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All Aboard!
Bill Baggs
Price: CDN$24.95
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Book Description
History of the Newfoundland Railway. Lots of pictures.
Through stories and photographs, Bill Baggs shares with the reader his memories while working on the now non - existant Newfoundland Railway. View what life must have been like for those who worked intimately with the railway, and obstacles they had to overcome. The numerous photographs accompanies stories of the railway's construction, derailments, winter snowstorms and the day-to-day operations of a day long gone. Paperback. 110 pages.
About the Author
William Norman Baggs was born at Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland on February 12, 1926. Bill's first job with the Newfoundland Railway was at the age of 12, shovelling coal from the holds of the railway ships which delivered the coal to Clarenville for the steam locomotives etc. From there he worked his way through the ranks to roadmaster and program supervisor and served in areas from St. John's to Port aux Basques.
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