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.
- Information about the model railway hobby: Drop-down menu Railway Modelling.
- A visit to my Hornby-Dublo layouts with some tips and thoughts.
- A Calendar of (mostly) Ontario train shows and events.
- A visit to my unique Toy Train Track Museum, which includes a page perhaps helpful for anyone wishing to identify track from the bygone toy train era.
- 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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Cookstown CNR (ex Hamilton & Northwestern), no date
Al Paterson Collection
Notepad:
Website
- NEW PAGES: The Schomberg & Aurora Railway, Glossary of Common RailwayTerms, The Lake Simcoe Junction Railway
- NEW ARRIVALS: Carl Riff's Railway History Diaries Latest batch posted: July 9, 2019.
- UPDATE: Ontario Railway Stations Gallery - A to Z completed (Postcards & Historical)
- UPDATE: Ontario Railway Stations Gallery - A to Z completed (Post WW II)
- UPDATE: Canadian Rail: Now with a complete Subject Index, allowing search by major topic.
- UPDATE: My Hornby-Dublo layouts: More maintenance and operation information.
- UPDATE: Ontario Railway Station Museums: Added Burlington Freeman (somewhat belatedly)
Books
Recently Available:
Dining With Canadian Railways Volume 1 - Canadian Pacific Chinaware
Nip 'n Tuck - A history of the Port Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsay Railway
CN CP Rail Trackside - Around Ontario's Cottage Country
CN Trackside - Newfoundland with Bill Linley
Speed Graphics and Steam 1958 volume I
Going to the printer in October 2019 (Ian Wilson) - Speed Graphics and Steam 1958 volume II
For details re the above, please go to What's New in Publications
Bytown Railway Society Publications
Canadian Trackside Guide 2019 - SOLD OUT
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.
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