When Trains Ruled the Rockies: My Life at the Banff Railway Station - Couverture souple

Gainer, Terry

 
9781771603010: When Trains Ruled the Rockies: My Life at the Banff Railway Station
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1771603011 ISBN 13 : 9781771603010
Editeur : Rocky Mountain Books, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Terry Gainer’s family arrived in Banff in 1948 when his father, Frank Gainer, was transferred there as station agent. From their arrival until 1955 the family lived in the residence atop the station itself. During these years, Terry explored every nook and cranny of the station and the surrounding grounds. From 1957 he worked summer jobs there, initially as a porter in the baggage room and then as a redcap through the summer of 1962, the bonanza year of the Seattle World’s Fair and the opening of the Trans Canada Highway but unfortunately the beginning of the end of train travel to Banff. Largely influenced by his upbringing, Terry has enjoyed a career that has been an amazing fifty-year adventure in tourism. Terry Gainer retired in 2005 but he has stayed involved in the industry as a marketing consultant. He lives in Nelson, British Columbia.

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Éditeur
Rocky Mountain Books
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1771603011
ISBN 13 
9781771603010
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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