Rick Antonson 280 pages hardcover
Rick Antonson has ridden
trains in more than thirty countries--but everything he thinks he knows
about train travel changes when he boards the Rocky Mountaineer with his
ten-year-old grandson, Riley. As they wind over trestles and through
tunnels, each mile of track uncovers stories of dynamite and discovery,
surveyors and schemers, explorers and visionaries, and the people who
helped to build Canada against the odds of geography and politics.
Surrounded by a wild landscape that sparks imagination, fellow
passengers recount train travels in other countries, get nostalgic for
the era of steam locomotives, and consider life's unfinished journeys.
Peppered with spirited dialogue, heartrending vignettes, and intriguing
anecdotes, Train Beyond the Mountains is travelogue with urgency: to make your travel dreams happen now. As one passenger muses, "The mistake we make is that we think we have time."
