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Cheltenham: Boston Mills, 1978. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 4to. pp.257, heavy book additional postage will apply
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In the Shadow of Giants: The Story of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Hardcover - 1978
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- Title In the Shadow of Giants: The Story of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway
- Author Helm, Norman
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- Edition 1st Edition
- Publisher The Boston Mills Press, Cheltenham, Ontario
- Date 1978
- ISBN 9780919822221
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In the Shadow of Giants: The Story of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway -by Norman Helm ( T H & B / TH&B Railway / Railroad )
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Cheltenham, Ontario: Cheltenham, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1978, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1978. -------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a bit of ligh trubbing, some small flakes to edges, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector ---257 pages, packed with b&w photos, contents include: Enter the Iron Horse; For Want of a Rail ; A Railway is Born; Construction and Four New Owners; Into the Twentieth Century; Giants to be Slain; Ferries, Flappers and More Fights; Down to the Bottom, Up to the Top; Steam Power; The Modern Era; Freight Operations; Switching an Industrial Giant; Epilogue; A Portrait Gallery; Bibliography; ROSTER of ---TH&B Steam Locomotives / Diesel Units / Rolling Stock; Index , ---"The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway was one of Canada's 'other' railways. With a main line only 104 miles long, it was a dwarf by North American standards. In foresight and progressive thinking,…
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Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada: The Boston Mills Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 257 pages b/w photos - The railway was originally chartered in 1884 by the Ontario Legislative Assembly to run from Toronto to the International Railway Bridge, connecting with local lines to Buffalo. The original charter forbade the company any attempt to merge with, lease from, sell to, or pool with any other railway. Given the business conditions at the time, this turned out to be an impossible condition. The original corporation was unable to complete the line before the original charter expired, so the government revived the act, requiring the line to be completed by 1894, with a new group of promoters. It began operations in 1892, when it took over the incomplete line of the Brantford, Waterloo & Lake Erie Railway between Brantford and Waterford. The line reached Hamilton in October, 1894 and Welland on December 30, 1895. In 1895, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the New York Central…
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