History of the E&N Railway

Описание: The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway was the backbone of Vancouver Island. It connected communities, opened resource lands, and drove the growth of towns and industry as the Island expanded around the tracks.

But the railway began as more than transportation. It grew out of a political promise made at Confederation and became one of the most controversial railway deals in British Columbia history.

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Sources

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_...
Esquimalt Historical Society - https://islandrail.wixsite.com/encrha
McLean Mill National Historic Site - https://mcleanmill.ca/the-railway

Video Source

Early Days of Diesel Operation on the E&N – Mike Dunham-Wilkie    • Early Days of Diesel Operation on the E&N  
CNR Deerholme and Cowichan Bay - Mike Dunham-Wilkie    • CNR Deerholme and Cowichan Bay.mp4  
CNR Cowichan Sub from Victoria - Part 2 - Mike Dunham-Wilkie    • CNR Cowichan Sub from Victoria - Part 2.mp4  
Victoria BC: VIA Rail 1950s Budd RDCs on Vancouver Island – Terry’s Live Steam, Trains, Brick Tanks & Planes!    • Victoria BC: VIA Rail 1950s Budd RDCs on V...  
Big Timber (1935) – Library and Archives Canada    • Big Timber (1935)  
A Typical British Columbia Logging Operation : [incomplete] (1929) – Library and Archives Canada    • A Typical British Columbia Logging Operati...  
Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (RailAmerica) June 2001 – David Othen    • Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (RailAmerica) ...  
More Southern Railway of Vancouver Island – Trackside BC Productions    • More Southern Railway of Vancouver Island   
It's our hulloversary! – Hullo Ferries    • It's our hulloversary!