This website provides:
- Information updates about My four railway history Books.
- News about current and pending Canadian railway (history) publications.
- Information (casual and in-depth) for railway history researchers: Ontario Railway History and a gallery of Ontario railway stations, Ontario Railway Station Museums; and general Railway History Research, including extensive newspaper research, Timetables and summaries of various Canadian railways.
- Links to past copies of Newsletters:
CRHA Canadian Rail - Bytown Railway Society (Branchline) - Upper Canada Railway Society - Information about the model railway hobby: Drop-down menu Railway Modelling.
- A visit to my 3-rail Hornby-Dublo layout with some tips and thoughts.
- A Calendar of (mostly) Ontario train shows and events.
- A visit to my Information Hub of Toy Train and Model Railway Tracks, which includes pages for track identification and others.
- A summary of Trains on TV and Screen.
- An album of Railway and Traction Thematic Postage Stamps
- Useful links to railway history-related, rail trail, railway modelling and general information websites.
- A visit to my N scale Eagle Lake & Northern Railway
And if you would like some nostalgic branchline steam sound for ambience, click the play button on the player below!
Charles at Beeton, Ont. end-of-steel 1999. Andrea Percy photo
Featured Ontario Railway Station
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Ingersoll CNR 1971
Al Paterson Collection
Notepad:
Website
- NEW PAGES: Cardwell Junction, Upper Canada Railway Society and its publications, Lindsay, Bobcaygeon & Pontypool Railway, Georgian Bay & Seaboard Railway, Paul Rollinson, the train book seller, Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway (images to be added), Hamilton & North Western/Lake Erie Railways (images to be added), Toronto & Nipissing Railway, The Schomberg & Aurora Railway, Glossary of Common Railway Terms, The Lake Simcoe Junction Railway
- REVISION: Toy Train and Model Railway Tracks (formerly the Toy Train Track Museum).
- UPDATE: My 3-Rail Hornby-Dublo Layout, Tips and Thoughts
- UPDATE: Hamilton's Other Railway Redesign of Content, new Cardwell Jct. information.
Books
Hamilton's Other Railway (CRHA Book Award Winner 2002)
Yes, you can still get a copy!☺. All-time bargain - Now going for $29.95 all-in! Click here to order.
Coming Soon or Recently Available:
For details re the below, and other books, please go to What's New in Publications
For a listing and offer of used/out-of-print railway books, please click here.