When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other countries—the United States, Russia, Germany, India, and, by a small margin, France—possessed a greater mileage; and, relatively to population, none came anywhere near her. This is the story of how Canada became a country stitched together by rail.

Latest episodes of the podcast Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Oscar D. Skelton

• The Coming of the Railway
• Early Travel in Canada
• The Call for the Railway
• The Canadian Beginnings
• The Grand Trunk Era, Part 1
• The Grand Trunk Era, Part 2
• The Intercolonial
• The Canadian Pacific -- Beginnings
• Building the Canadian Pacific, Part 1
• Building the Canadian Pacific, Part 2
• The Era of Amalgamation
• The Canadian Northern
• The Expansion of the Grand Trunk
• Sundry Developments
• Some General Questions