A Steam Locomotive Fit for a King

Canadian Pacific Railway. Very Good+. 1974. Stapled wraps. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This booklet has been illustrated throughout with full color and black and white illustrations. "Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the railway owns approximately 20,100 kilometres (12,500 mi) of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. The railway was first built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier) , fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871; the CPR was Canada's first transcontinental railway. Primarily a freight railway, the CPR was for decades the only practical means of long-distance passenger transport in most regions of Canada and was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. The CPR became one of the largest and most powerful companies in Canada, a position it held as late as 1975. " (from Wikipedia) .