This website provides:

Information updates about the three railway history books I have written (My Books), and background on CP to the East - The International of Maine Division, that I have edited (also under "My Books"). News about current and pending Canadian railway (history) publications (What's New in Publications). Information perhaps useful to railway history researchers. New articles are added from time to time. Please check my drop-down menu Railway History. and my Index of drop-down menu articles and downloadable Quick Railway History Summaries. Information about the model railway hobby.  Please check my drop-down menu Railway Modelling. Included is a series of downloadable Basic Model Railroading leaflets under Insights. Do visit my unique Toy Train Track Museum. This page has been completely updated and now also offers information for anyone endeavouring to identify track from the bygone toy train era. And check my Ontario, Canada model railway show CALENDAR Useful links to both railway history and railway modelling websites. New links are added from time to time. ("Links").

Charles at Beeton, Ont. end-of-steel 1999. Andrea Percy photo

And if you would like some nostalgic branchline steam sound for ambience, click here!
(Courtesy South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corporation "Steam in Ontario" OR 101-75)

Notepad:

The iconic Aberfoyle Junction Model Railway at Aberfoyle, Ont. has closed. The layout will be dismantled and moved to its new home in St. Jacobs, Ont. to re-open to the public, we hope, sometime in 2014. For a commemorative article, please click here.

Narrow Gauge Through the Bush: Rod Clarke advises that there are only 100 copies of the book left and that it has been generously discounted. Also a 2012 Supplement has been published: 16 pages of additional pictures, drawings and information. B&W. Same size as the book. $5. This supplement is also available from the Credit Valley Railway Company while stocks last.

Canadian Branchline Miniatures (Ian Wilson) has opened a US-based eBay store. For deals on some remaining titles of his CNR Steam series books, his novel The Secret of the Old Swing-bridge and for bids on some steam era b&w photos, click here.  It's a good deal for US addresses, and it's designed to clear out Ian's US-based inventory. Note the shipping charges to Canada. All remaining titles also continue to be available from Canadian Branchline Miniatures in Canada at current prices. (Steam in Northern Ontario, Steam Through London and To Stratford under Steam are now out of print, and there are only a few copies of Steam Over Palmerston and Steam to the Niagara Frontier left.)

The 2012 edition of the Trackside Guide by the Bytown Railway Society is available, and you can place an on-line order here. For more information about the Trackside Guide and other Bytown publications, including CP to the East, the International of Maine Division and Hamilton's Other Railway (the history of the Hamilton & North Western Railway), please go to page 2 of What's New in Publications.

If you are having a problem with any of the drop-down menus, use the "Compatibility" button (on the same line as the browser address bar) next to the "Refresh" button, or access via these links: 
My Books, Railway History, Railway Modelling and Opinion Piece.

For any questions, information or suggestions, please Contact Me.

Site last updated May 17, 2012