Author: Barrie Sanford. Published by , 2021, 1st Edition. FLAT SIGNED by the Author. Printed in Canada by Hignell Book Printing. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 165 pages.
TALES OF THE KVR, The Kettle Valley Railway Remembered, by Barrie Sanford, springs back to life in this marvellous collection of stories and photos. Told as a series of long and short pieces, this is social history carefully preserved by one of BC’s foremost railway history experts.
From years of recording stories told to him by railroaders and their descendants, coupled with his own research, Barrie has compiled stories of the men – and women – who gave the KVR life and purpose. Here are the surveyors who charted the railway through the wilderness, the labourers who built the railway with pick and shovel, and the locomotive firemen and engineers who ran the trains through winter storms and summer heat.
Meet colourful characters like Hurricane Hawkins, Minniei Engen and Bunkhouse Bill, along with many others who contributed their lives to the KVR in its heyday. They are all given their due and show that, in addition to being an engineering marvel, the Kettle Valley Railway was also the product of a generation of dedicated pioneers.
