The Trail of the Swinging Lanterns
By Morison Copeland
Length6h 15m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "When Sir John Franklin, arctic navigator, with canoe crews of Indians and voyageurs, eastbound after exploring the Great Lakes, pitched wigwams in the summer of 1839 at the confluence of stream and lake where the nucleus of present Cobourg, Canada, was taking root, little did these adventurous and actual forerunners of easy steam locomotion think that from a point where they camped a railroad would thirteen years later bisect the unbroken forest. Yet, it is so, and the whirligig of time has, likewise, seen recorded the obituary of that railway—has witnessed the effacement of the name of those early laid metal ribbons from the time tables of a young country which still hungers and lobbies for more and more tracks and trams."
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Young Adult
Length6 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FOREWORD
16THOMAS N. JARVIS An Organizing Genius
2NAVIGATORS OF THE BLUE Carrier pigeons—pioneers in aerial transportation
17GEO. J. CHARLTON Passenger Traffic Expert
3A DECEASED CANADIAN RAILWAY The Sheriff Runs Away From His Spoils
18ANDREW J. TAYLOR Lines to the memory of a good friend and business associate
4ONTARIO’S TWIN SISTER IS THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
19BY-WATER MAGAZINE Business Getter’s Competition Prize Winning Essay
5WILLIAM H. BIGGAR Vice-President and General Counsel of G.T.R. and G.T.P. Railways Some Recollections and An Appreciation
20LINES TO QUEEN QUINTE
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6AN OLD CAMPAIGNER’S CAREER
21THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
7KNIGHTS OF THE SWINGING LANTERN
22A TENDERFOOT IN TEMISKAMING And the silent places beyond awaiting the iron horse
8THE CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY Toronto to St. Thomas via Woodstock Inauguration of Toronto-Milton sections, September 19th, 1879
23MONSIEUR WILLIAM P. DUPEROW General Passenger Agent, Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Government Railways
9THE CRUSADE OF UNITED STATES RAILWAY INTERESTS IN CANADA
24THOSE UNDIGNIFIED BOX CARS Some methods of the men who control their movements
10A WIZARD WHEN IN BUD THOMAS A. EDISON
25LINES ADDRESSED TO FREDERICK P. NELSON Traveling Agent, Grand Trunk Railway, on the occasion of his marriage, Hamilton, Canada, May 27th, 1912
11A GIGANTIC HUMAN HIVE Is the Canadian Pacific Railway Headquarters
26A PILFERED POT-POURRI Timid Traveler vs. Tantalizing Ticket Clerk at the Bureau of Information
12W. B. LANIGAN Freight Traffic Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway A Biographical Reminisence
27THE TRANSPORTATION CLUB OF TORONTO
13JAMES CHARLTON The Nestor and Grand Old Man among passenger agents
28THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
14UNCLE SAM’S ADOPTED SONS Their name is legion, but this is only remotely realized beyond the broad boundaries of their chosen field of action
29A HAPHAZARD CHRONOLOGY
15SAMUEL R. CALLAWAY His Character and Notable Career
30BALLAD TO THE BROTHERHOOD
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