The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy.

First as Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, and then as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the L.N.E.R., his chieftainship bridges not merely 28 years of great events in the railway world, but has also witnessed a complete transition from the old operating methods, when engines were nursed and groomed like racehorses, to the stringent economic conditions of today.

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During all that time, the French-speaking province of Quebec demanded additional powers to preserve its language and unique culture, while separatist pressure, generated by the Parti Quebecois, threatened breakaway if the demands were frustrated.