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Island Timber Richard S. Mackie
Sono Nis Press 2000 1550391011 / 9781550391015 NEW CONDITION BOOK
A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island.
This award winning book is the story of the mighty Comox Logging Company, the largest operation on Vancouver Island and the operator of the last true logging railroad still working in Canada today. Many photographs are of the people at work on their farms, logging, working in the machine shop, the facilities and equipment. One will see how the people lived and worked logging in this part of the world.
Contents:
1. The Settlers and Their Farms;
2. Logging the Rivers and Shoreline;
3. Full Steam: 1910 1914;
4. Making the Homeguard;
5. Headquarters;
6. The Outer Camps;
7. Preparing the Ground;
8. Falling and Bucking;
9. Strictly Logging;
10. Out of the Forest, Across the Strait;
11. Homeguard Seasons;
12. The Aftermath. Loaded with maps, photographs, and stories.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 248 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., b&w photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps. SNP015
Price: 33.95 USD
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Logging by Rail: The British Columbia Story Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 1990 1550390651 / 9781550390650 Fifth Printing, 2003 NEW CONDITION BOOK
This winner of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association book award is considered a must have by logging railroad enthusiasts, and for good reason. From the 1880s to the beginning of diesel, this book truly tells (and shows!) it all.
Contents:
1. The First Logging Lines in British Columbia;
2. Steam in the Woods;
3. Rolling Stock, Camps, Trestles and Skidders;
4. Depression, Heyday and Decline;
5. Steams Finale;
6. The Diesel Years;
Epilogue;
Appendix: Preserved British Columbia Logging Locomotives;
Bibliography and Index.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 326 pages, 500 photographs, mostly b&w with 16 pages of color. SNP101
Price: 33.95 USD
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Logging by Rail: The British Columbia Story Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 1990 1550390651 / 9781550390650 Fifth Printing, 2003 NEW CONDITION BOOK
This winner of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association book award is considered a must have by logging railroad enthusiasts, and for good reason. From the 1880s to the beginning of diesel, this book truly tells (and shows!) it all.
Contents:
1. The First Logging Lines in British Columbia;
2. Steam in the Woods;
3. Rolling Stock, Camps, Trestles and Skidders;
4. Depression, Heyday and Decline;
5. Steams Finale;
6. The Diesel Years;
Epilogue;
Appendix: Preserved British Columbia Logging Locomotives;
Bibliography and Index.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 326 pages, 500 photographs, mostly b&w with 16 pages of color. SNP650
Price: 33.95 USD
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No Numbered Runways Jack Schofield
Sono Nis Press 2004 1550391461 / 9781550391466 NEW CONDITION BOOK
No Numbered Runways: Floatplane Pioneers of the West Coast (Canada).
Jack Schofield ’s No Numbered Runways recounts the exciting stories of early and latter day pilots whose floatplanes tracked the British Columbia coast. Often without benefit of charts, weather reports, radio, or navigational aids and, indeed, always without numbered runways, these ingenious aviators shaped the history of commercial flying on Canada ’s West Coast.
These adventures of west coast floatplane history are told here by Jack Schofield who, like the heroes appearing between these covers, flew seaplanes up and down the unforgiving coastline of British Columbia. Included are some 'tall tales and true,' which pilots call 'hangar flying,' that may help to explain why some coast dogs chose adventure over personal and financial security. After reading No Numbered Runways, you ’ll understand why one observer remarked that these aviators 'were not your Dow Jones average'.
Sono Nis Press, hard cover, 148 pages, 8.25 x 8.25 x .75 in, 100+ b&w photographs, maps and illustrations. SNP466
Price: 25.45 USD
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Powell River's Railway Era Ken Bradley & Karen Southern
Sono Nis Press 2000 0969251122 / 9780969251125 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Powell Rivers Railway Era presents a wonderful album of railroading in a coastal area of British Columbia. From 1895 to 1955, logging camps, mines and quarries all used railways and they were fascinating ones. Narrow gauge and standard gauge operations employed a delightful range of vintage locomotives and specialized equipment. They left a lasting legacy in the Powell River area and on nearby Texada Island. This is their enduring and intriguing story illustrated with hundreds of vintage photographs.
Sono Nis Press for BC Railway Historical Association, soft cover, 140 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., 112 b&w photographs, 17 maps. SNP103
Price: 25.45 USD
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Steam Along the Boundary Robert D. Turner and David Wilkie
Sono Nis Press 2007 1550391585 / 9781550391589 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Steam Along the Boundary. The story of the Canadian Pacific, the Great Northern and the Great Boundary Copper Boom.
Steam Along the Boundary features the story of the mountain railroads that were built a century ago to reach the copper mining boom towns and smelter cities along the British Columbia-Washington border country. This new book will present many previously unpublished photographs, maps and a detailed text that represents decades of work by the authors.
Contents:
Introduction, Railway Names, Abbreviations and Charters, pp. 6-23. Part 1: Rails to the Copper Camps, pp. 24-133;
Part 2: Railway Dreams and Realities, pp. 134-167;
Part 3: The Branch Line Years, pp. 168-206;
Postscript, Notes, References, Index, pp. 207-224.
Sono Nis Press, hard cover with jacket, XX pages, 11 x 8.5 in., text and b&w photographs. SNP104
Price: 36.95 USD
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Streetcars in the Kootenays Douglas V. Parker
Sono Nis Press 1992 0920805027 / 9780920805022 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Streetcars in the Kootenays, Nelsons Electric Tramways 1899-1992.
Born at the turn of the century out of the promise of rich mineral discoveries, one of the smallest street railways in the British Empire once operated in Nelson, British Columbia. Its streetcars carried passengers up one of the steepest grades of any Canadian system, grades which led to some spectacular accidents.
Streetcars in the Kootenays recounts the eventful history of the Nelson Electric Tramway Company. It is also the story of a few dedicated volunteers who began restoring the systems only surviving streetcar, which returned to operation along the Kootenay Lake in 1992.
Contents:
Ch. 1: Before the Streetcars Came, pp. 3-12;
Ch. 2: Tramways and Proposed Tramways, pp. 13-18;
Ch. 3: The Nelson Electric Tramway Company, pp. 19-60;
Ch. 4: The Nelson Street Railway Co., 1909-1913, pp. 61-80;
Ch. 5: The Nelson Street Railway, 1913-1949, pp. 81-124;
Ch. 6: Preservation, 1980-1989, pp. 127-143;
Ch. 7: Streetcar Service Returns to the Kootenays, pp. 143-170;
Appendices, Bibliography, Index, pp. 171-196.
Sono Nis Press for Havelock House, soft cover, 196 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., 115 photographs, drawings and maps. SNP106
Price: 19.95 USD
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The Pacific Empresses Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 2004 0919462049 / 9780919462045 Second Edition NEW CONDITION BOOK
The Pacific Empresses. An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railways Empress Liners on the Pacific Ocean.
This classic history of the CPRs trans-Pacific ocean liners is back in print in a newly updated edition. For over 50 years these beautiful ships provided a fast link with the Orient, broke speed records, and served in two world wars. With its companion, The Pacific Princesses, this volume is an essential addition to any history or ship-lovers library.
Contents:
Ch. 1: The Beginning of the Trans-Pacific Service, pp. 1-72;
Ch. 2: A second-generation of Empresses and World War I, pp. 73-110;
Ch. 3: The Fleet at Its Zenith: The 1920s and 1930s, pp. 111-204;
Ch. 4: The Empresses at War, pp. 205-244;
Ch. 5: Empress Epilogue, pp. 245-256;
Notes, Bibliography, Appendices, Index, pp. 257-290.
Sono Nis Press, hard cover with jacket, 200 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., 375+ b&w and color photographs, illustrations, maps and timetables. SNP107
Price: 42.95 USD
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The Pacific Princesses Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 2004 0919462618 / 9780919462618 Second Edition NEW CONDITION BOOK
The Pacific Princesses. An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railways Princess Fleet on the Northwest Coast.
Back in print in a newly updated edition. This beautiful, carefully researched and lavishly illustrated book presents the fascinating history of the Canadian Pacifics famed Princess steamships on the British Columbia, Washington and Alaska coasts. For over 100 years, the Princesses were often the only means of travel along the rugged Pacific coast.
Ch. 1: The Early Years and the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, pp. 1-38;
Ch. 2: The Formation of the Canadian Pacific Railways B.C. Coast Service, pp. 39-64;
Ch. 3: The Great Rate War, pp. 65-88;
Ch. 4: Growth of the Fleet, pp. 89-120;
Ch. 5: The Princesses on the Coast, pp. 121-174;
Ch. 6: The Post-War Years, pp. 175-228;
Notes, Index, Appendices including Ship Roster.
Sono Nis Press, hard cover, 252 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., 300+ b&w and color photographs, illustrations and ship plans, maps and timetables. SNP108
Price: 42.95 USD
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The Sicamous & the Naramata Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 1995 1550390570 / 9781550390575 NEW CONDITION BOOK
The Sicamous & the Naramata, Steamboat Days in the Okanagan.
In 1914, the Sicamous was the epitome of elegant, efficient travel in the Okanagan, and one of the finest vessels ever to operate on British Columbia's inland waters, carrying passengers, mail, express, and prized fruit. The Naramata served the Okanagan for fifty three years and now is the last of the surviving steam tugs to remain in the interior of British Columbia. Both ships were operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 72 pages, 9 x 8 in., 70+ b&w and color photographs, illustrations. SNP109
Price: 11.95 USD
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The Thunder of Their Passing Robert D. Turner
Sono Nis Press 2004 1550391305 / 9781550391305 Second Printing NEW CONDITION BOOK
A Tribute to the Denver & Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.
This stunning volume chronicles the story of one of the finest preserved steam railroads in North America. From its origins as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension in the 1880s silver mining boom, to its present day operations as the spectacular Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 125 years of railroading in the beautiful aspen covered high country of Colorado and New Mexico.
Includes many b&w images from the beginning of the line to contemporary railroad photographers plus color images (about 60/40 b&w to color). Text and extensive captions.
Sono Nis Press, hard cover with jacket, 288 pages, 11 x 9.25 in., b&w and color photographs. SNP110
Price: 46.95 USD
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V&S: The Victoria & Sidney Railway 1892-1919 Darryl E. Muralt
Sono Nis Press 1992 0969251114 / 9780969251118 NEW CONDITION BOOK
The Victoria & Sidney was the last link required to complete a full Canadian transcontinental railroad. It was built-all 17 miles of it-and was of critical importance.
The Saga of the Railway: It began as part of a dream - a dream to directly connect lower Vancouver Island to the transcontinental lines by rail and ferry. While that expectation was fulfilled, for some its continued existence became a nightmare. Its schedule was by no means punctual. Some of its station facilities defined the word rustic. The roadbed and equipment received minimal maintenance. Its owners were content to ask the Victoria and provincial governments for annual interest guarantee payments.
There was little incentive for it to be profitable. But, for two decades, beginning in the 1890s, the Cordwood Limited, as it came to be known, was the only service, apart from rural dirt roads, that Saanich Peninsula residents had for travelling to and from Victoria or for shipping and receiving farm products and other goods.
When its 25 year bond issue came due in 1917, it became an unwanted utility destined for receivership. This a story of great expectations, shrewd business, and political dealing. At the same time, it gives a glimpse of the early growth of the Saanich Peninsula and the town of Sidney.
Sono Nis Press (BC Railway Historical Association), soft cover, 236 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., b&w photographs, equipment rosters, financial reports, index of affiliated people, index, timeline. SNP111
Price: 21.95 USD
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West of the Great Divide Robert D. Turner and David Wilkie
Sono Nis Press 2003 1550391313 / 9781550391312 Second Edition NEW CONDITION BOOK
West of the Great Divide: The Canadian Pacific Railway ’s First Century in British Columbia.
Winner of a Canadian Railroad Historical Association ’s Book Award. Updated edition.
A complete and detailed history of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in British Columbia, from the glorious days of steam locomotives and elegant dining, to the luxurious Canadian and modern diesels hauling coal and containers.
Included are the stories of the men who built this railway, and the enormous construction problems, hazards, tragedies and engineering triumphs. Detailed accounts of day-to-day operations, endless battles with winter snows and mountain grades. The Steam Era of the 1920s to 1950s receives particular attention. Over 400 dramatic photographs capture the CPR ’s first century.
Contents:
Ch. 1: Building a Mountain Railway, pp. 1-64;
Ch. 2: Expansion on the Coast;
Reconstruction in the Mountains, pp. 65-100;
Ch. 3: Canadian Pacific and Great Northern: Across the Southern Boundary, pp. 101-158;
Ch. 4: The Modern Steam Era on the CPR: 1920-1950, pp. 159-244;
Ch. 5: Dieselization and the Transformation of the Railway, pp. 245-314;
Reference, Bibliography, Index, pp. 315-336.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 352 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., many maps and reproductions. SNP113
Price: 21.95 USD
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Wings Across America Bruce McAllister
Sono Nis Press 2004 0963881795 / 9780963881793 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Wings Across America, A Photographic History of the U.S. Air Mail.
This comprehensive photographic history tells of the pioneer air mail pilots who braved bad weather, under-powered aircraft, and impossible schedules as they pushed themselves to the limit, expanding air mail routes across the U.S.A.
With time, the U.S. Air Mail Service developed a system of beacon lights, emergency fields, and communications so that air mail pilots could fly through the night to their destination.>
As trunk lines developed north and south off the main transcontinental route between New York and San Francisco, the need arose for bigger and faster aircraft that could carry both passengers and freight. Wings Across America takes the reader on a photographic journey through this critical phase of U.S. aviation growth —the rise of the air mail carriers that ultimately became airlines.
Sono Nis Press, soft cover, 228 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 192 b&w photographs. SNP114
Price: 33.95 USD
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