Category: Trains

Tunneling Through the Canadian Rockies

When tourists drive the beautiful route taking them over Rogers Pass in the Canadian Rockies they probably don’t appreciate the problems caused to railway transportation by this mountain range. In 1883, Canadian Pacific Railway laid a single track that wound through the narrow Illecillewaet Valley and laboriously twisted up and […]

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Abo Canyon, Where Trains Never Stop

New Mexico is a fabulous mix of ranches, deserts, and mountains. Many RVers travelling to the Grand Canyon will pass over I-40, and if they are heading to Southern Arizona may cut across sw on Route 60 from Vaughn to Mountainair and on into the Valley of the Rio Grande. […]

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Chugging Along the Smokies

One of the nice things about RVing is the opportunity to take an extra day here and there and enjoy other recreational facilities. With that in mind, you might like to try a train ride Great Scenery along the edge of the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. Depending upon your […]

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Canada: Beyond the Far Horizons

PDF If you wish to purchase a PDF copy, contact the author $4.99 USD To purchase, contact me at jstoness@kingston.net and I will set up a link on Dropbox. You will get a notice from Dropbox with the link. Click and you will get a PDF copy of the book. […]

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Cactus and Canyons

PDF If you wish to purchase a PDF copy, contact the author $4.99 USD To purchase, contact me at jstoness@kingston.net and I will set up a link on Dropbox. You will get a notice from Dropbox with the link. Click and you will get a PDF copy of the book. […]

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