Books, movies and songs that celebrate Canada's railway history.

Books
The National Dream (1970) and The Last Spike (1971) by Pierre Berton.
Steel of Empire: The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific, the Northwestern Passage of Today (1935) by J.M. Gibbons.
A History of the Canadian Pacific (1923) by H.A. Innis.
The People's Railway: A History of Canadian National (1992) by Donald MacKay.
Movies
Son of Lassie - starring Peter Lawford.
Canadian Pacific - (1949) Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt.
Songs that are on YouTube.
Canadian Railroad Trilogy by troubadour Gordon Lightfoot.
Movin in (from Montreal by Train) by Stompin' Tom Connors. The video was filmed in 1973 at the Parkdale, Toronto station.
Canadian Train Song by Deryl Dale.

Nova Scotia singer and song writer Hank Snow recorded 140 albums. YouTube photo.

Documentaries
Festival Express (1970) Starring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Ian and Sylvia, the Band.

The CN pavilion, Expo in Montreal. Unknown individual, Senta Berger and Robert Wagner.
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My grandmother thought that American singer Boxcar Willie was a real freight hopper. During the Great Depression of the 1930's men and boys traveled on railway cars looking for work. Many individuals disembarked at Jasper, Ontario and walked or hitchhiked to my grandparents mansion. My grandmother always gave them odd jobs, including milking the cows, picking apples, harvesting hay or mowing the grass. My grandmother also gave the men cash and provided lavish meals. During the Depression my grandfather was a Bank of Nova Scotia manager and a gentleman farmer.

Clothing.

During the 1980's train conductor overalls were popular for babies and toddlers.

The friend who is standing on my right is wearing an engineer's cap. I was on a Canada Post loading dock, Higinbotham Building, Lethbridge Alberta. 1973.