Cornwall Street Railway: The Insurance Company's Streetcars - Couverture souple

Clegg, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1897190255 ISBN 13 : 9781897190258

Editeur : DC Books,Canada, 2007

Synopsis

Cornwall Street Railway -- the Insurance Company's Streetcars tells the fascinating story of the electric transit services provided in the eastern Ontario city by the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, which owned the system from its inception in 1886 until the passenger transit facilities were taken over by the municipality in 1970 and the freight switching services were absorbed into the Canadian National Railways system in 1971.

The book, originally prepared by Omer Lavallee and Anthony Clegg to honour the memory of Charles P. DeRochie, was essentially completed in the early 1990s, but publication was delayed due to Mr. Lavallee's untimely death in 1992. It has now been brought to fruition by Railfare DC Books and has been augmented by a selection of illustrations that were previously unavailable.

Those who remember the Cornwall Street Railway will be glad to have this reminder of the trolleys, electric trolleycoaches, and electric switching locomotives that formerly served the city, while the serious students of municipal history and railway operations will be pleased to have a record of the well-known Canadian insurance company's not so well-known operations in the transit field.

The book consists of 102 pages with over 160 photographs. There are five maps which record the growth of the community and another which shows from whence came the Cornwall Street Railway equipment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anthony Clegg was born in Toronto and currently resides in St. Hilaire in the Montreal area. He began his career with Canadian National Railways in 1942, as a draftsman and cartographer.

He is an associate of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association and was for several years Editor of Canadian Rail magazine.

Anthony Clegg's writings include Mount Royal Tunnel, and -- with Raymond Corley -- Canadian National Steam Power. He collaborated with Omer Lavallee to write Catenary Through the Counties, as well as Cornwall Electric -- the Insurance Company's Streetcars.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DC Books,Canada
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1897190255
• ISBN 13: 9781897190258
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 102
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible