MARTIN GROVE PRESS
proudly presents
From Wood to Steel:
Classic Canadian Railway Passenger Cars
from 1860 to 1920
by
Richard McQuade M.A., featuring the drawings of Andrew Merrilees
If
you like passenger cars, look no further!
This
collection of scale drawings based on official railway diagrams and
photos of actual cars built between 1860 and 1920 is a must for anyone
interested in the history of railway passenger cars in North America
during the twentieth century.
This transcontinental collection features rolling stock from Canadian and American car builders
which ran from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island.
Many
plans include matching photos – see the car as it looked in service –
sometimes as late as the 1970s.
Featured railroads include: Canada Southern, Canadian Government,
Canadian Northern,Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific,
Great Western, Intercolonial, Michigan Central, Railways of
Newfoundland, Temiskaming & Northern Ontario, and the Toronto,
Hamilton & Buffalo among others.
Over
80 plans in HO scale with 100 accompanying photographs!
Featuring the previously unknown drawings by the legendary Andrew
Merrilees with an authoritative history by Richard McQuade.
Comprehensive appendices &
cross-references help you to find the car you want – from build
date to scrapping!
This
limited edition printing will be an invaluable reference for years to
come!
There
has never been a book like this... and there won’t be another!
An
ideal reference source for model
railroaders!
From
Wood to Steel:
Classic Canadian Railway Passenger
Cars from 1860 to 1920
remains
the definitive work
on the evolution of Canadian passenger cars!
This highly
acclaimed volume
continues to gain excellent reviews
from serious researchers.
End of TH& B coach
End view of TH & B Line car 4952
as built by AC & F in 1913. (PA 200875)
Limited
edition hardcover, landscape format, 14” x 8 1/2”
more than 40 pages of historical black & white captioned photos,
plus appendices & bibliography.
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