When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia by Gainer, Terry
When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia by Gainer, Terry

When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia

When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient...
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Author: Terry Gainer
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When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia by Gainer, Terry

When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia

$56.63
When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia by Gainer, Terry

When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia

$56.63
Author: Terry Gainer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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When Trains Ruled the Kootenays is the story of how the railways established an extensive and convenient transportation network to haul ore from the mines, move people, and service the communities during the early years of the 20th century in the Kootenay region of British Columbia.

Terry Gainer's latest book documents sixty years of change in the railway industry of British Columbia. The evolving transformations of life and landscape noted in the text and photos also reflect a period of rapid change in Canada. Threaded through the narrative are anecdotes from Kootenay pioneers recounting their experiences and the means of transportation of the times.

As prominent Kootenay author and historian Tom Lymbery noted, "Many books exist about the construction and maintenance of Kootenay railways. Few, if any, have been written about the people who rode them." From that, Terry took Tom's cue and began to write this book.



Author: Terry Gainer
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
Published: 04/26/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.93h x 4.96w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781771604017

About the Author
Gainer, Terry: - 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 those 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, which was the bonanza year of the Seattle World's Fair and the opening of the Trans-Canada Highway but unfortunately also 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. Though he retired in 2005, he has stayed involved in the industry as a marketing consultant. When Trains Ruled the Kootenays follows his previous book about railway history in the Rocky Mountains: When Trains Ruled the Rockies: My Life at the Banff Railway Station. Terry lives in Nelson, British Columbia.
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