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    • Paul Rollinson, the train book seller
  • My Books
    • Hamilton's Other Railway
    • Rails to the Lakes
    • Narrow Gauge for Us
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  • Ontario Railway History
    • Railway Gauges in Ontario
    • Grey and Bruce Counties
    • Haldimand and Norfolk Counties
    • Dufferin County
    • Perth and Huron Counties
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    • Simcoe County
    • Victoria and Haliburton Counties
    • Wellington County
    • Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway
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    • Lake Simcoe Junction Railway
    • Lindsay, Bobcaygeon & Pontypool Railway
    • Northern Railway of Canada Group
    • Portage Flyer
    • Schomberg & Aurora Railway
    • Toronto & Nipissing Railway
    • Cardwell Junction
    • Omemee Junction Ontario ("The Old Road")
    • Victoria Junction, Lindsay, Ont.
  • Ontario Railway Stations - Gallery
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  • Ontario Show and Event Calendar 2023-24
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    • Timetables
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    • "Canadian Rail" (CRHA) - Links to Issues
    • "Branchline" (BRS) - Index to past Issues
    • Upper Canada Railway Society (UCRS) and its publications
    • GTR Locomotives - R&LHS Bulletin #147
    • GTR Buildings & Bridges Inventory 1907
    • GTR Buildings & Bridges Inventory 1903
    • CNR - Stations - Designating Numbers (1924/1927)
    • CPR - Stations - Designating Numbers 1924
    • Railway Stations and distances - by Jim Fergusson
    • CNR - Synoptic History to 1960
    • Intercolonial Railway - report - Sandford Fleming, C.E.
    • Post Cards - a primary research source - by Ralph Beaumont
    • Searching for Antecedents on the Railways
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    • My 3-Rail Hornby-Dublo layout - and tips and thoughts
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    • Aberfoyle Jct. Model Railway
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    • My Eagle Lake & Northern Model Railway in N Scale
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Africa

Common Terms and Abbreviations

Alphabetically

Algeria to Congo

Algeria 372 1957

Algeria 372 1957

Angola 697 1970

Angola 697 1970

Angola XXX 2000

Angola XXX 2000

Belgian Congo 21 1894

Belgian Congo 21 1894

Belgian Congo 292 1948

Belgian Congo 292 1948

Benin xxx-xxx 1998

Benin xxx-xxx 1998

Burkina Faso 809-815 1985

Burkina Faso 809-815 1985

Central African Republic 47-50 1963

Central African Republic 47-50 1963

Chad 411 1974 UPU centenary

Chad 411 1974 UPU centenary

Congo 149 1968

Congo 149 1968

Congo 222-223 1970

Congo 222-223 1970

Congo 670-673 1979

Congo 670-673 1979

Dahomey to French Somali Coast

Dahomey 402 1970

Dahomey 402 1970

Dahomey D313 1967 postage due

Dahomey D313 1967 postage due

Djibouti 749-752 1979 752 missing

Djibouti 749-752 1979 752 missing

Djibouti 779 1980

Djibouti 779 1980

Egypt 189-192 1933

Egypt 189-192 1933

Egypt 521-1957

Egypt 521-1957

Egypt 595 1959

Egypt 595 1959

Egypt 794 1964

Egypt 794 1964

Egypt 1327 1977

Egypt 1327 1977

Equatorial Guinea  not listed

Equatorial Guinea not listed

Equatorial Guinea 1972 set of 7 not listed Japanese centenary

Equatorial Guinea 1972 set of 7 not listed Japanese centenary

Ethiopia 304 1931

Ethiopia 304 1931

French Equatorial Africa 35 1937 set of seven 34-38

French Equatorial Africa 35 1937 set of seven 34-38

French Somali Coast 361-374 1943

French Somali Coast 361-374 1943

Gabon to Guinea-Bissau

Gabon 903 1984

Gabon 903 1984

Gambia MSxxx xxxx

Gambia MSxxx xxxx

Gambia MSxxx-xxx xxxx

Gambia MSxxx-xxx xxxx

Ghana 175 1957

Ghana 175 1957

Ghana 324-327 1963 60 years of railways

Ghana 324-327 1963 60 years of railways

Ghana 869 1978 set of four 75th railway anniversary

Ghana 869 1978 set of four 75th railway anniversary

Gold Coast 140 1948

Gold Coast 140 1948

Gold Coast 158 1952

Gold Coast 158 1952

Guinea-Bissau 904-910 1984

Guinea-Bissau 904-910 1984

Guinea-Bissau MSxxx 1989

Guinea-Bissau MSxxx 1989

Ivory Coast to Liberia

Ivory Coast 272 1966

Ivory Coast 272 1966

Ivory Coast 594-598 1979

Ivory Coast 594-598 1979

Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 292-295 1971

Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 292-295 1971

Kenya Uganda Tanzania 360 1974

Kenya Uganda Tanzania 360 1974

Liberia 1149-1154 1973

Liberia 1149-1154 1973

Liberia 1191 1974 100 years UPU

Liberia 1191 1974 100 years UPU

Liberia 1383 1979

Liberia 1383 1979

Madagascar to Mozambique

Madagascar xx xx xx xx xx 1993

Madagascar xx xx xx xx xx 1993

Malagasy Republic 35 1962

Malagasy Republic 35 1962

Malagasy Republic 725 727 728 1989

Malagasy Republic 725 727 728 1989

Malawi 763-766 1987

Malawi 763-766 1987

Mauritania 157 1962

Mauritania 157 1962

Mauritania 679-684 1980

Mauritania 679-684 1980

Mauritius xxx 1998

Mauritius xxx 1998

Middle Congo 69 70 71 72 1933 set of 9 69-77

Middle Congo 69 70 71 72 1933 set of 9 69-77

Mozambique 779-784 1979

Mozambique 779-784 1979

Mozambique 998-1003 1983

Mozambique 998-1003 1983

Mozambique 1028 1983

Mozambique 1028 1983

Mozambique Company 211 1918

Mozambique Company 211 1918

Mozambique Company 302 1937

Mozambique Company 302 1937

Namibia to Rhodesia

Namibia 1994 FDC locomotives

Namibia 1994 FDC locomotives

Namibia 1995 FDC centenary

Namibia 1995 FDC centenary

Namibia xxx-xxx 1994

Namibia xxx-xxx 1994

Namibia xxx-xxx 1995

Namibia xxx-xxx 1995

Niger 496-499 1973

Niger 496-499 1973

Niger 767 1979

Niger 767 1979

Niger 809-813 1980

Niger 809-813 1980

Nigeria 73 1953

Nigeria 73 1953

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Republica Arabe Saharaui Democratica not recognized. Courtesy Donovan Kundinger

Rhodesia 24a 1959

Rhodesia 24a 1959

Sahara OCC RASD to Zimbabwe

Sahara OCC RASD xx 1993 bogus

Sahara OCC RASD xx 1993 bogus

South Africa (RSA) 183 1960

South Africa (RSA) 183 1960

South Africa (RSA) 541-544 1983

South Africa (RSA) 541-544 1983

South Africa (RSA) 1983 FDC locomotives

South Africa (RSA) 1983 FDC locomotives

South West Africa  96 1937 mail train

South West Africa 96 1937 mail train

South West Africa 1985 FDC narrow gauge locomotives (447-450)

South West Africa 1985 FDC narrow gauge locomotives (447-450)

Southern Rhodesia 36-39 1937

Southern Rhodesia 36-39 1937

Southern Rhodesia 75 1953

Southern Rhodesia 75 1953

St. Thomas & Prince Islands not listed xxxx

St. Thomas & Prince Islands not listed xxxx

St. Thomas and Prince Islands not listed xxxx

St. Thomas and Prince Islands not listed xxxx

Swaziland 109-112 1964 opening of the railway

Swaziland 109-112 1964 opening of the railway

Tanzania 433 1985. Set of 4, 430 to 433. Salute to Tanzanian Railways

Tanzania 433 1985. Set of 4, 430 to 433. Salute to Tanzanian Railways

Tanzania 445 1985. Set of 3 445 to 447.

Tanzania 445 1985. Set of 3 445 to 447.

Tanzania xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 1991

Tanzania xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 1991

Togo 961 1973

Togo 961 1973

Togo xxx-xxx 1999

Togo xxx-xxx 1999

Uganda 173-176 1976

Uganda 173-176 1976

Zambia 472-475 1986

Zambia 472-475 1986

Zimbabwe 653-656 1985

Zimbabwe 653-656 1985

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