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Earl W. Roberts
UPC – 08293023
Softcover
Out of Print.
New old stock.
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Canadian Trackside Guide 2004
$20.00
This is the only comprehensive guide to Canadian Railways:
– Locomotives of CN, CPR, VIA, plus Regionals and Industrials
– Preserved equipment
– Passenger cars
– Urban rail transit
– Cabooses
– Non-revenue equipment
– Radio frequencies
– Passenger train schedules
– Freight train numbers
– Railway reporting marks
– Maps of major cities detailing rail lines
– Detailed divisional maps and subdivision listings for all Canadian railways and their U.S. components, including station names, mileposts, detectors, siding lengths, locations of crossovers, wyes and more
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