Bananas for Christmas is the story of America as it moves from The Gilded Age to a new era of Imperialism, of a revolution born in a New Orleans brothel, and the nation's most famous soldier of fortune, a color - blind railroad engineer who becomes the head of the Honduran Army (the real - life figure of Lee Christmas). (indiesunlimited.com)
Experience the Continental Divide, Spiral Tunnels — a remarkable feat of railroad engineering, Kicking Horse Canyon, Rogers Pass, Craigellachie (where last spike of Canadian Pacific Railway was driven), glaciers and snow - capped Canadian Rockies peaks. (irtsociety.com)
From railroad engineers obtaining $ 25,000 - $ 30,000 bonus payouts to sign on, to small towns offering relocation payments, tuition reimbursement and bigger paychecks, labor slack has been reduced to near zero. (cnbc.com)