As with most other railways, freight revenue is the mainstay of the balance sheet. In Canada, passenger revenue is only about one-tenth that of freight.

Suddenly, machine-gun rounds tore over their heads, stitching a neat row of holes in the wall above them, the weapon's unmistakable ripping report identifying it as a 'buzz saw', as the GIs had nicknamed the German MG42 because of its stupendous rate of fire.

[page 139] Go on, take it off, the first girl directed Celia. We want to see your hair. […] Oh look at that, the first girl shrieked. She's a red nigger. [page 142] Ah knows wat she is. She's jess' ah red nigger tryin' to look white. In the first scene, two white girls are trying to determine the race of another girl (Celia). They remove her hat, revealing her hair and thus her mixed-race heritage. In the second scene, two Black people are discussing the same issue.

One searches to see whether the author [of “He created them male and female”, Genesis 5:2] meant to say that man was at the start ambisextrous […]