Ontario Northland Railway - Ontario Northland Railway Stations, Union Station, Polar Bear Express, Northlander, Cobalt Railway Station (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ontario Northland Railway Stations, Union Station, Polar Bear Express, Northlander, Cobalt Railway Station, Temagami Railway Station, Washago Railway Station, Swastika Railway Station, Little Bear, North Bay Railway Station, Moosonee Railway Station, Cochrane Railway Station, Dream Catcher Express, New Liskeard Railway Station, Englehart Railway Station, Matheson Railway Station, Bracebridge, Ontario Railway Station, Huntsville Railway Station, Gravenhurst Railway Station, South River Railway Station, Coral Rapids Railway Station, Fraserdale Railway Station, Clute Railway Station, Moose River Railway Station. Excerpt: Union Station (Toronto) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Union Station's Ticket Lobby, also informally known as the "Great Hall". Inter-city train timetable in the Great Hall.Toronto's third Union Station was constructed between 1914-1920 by the TTR and is the largest and most opulent railway station erected in Canada, particularly in light of the failure of the GTR to construct its planned replacement to Montreal's Bonaventure Station. The building was designed by the Montreal architecture firm of Ross and Macdonald, with assistance from the CPR's architect Hugh Johnes, as well as Toronto architect John M. Lyle. Its design was cited in 1975 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as being of "national architectural significance as one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts railway station design in Canada." The building comprises three distinct sections facing Front Street West and occupying the entire south side of the block between Bay Street in the east and York Street in the west. The building measures 752 feet (229 m) long and the Front Street facade features 22 stone columns, each 40 feet (12 m) high and weig... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=455632