Trouble on the Tracks:: Grand Trunk Railway of New England Tragedies

by Jeffrey Holt

Starting in the 1840s, the Grand Trunk Railway became one of the most important railway lines in Canada and the New England states. It linked Montreal, Canada's metropolis, with the nearest ice-free port, in Portland, Maine, and provided rail transportation onward to Toronto. The first through train between Montreal and Portland rumbled across the border at Norton, Vermont on July 1st 1853. The line was heavily travelled and constantly upgraded,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897190131
• ISBN13: 9781897190135
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: DC Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"