The following is my collection of Canadian railway books.
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| Title | Author | Year | Reference/ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Rail Travel Guide | Daryl T. Adair | 2014 | ISBN 978-1-55455-298-6 |
| Lines of Country | Christopher Andreae | ||
| Winnipegs Electric Transit | John E. Baker | ISBN 0-919130-31-3 | |
| Polar Bear Express Country | Michael Barnes | ||
| Canadian National's Western Depots | Charles Bohi | 1977 | ISBN 9-919130-28-3 |
| Ghost Railways of Ontario Volume 2 | Ron Brown | 2000 | ISBN 1-896757-14-6 |
| The Last Stop : A Guide to Ontario's Heritage Railway Stations | Ron Brown | ISBN 1-896757-19-7 | |
| Trackside Guide | Bytown Railway Society | Various | |
| All Aboard | J. William Calder | ||
| Westbound: A Portfolio of Western Railroading | Mike Chandler | ||
| The White Pass and Yukon Route | Stan Cohen | 1980 | |
| Tales of the Rails Volume IV | Clayton D. Cook | 2005 | |
| Preserved Canadian Railway Equipment | Raymond F Corley | 1971 | |
| Locomotives From London | Peter Cox | ||
| Locomotives of Western Canada | Mike Danneman | 2018 | ISBN 978-1-4456-8372-0 |
| Kettle Valley Railway | Gerry Doeksen | ||
| Railways of the Boundary | Gerry Doeksen | ||
| Canadian Pacific Railway | Patrick C. Dorin | 1973 | LOC 74-75664 |
| The Ontario Northland Railway | Patrick C. Dorin | 1987 | ISBN 0-87564-719-7 |
| The Canadian National Railways’ Story | Patrick C. Dorin | ISBN 0-87564-522-4 | |
| Canadian Railway Records | Althea Douglas and J. Creighton Douglas | 1994 | |
| British Columbia Railway | J.F. Garden | 1995 | |
| Illustrated CN, CP and VIA Rail Motive Power 1983-1984 | James W Kerr | 1984 | ISBN 0-919295-12-6 |
| Canadian Railways in Pictures | Robert F Leggett | 1977 | ISBN 0-88914-052-9 |
| Across the Canadian Shield | Alan Lill and Robert Warner | 1998 | |
| Railways of Canada A Pictorial History | Nick and Helma Mika | 1972 | ISBN 0-07-092776-6 |
| All Aboard! The Canadian Rockies By Train | David J Mitchell | 1995 | ISBN 1-55054-188-9 |
| Canadian Pacific's Western Depots | Charles W. Bohi and Leslie S. Kozma | 1993 | ISBN 0-942035-25-9 |
| The Line: Calgary, Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia | Ralph Wilson and Don Thomas | ||
| The Railways of Canada | 1871 (1974 reprint) | ||
| The Budd RDC in Canada | Douglas Country Publishing | ||
| The History of Canadian Railroads | Greg McDonnell | 1985 | ISBN 0-90628-663-8 |
| Rites of Passage | Greg McDonnell | 2000 | ISBN 1-55046-330-6 |
| Wheat Kings: Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies | Greg McDonnell | 1998 | ISBN 1-55046-249-0 |
| Heirs to a Dream | CN | ||
| A History Of Transporation In Canada (Volume I) | G.P. deT. Glazebrook | 1964 | |
| Canadian Trains | Nils Huxtable | 1995 | ISBN 0-9691409-4-0 |
| Rails & Rooms | Dave Preston | 2001 | ISBN 1-55285-009-9 |
| Canadian Pacific In Colour Volume 1 | Bill Linley | ISBN 1-58248-099-0 | |
| Canadian Pacific in Colour Volume 2, Western Lines | Bill Linley | ||
| Railroads of Canada | Robert F. Legget | ISBN 0-88914-001-4 | |
| Canadian Pacific in Manitoba (Volume One) | L. A. Stuckey | ISBN 0-919487-08-4 | |
| Canadian Pacific in Manitoba (Volume 2) | L. A. Stuckey | ISBN 0-919487-24-6 | |
| Train Time | M. Allen Gibson | ||
| The Railways of Winnipeg (Volumes 1-2) | Fred Headon | ISBN 0-919487-74-2 and 978-0-9919103-0-4 | |
| I Remember | Herbert Stitt | 1983 | ISBN 0-9691607-0-4 |
| Canadian Railway Atlas | Railway Association of Canada | 1990 | |
| Magnetic North: Canadian Steam in Twilight | Roger Cook and Karl Zimmermann | ||
| Portrait of the Collection | Exporail | ||
| Railway Country Across Canada by Train | Brian D. Johnson | ||
| Signatures in Steel | Greg McDonnell | ||
| Stand Fast, Craigellachie! | Greg McDonnell | ||
| Through the Window of a Train | Barbara Lange | 2010 | ISBN 978-0-88887-391-0 |
| Trackside With VIA: The First 35 Years | Eric Gagnon | ||
| Trackside With VIA: Cross-Canada Compendium | Eric Gagnon | ||
| Trackside With VIA: Cross-Canada Compendium Consist Companion | Eric Gagnon | ||
| Trackside With VIA: Research and Recollections | Eric Gagnon | ||
| Trains and Grains, Volumes 1 and 2 | Eric Gagnon | ||
| The Muskeg Limited: The First 80 Years of the GWWD | Peter Lacey | ||
| A History of Saanich Peninsula Railways | R.D. Harvey | ||
| Canadian Pacific Railway | Patrick C. Dorin | 1973 | |
| Miami Railway Station Museum | David J. Harris | ||
| Streetcars of St. John's | Kenneth G. Pieroway | 2019 | ISBN 978-1-77117-692-7 |
| Algoma Eastern Railway | Dale Wilson | ||
| Canada Southern Country | Robert D. Tennant, Jr. | ||
| Canadian National Railway | Tom Murray | ||
| Canadian Steam in the Prairies, Towns and Cities | Joseph P. Boreskie | ||
| Cape Breton Railways | Herb MacDonald | 2012 | |
| The Dominion Atlantic Railway | Gary Ness | 2014 | ISBN 978-1-77108-168-9 |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | Tom Murray | ||
| Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division, Vol. 5 | Douglas R. Mayer | ||
| Canadian Railway Scenes, No. 1 | Adolf Hungry Wolf | ||
| A Century of DeLuxe Railway Cars in Canada | Wayner Publications | 1983 | |
| CP Rail 1993 Review | Gary Zuters | 1994 | ISBN 0-9628699-6-1 |
| Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific | David C. Schauer | ||
| Faces and Places Along the Railway | Elizabeth A. Willmot | ISBN 0-7715-9472-0 | |
| Folklore of the Canadian Railroader | Jack Countryman | ||
| Great Canadian Railway Stories Vol. I | Peter Wilson | ||
| Great Canadian Railway Stories Vol. II | Peter Wilson | ||
| Great Canadian Railway Stories Vol. III | Peter Wilson | ||
| Great Canadian Railway Stories Vol. IV | Peter Wilson | ||
| The Great Days of Canadian Steam | Wentworth Folkins and Michael Bradley | 1988 | |
| The Hudson Bay Railway (booklet) | September 1975 | ||
| Industrial Locomotives [of BC and Yukon] | Mervyn T. 'Mike' Green | 1992 | |
| In Search of the K&P | Carol Bennett and D.W. McCuaig | 1981 | |
| Logging By Rail | Robert D. Turner | ||
| Meet Me At The Station | Elizabeth A. Willmot | ISBN 0-7715-9976-5 | |
| Northern Alberta Railways Diesels | Leslie S. Kozma | 2021 | |
| Northern Ontario Rails | Dale Wilson | 2012 | |
| Over the Hills to Georgian Bay | Niall MacKay | 1981 | |
| Rails in the Canadian Rockies | Adolf Hungry Wolf | 1993 | |
| Rails Over The Mountains | Ron Brown | ||
| Route of the Cariboo | Adolf Hungry Wolf | 1994 | |
| The School Car | Randall P. Noseworthy | ||
| Trainscape Volume One | Juris V. Zvidris | ||
| Trainscape Volume Two | Juris V. Zvidris | ||
| Prairie Branches (Canadian National Railways in southern Saskatchewan) | R.W. Zimmerman and Blake Kiviharju | ||
| The Skyline Limited | Robert D. Turner and David S. Wilkie | ||
| The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill: A Canadian Railway Adventure | Graeme Pole | 1995 | ISBN 1-55153-907-1 |
| Steam at Allandale | Ian Wilson | ||
| Steam in Niagara | Andrew Panko and Peter Bowen | 1983 | |
| Steam on the Kettle Valley | Robert D. Turner | ||
| Steam Whistles & Stories | Jim LeCain | 1995 | |
| Steel Rails & Iron Men | Barrie Sanford | 2003 | |
| Sudbury Electrics & Diesels | Dale Wilson | 2001 | |
| To Stratford Under Steam | Ian Wilson | ||
| The Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway | Thomas F. McIlwraith, Jr. | 1963 | |
| Tracks of the Black Bear | Dale Wilson and a Gordon D. Jomini | 1990 | |
| Trains of Newfoundland | Ken Pieroway | 2022 | |
| Tramway to the Pointe | Peter Lacey | 1996 | |
| Turmoil and Triumph | Ian Bickle | ||
| Vancouver Island Railroads | Robert D. Turner | 1973 | |
| The Victoria and Sidney Railway | Darryl Muralt | 1998 | |
| West of the Great Divide | Robert D. Turner | 1987 | |
| Western Canada's Railways | J. Edward Martin | ||
| Winnipeg's Electric Transit | John E. Baker |
BRMNA Books
- Canadian Pacific in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Volume 1, C.W. Bohl and L.S. Kozma, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in the West, Volume 1, D.M. Bain and D.R. Phillips, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in the Rockies, Volumes 1 to 10, D. M. Bain, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks (100 Years in Rogers Pass), Volume 1, Jan Booth, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks, Volume 2, Roger G. Steed, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in Southern Ontario (Volumes 1-3), W.H.N. Rossiter, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in Southern British Columbia (The Boundary Subdivision), W. G. Kennedy, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific from Calgary to Edmonton, Volume 1, Brian F. McLoughlin, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in the East, Volumes 1 and 2, Omer Lavalée, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific in Manitoba, Volumes 1 and 2, L.A. Stuckey, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific’s Mighty No. 8000, Donald M. Bain and Jack D. Leslie
- Canadian Pacific’s Trans-Canada Limited (1919-1930), Garry W. Anderson, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific’s Dominion Atlantic Railway, Volumes 1 and 2, Gary W. Ness, BRMNA
- Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam Power in British Columbia, Volumes 1-2, Jim Hope and Donald Bain, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific’s Rossland Subdivision, W.G. Kennedy, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific’s Montreal Lakeshore Commuter Services, Volume 1, Ronald S. Ritchie, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific’s Big Hill, Floyd Yeats, BRMNA
- Canadian Pacific and Canadian National in the Interior of British Columbia, Ernie Ottewell, BRMNA
- Canadian National and Canadian Pacific in Northern Ontario, Volumes 1-3, Dale Wilson and Gordon Jomini, BRMNA
- Canadian National in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Volume 1, David Maiers, BRMNA
- Diesels in the Maritimes and Newfoundland, Roger G. Steed, BRMNA
- Enter Diesel, Exit Steam, Ian Donaldson, BRMNA
- Canadian National in the East, Volumes 1-3, J. Norman Lowe, BRMNA
- Canadian National in the East, Volume 4, Keith Littlewood, BRMNA
- Canadian National in the West, Volumes 1-3, J.A. Love, BRMNA
- Canadian National in the West, Volume 4, J.A. Love and R.A. Matthews, BRMNA
- Canadian National in the West, Volumes 5-6, Ray A. Matthews, BRMNA
- The Locomotives of the Ontario Northland Railway, Frank N. Vollhardt, BRMNA
- The British Columbia Railway, Volumes 1-2, Timothy J. Horton, BRMNA
- Lawrence A. Stuckey’s Canadian and US Railway Photography – 1935 to 1957, Donald M. Bain, BRMNA
- Cyril R. Littlebury’s Canadian Pacific Railway – 1918 to 1933 (Volume One), Donald M. Bain and Lance W. Camp
- The Railways of Calgary, Volume 2 (The Later Days of Steam), Donald Bain and Ray Matthews, BRMNA
- The Railways of Calgary, Volume 3 (The Diesel Era – 1950 to 1999), Kevin Franchuk, BRMNA
- The Railways of Toronto, Volume 2 (The First Hundred Years), John Riddell, BRMNA
- The Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Volumes 1-2, Timothy J. Horton, BRMNA
- The Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways in Canada (Volume One), Lawrence A. Stuckey and Donald M. Bain
- The Northern Alberta Railways, Volumes 1-2, Colin K. Hatcher, BRMNA
- The Northern Alberta Railways, Volume 3, Cecil J. Swanson, BRMNA
- The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, Volumes 1-2, John Spring
These books were published by the British Railway Modelers of North America (BRMNA).
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