Avon River Railway Bridge / Jay Underwood. Elmsdale : Pennydreadful Publishing, 2012. 77 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TG445 U56 2012
Railroad bridges — Nova Scotia — Avon River
Railroad engineers — Nova Scotia
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Design and construction — History — 19th century
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From Folly to Fortune : the firing of James Richardson Forman : collusion and corruption in Nova Scotia railway politics, 1854-58 / Jay Underwood. Montreal : Railfare DC Books, 2007. vi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TF203 U56 2007
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Railroads — Political aspects — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Design and construction — History — 19th century
Political corruption — Nova Scotia — History — 19th
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Great roads : a history of the Nova Scotia Road Builders Association / Paddy Muir. Halifax : Nova Scotia Road Builders Association, 1995. 152 pages illustrations ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TE1 N68 M84 1996
Nova Scotia Road Builders Association.
Roads — Design and construction — History — Nova Scotia.
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The origin and development of Colchester roads to 1900 / by Bradford G. Yuill. Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1981. 19, [7] pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE357.4 C687 Y94
Roads — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County) — History.
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Tracks across the landscape : the S&L commemorative history / Brian Campbell ; with A.J.B. Johnston. Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1995. 110 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 S93 C36 1995
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History.
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A line through the hills: how the Intercolonial Railway crossed Nova Scotia's Cobequid Mountains / by Jay Underwood. Lantz : Pennydreadful Publishing, 2010. 137 pages: illustrations (some col.), maps, ports.; 21 x 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 I6 U56 2011
Includes bibliographical references.
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Cobequid Mountains — Design and construction — History.
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The Dominion Atlantic Railway : 1894-1994 / Gary W. Ness. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2014. xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 D7 N48 2014
Series: Images of our Past. For a hundred years (1894-1994), the Dominion Atlantic Railway served the people of western Nova Scotia — from Yarmouth to Halifax — faithfully. Gary Ness traces the history of the line through gorgeous photographs and fascinating stories from the people who worked along the route and the passengers who used the trains to travel through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. Includes over 150 black and white photos. Gary Ness's fascination with trains started in childhood, but it was in 1976 when he found an intriguing 1940s era photograph that he became a train photographer and author. Based on his collection of old photos and stories, he has written books about the Dominion Atlantic Railway and about the Canadian, CPR's famous passenger train. His photographs are found in many personal collections, and his photo essays have been published in several national railway periodicals. In 1988 he published the two-volume book 'Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway. Includes bibliographical references.
Dominion Atlantic Railway — History
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company — History
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Annapolis River Valley — History
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Cape Breton railways: an illustrated history / Herb MacDonald. Sydney : Cape Breton University Press, 2012. 264 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2809 N935 M135 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — Pictorial works
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Kings of the iron road / Jay Underwood. Lantz : Pennydreadful Publishing, 2010-. v.: illustrations, ports.; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2808.1 U56 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Railroads — Nova Scotia — History
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Employees — Biography
Locomotive engineers — Nova Scotia — Biography.
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Nova Scotia's lost highways : the early roads that shaped the province / Joan Dawson. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2009. ix, 134 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 D272 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Roads — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Description and travel.
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Truro : a railway town / by David E. Stephens. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1981. 88 pages, xvi pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 T872 S828 - Open Shelf
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Truro — History
Truro (N.S.) — History.
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Journey through a Cape Breton county : pioneer roads in Richmond County / Arthur J. Stone. Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1991. viii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 R532 S877 - Open Shelf
Roads — Nova Scotia — Richmond (County) — History
Richmond (N.S. : County) — History.
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