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    • Paul Rollinson, the train book seller
  • My Books
    • Hamilton's Other Railway
    • Rails to the Lakes
    • Narrow Gauge for Us
    • CP to the East - International of Maine
  • Ontario Railway History
    • Railway Gauges in Ontario
    • Grey and Bruce Counties
    • Haldimand and Norfolk Counties
    • Dufferin County
    • Perth and Huron Counties
    • Peterborough County
    • Simcoe County
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    • Wellington County
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    • Portage Flyer
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    • Toronto & Nipissing Railway
    • Cardwell Junction
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    • Victoria Junction, Lindsay, Ont.
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    • Carl Riff's Railway History Diaries
    • Rod Clarke's TG&B and T&N Diaries
    • Timetables
    • Glossary of Common Railway Terms
    • "Canadian Rail" (CRHA) - Links to Issues
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    • 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
    • Research and Writing a Book
  • What's New In Publications
  • Railway Modelling
    • My 3-Rail Hornby-Dublo layout - and tips and thoughts
    • Prototype Modelling in Ontario
    • Our Friends at the Shows - a Photo Gallery
    • Disposing of model railway and other train stuff
    • The Great British Train Show
    • Aberfoyle Jct. Model Railway
    • The Credible Model
    • Superdetailing Ideas
    • Basic Model Railway Insights
    • More About N Scale
    • My Eagle Lake & Northern Model Railway in N Scale
  • Toy Train and Model Railway Tracks
    • Gallery of Track Images
    • Track Identification
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South America

Common Terms and Abbreviations

Argentine Republic

1855 1856 1983

1855 1856 1983

809 1949

809 1949

828 1951

828 1951

Bolivia

652 654 1957

652 654 1957

701 1960 unsurcharged

701 1960 unsurcharged

Brazil

302 318 1920

302 318 1920

884 1954

884 1954

1001 1959

1001 1959

1038 1960

1038 1960

1665 1977

1665 1977

1906 1981

1906 1981

2128 1985

2128 1985

Chile

338j 1938

338j 1938

431 432 1954

431 432 1954

455 1956

455 1956

1091 1987

1091 1987

Colombia

1130 1962

1130 1962

Ecuador

331 1908

331 1908

1109 1110 1958. Set of 3, 1111 missing

1109 1110 1958. Set of 3, 1111 missing

MS 1091a 1957. One of four different images.

MS 1091a 1957. One of four different images.

Falkland Islands

497-500 1985 Camber Railway

497-500 1985 Camber Railway

Guyana

xxx 1991

xxx 1991

Paraguay

not issued to the public 1972

not issued to the public 1972

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