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This is an abridged version of two books, The National Dream and The Last Spike. This version deals mainly with the main story of building the railroad across Canada. It was produced as a CBC multi-million dollar television production. Most of the photos in the book were taken from production…
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I am an ex-railroader. During my university days, I worked as both a sectionman (repairing and maintaining a section of track) and a brakeman (riding “shotgun” and calling signals in the lead unit with the engineer). I also worked as a patrolman, operating a “speeder” in front of and behind a train. In front, I was looking for rocks and trees that might fall on the tracks. Following a train, my job was to put out any fires that may start as a result of sparks flying from heated brake pads. So, the classic story of the building of the…
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