TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. The spacing between initial letters of railway names has been removed, for example any instances of C. P. R. have been changed to C.P.R. for consistency. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. Trains of Recollection [Illustration: D. B. HANNA] Trains of Recollection Drawn from Fifty Years of Railway Service in Scotland and Canada, and told to Arthur Hawkes BY D. B. HANNA First President of the Canadian National Railways TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LTD., AT ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE MCMXXIV COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1924. BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED. PRINTED IN CANADA _To the multitude of Fellow-Workers who, during twenty-six years, loyally served the Canadian Northern and Canadian National Railways, this book is appreciatively inscribed._ THE CHAPTERS Page Introduction ix I. Suggesting a typically Presbyterian background of Scottish migration to Canada 1 II. Sketching early years of service at country and city stations near the Clyde 17 III. Recalling Van Horne and the Canadian Pacific challenge to the Grand Trunk 35 IV. Reviewing vanishing practices, including ticket scalping and fast freight lines 48 V. Portraying scantily the lives of a poor prairie line and a beloved prairie town 61 VI. Remembering when farming in the West was misunderstood, and land could not be sold 80 VII. Telling how Manitoba struggled through an era of expansion and the war of Fort Whyte 97 VIII. Recording the first encounter of Mackenzie and Mann, with mules for a stake 115 IX. Beginning the story of the Canadian Northern as a pioneer line with a staff of thirteen 132 X. Describing meetings of a traffic manager with Sioux Indians and sudden millionaires 148 XI. Indicating several considerations which made Toronto the centre of a Transcontinental system 168 XII. Offering explanations why luxurious ease does not distinguish living on a private car 190 XIII. Recounting midwinter episodes of location and operation in empty country 207