Robert D. Turner
Author of Vancouver Island railroads
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Works by Robert D. Turner
The Pacific Princesses: An illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess fleet on the northwest coast (1977) 28 copies
Pacific Empresses: An Illustrated History Of Canadian Pacific Railway's Empress Liners on The Pacific Ocean (1981) 21 copies
Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service (1984) 20 copies
West of the Great Divide: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia 1880-1986 (1987) 18 copies
Steam along the boundary : Canadian Pacific, Great Northern and the great boundary copper boom (2007) 14 copies
The Skyline Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway : an illustrated history of narrow gauge railroading and sternwheelers in the Kootenays (1994) 13 copies
The Thunder of Their Passing: A Tribute to the Denver & Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (2003) 13 copies, 1 review
Railroaders: Recollections from the steam era in British Columbia (Sound heritage series) (1981) 6 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1947
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- historian
writer in residence - Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- British Columbia, Canada
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The thunder of their passing : a tribute to the Denver & Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad by Robert D. Turner
I forgot to note when I started reading this but I'm sure it took me a month BUT it was not for boredom or the usual writing style that comes with many RR books.
Mr. Turner did one heck of a job on this: (1) the history of these lines is clearly a lot more interesting than many histories. . . being the major narrow gauge operation in North America didn't hurt; (2) the side bars on many pages help one understand the people that kept this "mistake(my opinion)" stay alive as long as it did and show more convinced many in Colorado and New Mexico this unique piece of history had to be saved and (3)the many photos of it over the years both in personal collections and in the Denver Public Library Collection are nothing short of spectacular.
Colorado is spectacular RR country and adding narrow gauge to it really causes it to be addicting. There is a quote from an essay that David P. Morgan, " Mr. Trains Magazine" for many years" that starts with the title "The Wide, Wide World of Narrow Gauge. . ." which probably explains why I'm hooked. Someone says it gets in your blood. . .is that why my blood type is "RR(sic)"?
The book takes the history up to 2003. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of CTSR. If the special issue of Trains Magazine is even close to this book, it will be a wonderful add on read. We'll see. show less
Mr. Turner did one heck of a job on this: (1) the history of these lines is clearly a lot more interesting than many histories. . . being the major narrow gauge operation in North America didn't hurt; (2) the side bars on many pages help one understand the people that kept this "mistake(my opinion)" stay alive as long as it did and show more convinced many in Colorado and New Mexico this unique piece of history had to be saved and (3)the many photos of it over the years both in personal collections and in the Denver Public Library Collection are nothing short of spectacular.
Colorado is spectacular RR country and adding narrow gauge to it really causes it to be addicting. There is a quote from an essay that David P. Morgan, " Mr. Trains Magazine" for many years" that starts with the title "The Wide, Wide World of Narrow Gauge. . ." which probably explains why I'm hooked. Someone says it gets in your blood. . .is that why my blood type is "RR(sic)"?
The book takes the history up to 2003. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of CTSR. If the special issue of Trains Magazine is even close to this book, it will be a wonderful add on read. We'll see. show less
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- Rating
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