"The Grand Trunk Western Railroad" is subtitled "A Canadian National Railway" and is a stated First Edition. The flyleaf says this about the railway and book, "The forerunners of the Grand Trunk rolled into the U.S. from Canada in 1844 by acquiring the tiny Detroit and Pontiac line... Through many acquisitions and extensions of trackage, the Grand Trunk became a magnificent rail system offering passenger, commuter, freight and mixed services over a wide are of central North America. The entire line as amalgamated into the Canadian National Railway in 1923, with the U.S. routes being treated a a separate company - The Grand Trunk Western - since 1928... Dorin traces the early history, motive power, trains and train service of the Grand Trunk Western in the U.S., and how the line joined with Amtrak in 1974". The Introduction by the author states, "The purpose of this book is to provide a pictorial review of the motive power, trains and train services a well as a capsule history of the early development of the Grand Trunk in the United States". Almost all pages contain one or more photographs, charts or maps. The pictures show the actual front and back of the dust jackets, the Table of Contents page, a map and nine other pages about every 20 pages.
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