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pleted by the end of 1911, but the ex- tension to Campbell River reached only as far as Courtenay when the war broke out in August 1913. Beyond that point the line would never be built. During the war years and beyond, the railway served the island hauling timber and coal, as well as general freight and passengers. As the 1920’s gave way to the 1930’s, passenger serv- ice declined as better roads led to com- petition from buses and automobiles. With the 1930’s came the Great De- pression, which brought a drop in all traffic. Still, the railway soldiered on. World War II brought a large in- crease in traffic and severely tested the older, smaller motive power running on the railway. The CPR brought in larger D10g Ten-wheelers to assist with the chores and these engines helped to bring down the final curtain on steam operations in 1949. The authors have masterfully blended a mixture of official reports, correspon- dence and firsthand accounts of opera- tions and life along the line with a treas- ure trove of excellent photographs. The resulting book not only provides the
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The picture reproduction is excellent, with plenty of crisp views of CPR steam power, some of which are in color. There are great shots of bridges and trestles being built, along with newly completed depots, the shops at Victoria, and beauti- ful hotels awaiting their guests’ arrival by train. Among the many logging pho- tos are some that show logs so long that they stretch across the length of three 40-foot flat cars and others that show logs so wide that only one can fit on a car. There are also pictures of the mills that supplied much of the railway’s traf- fic and the tugs, barges and steamboats that brought traffic back and forth be- tween the island and the mainland. Rounding out the coverage are rosters and notes on the locomotives, passenger equipment and steamboats used by the railway, as well as some passenger car equipment diagrams.
This is an excellent book that should appeal to anyone with an interest in the CPR or the railway history of the island. For modelers, there is a lot to digest– mountain scenery, timber trestles, steel bridges spanning deep gorges, rail/ma- rine traffic, logging, coal mining, and a roster of small but smart looking locomo- tives. It looks like a recipe for a winning model railroad.–C.P.D.
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