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Transportation History

The Thunder of Their Passing

A Tribute to the Denver & Rio Grande and the Cumbres & Toltec Railroads

by (author) Robert D. Turner

Publisher
Sono Nis Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2004
Category
History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550391299
    Publish Date
    Jun 2004
    List Price
    $49.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550391305
    Publish Date
    Jun 2004
    List Price
    $59.95

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Robert D. Turner has been researching, photographing and writing about transportation history for over forty years. His photos have been widely published and he has written hundreds of articles and reviews. The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers is his eighteenth book. Turner has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Association for State and Local History’s Award of Merit. A retired heritage consultant and a curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Turner has travelled widely around the world photographing The Last Steam Railways and early industries while documenting the people, places and stories of this disappearing history and culture. He lives in Victoria, BC.

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