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Skyline Limited, The by Turner & Wilkie Kaslo & Slocan Railway w/ dust jacket
Skyline Limited, The by Robert D Turner & David S Wilkie
The Kaslo and Slocan Railway Narrow gauge railroading and sternwheelers in the Kootenays
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket Scratches in the back of the dust jacket / some scuffing
296 pages
Copyright 1993
CONTENTS
Introduction 11
Acknowledgements13
CHAPTER ONESilver and the Slocan17
CHAPTER TWORailroads to the Slocan: The Nakusp & Slocan and the Kaslo & Slocan21
CHAPTER THREEThe K&S: Financing the Construction35
CHAPTER FOUR Building the Narrow Gauge K&S39
CHAPTER FIVE Opening of the K&S55
CHAPTER SIXThe Great Station Battle of Sandon61
CHAPTER SEVENSnowslides, a Rotary and Locomotive No. 367
CHAPTER EIGHTThe Kootenay Lake Sternwheeler Services77
CHAPTER NINE CPR Expansion in the Slocan and Bypassing the Columbia Narrows 87
CHAPTER TEN Narrow Gauge in the Mountains: The Skyline Limited95
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company: 1898135
CHAPTER TWELVE Spokane to Sandon in Under Twelve Hours153
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Kaslo & Lardo-Duncan Boondoggle175
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Boom Years Were Over183
CHAPTER FIFTEENYears of Destruction: 1908 and 1909201
CHAPTER SIXTEENFinal Disasters: The Fire of 1910 and the Stranding of the Kaslo 207
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Kaslo Syndicate Takes Over215
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Enter the CPR221
CHAPTER NINETEENReflections245
APPENDIX IRoster of Locomotives and Equipment of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway249
APPENDIX IILocomotives and Rolling Stock of the Bedlington & Nelson Railway and the Kootenai Valley Railway255
APPENDIX HIVessels of the Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company259
APPENDIX IVKaslo & Slocan Railway Mile by Mile265
APPENDIX V Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company Mileage Summary 271
APPENDIX VIOperating Statistics of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway275
APPENDIX VIIOperating Statistics of the Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company277
Endnotes279
Bibliography and References285
Addenda287
Index289
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
An Illustrated History of Narrow Gauge Railroading and Sternwheelers in the Kootenays
ROBERT D. TURNER AND DAVID S. WILKIE
This 296-page book contains over 300 outstanding photographs and illustrations, including 12 in full colour, 25 specially prepared maps and plans, together with carefully researched text, equipment rosters, fleet list, bibliography and index.
The Skyline Limited presents the dramatic story of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway-the Great Northern's narrow gauge-in the rugged Slocan Mountains of British Columbia's West Kootenay district. Here too is the story of the beautiful sternwheelers that connected the K&S with other Great Northern branch lines.
This is a fascinating account of railroading in the 189os and early 19oos. Against a backdrop of silver mining booms, the overnight growth of mining towns such as Kaslo, Sandon, Cody and Three Forks, and rivalry between the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific, the K&S crews fought a nearly constant battle against snow storms, slides, fires and washouts along the mountain grades.
Backed by James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway, the K&S was built to haul the silver-lead ore of the "Silvery" Slocan. The CPR also built branch lines into the district and competition was fierce.
In the late 189os, the West Kootenay mines were booming. The Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company was formed to take over the K&S and the connecting sternwheelers, and to build a railway from the GN main line at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, to the southern end of Kootenay Lake. At the same time two new sternwheelers were built.
By 191o, after many slides and a devastating fire, the dreams had been shattered. The K&S was in ruins. It was taken over in a few years by the CPR and rebuilt as an isolated standard gauge branch line that survived into the 195os.
The Skyline Limited is not only a portrait of the life and fortunes of a fascinating narrow gauge railway and a fleet of sternwheelers but also a chapter in the stories of the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific.
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