CB Railways article published by trainweb.org
The most extensive website for Canadian railroad history and historians recently published an article by Herb MacDonald about 19th-century railroading in Cape Breton.
Trainweb.org recently posted Herb’s article: “Mining Railways and their Locomotives in 19th Century Cape Breton.”
The article draws entensively from Herb’s book Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBU Press, 2012) available in most bookstores in the region.