Book review: Historian chronicles B.C.’s long romance with railroads

Iron Road West
An Illustrated History of British Columbia’s Railroads
By Derek Hayes, Harbour Publishing Ltd. (2018)
$44.95 | 240pp.Railroads changed everything. The railroad was one of the great disruptive technologies of the 19th century.Together with its seagoing cousin the steamship, the railroad created a truly globalized economy. Because of rail systems that laced B.C. mines, mills, canning plants, logging camps and farms together, hauling in supplies and hauling out products, the pr