Upper Canada Railway Society (UCRS) and its publications
Its Publications
PUBLICATIONS OUTLINE
The UCRS was formed in 1941, and began to publish a periodic "Bulletin" at that time.
As of 1945 it began to publish a sequentially-numbered Newsletter, and continued with "Bulletins" on single subjects, especially traction and transit topics.
The last "Bulletins" were published sometime during the 1960s.
The first diagrams and and folded maps started to appear with the July 1958 Newsletter.
The first photographs, first as "supplement" pages, then included with the copy, started to appear with the June 1960 Newsletter.
As of Nov-Dec 1975, the Newsletter was renamed Rail & Transit until the end of 1979.
It reverted again to Newsletter as of Jan 1980.
As of Sep 1992, the Newsletter reverted again to Rail & Transit.
Publication ceased altogether in 1998.
UCRS members published at least seven soft-cover books/booklets other than as UCRS Bulletins or Newsletter articles:
Four Whistles to Wood-Up (1953) by Dr. Frank N. Walker (also Bulletin 37)
The Centenary of the Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway (1954) by Dr. Frank N. Walker (also Bulletin 39)
Sir Adam Beck and the Hydro Radial Proposals (1958), by John F. Due (also Bulletin 50)
The Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway (1963) by Thomas F. McIlwraith (also Bulletin 56)
The Budd RDC in Canada (1967) by Raymond F. Corley
Locomotives from London (1968) by Peter Cox
TTC '28 (1968) by John F. Bromley
In 1986, UCRS published a both hard-and soft-cover volume The Toronto Civic Railways, a well-documented history of the municipally-owned streetcar operator that preceded the Toronto Transportation Commission, by J. William Hood.
THIS PROJECT
Scans of all the of Newsletters from the first in 1945 to the end of publication in 1998 are complete, thanks to contributions from other sources as credited below.
There are a number of gaps in the "Bulletin" series. Donations or loans (postage will be paid) for any "Bulletins" not listed for the purpose of recording on this page would be much appreciated.
Please Contact Me.
Articles on some specific topics from various UCRS newsletters also appear on my page Quick Railway Histories and Related Information and have been summarized in This Index.
GENERAL
Copyright notice:
All the information on this page is provided on the basis of being for personal use and research only. Its dissemination or citation in whole or in part may be subject to copyright law with respect to UCRS and/or the author of the material in question.
Jeffrey P. Smith, on his CNR in Ontario website, has posted extracts from early issues in the cited years before regular publication began in 1945.
(The number behind each year represents the number of pages recorded.)
SUBJECT INDEX
The salient features, articles, news items of residual value are shown below. The editorial page may consist of commentary, correspondence, miscellaneous (usually current) railway news. Each issue also contains detailed equipment roster and other rail company news, CTC decisions, abandonment reports, miscellaneous items, society news and activities, book and video reviews and so forth. News items may appear in various locations by different contributors under different titles in each Issue, so that a careful search may be required.
These newsletters specialized in Canada LRT and TTC news and notes. [variously ... News, ... Notes, TTC News, TTC n, etc.]
There are Indexes for the years 1961 and 1964.
OUTLINE OF NEWSLETTER and RAIL & TRANSIT SERIAL CONTENT, SERIAL ARTICLES and DEPARTMENTS
Motive Power, Car Equipment and Operations Reports
Before 1960, Equipment Data Section. Before 1980, Railway News & Comment [RN&C] starting in 1965, Equipment Notes, Motive Power and Rollingstock
Handbook - starting in 1965, providing reference sheets on technical details locos, cars, signalling etc. [HB]
From 1980 to May 1987, in most issues there is a Motive Power and Car Equipment report, hosted by Bruce Chapman, and sometimes assisted by Ron Lipsett and Mike Lindsay. These are identified as "motive power notes" and later as MP&E n on each Issue subject index.
Beginning July 1987, this feature was taken over by Pat Scrimgeour as Motive Power and Operations [MP&Ops n], and becomes wider in scope to include information on stations, abandonments, miscellaneous or "general" items, etc. It also includes a sometimes Train Spotter report by UCRS members. This feature eventually became separate during 1992.(It has not been annotated specifically in this Index, as it was only of contemporary value.)
Beginning in May 1988, the Motive Power and Operations feature was supplemented on an occasional basis with the Rolling Stock and OCS Equipment [RS&E n] feature, by Don McQueen, and subsequently by Don McQueen and Chris Martin.
Beginning 1990, it appears as Motive Power & Rollingstock [MP&R n]
Transcontinental Railway News (starting 1990) [Rail(way) N(ews)]. This is a large collection of "railway and transit news from coast to coast", and consolidates the various previous miscellany offerings into a predictable spot at the rear pages of each Issue.
"Information Network", a questions and answers column, starting with Rail & Transit Issue 518 (1993). This is essentially a "question and answer" forum and appears more or less regularly in each Issue from Issue 518 (Jan 1993) onwards.
With Rail & Transit starting in 1992, motive power, rollingstock and transit notes are wrapped into (Transcontinental) Railway News. [Rail(way) News]
Traction Topics - mostly, but not exclusively TTC, starting in 1965.
Serial articles Rail & Transit 1975 to 1979
This series was unique and ambitious in its design. All Issues contain lots of photos.
The principal regular features are:
Railway News
Diesel Notes
Under the Wire (Electric locomotives and trains - NOT transit) [UtW]
Rail Photos - usually four pages dedicated to outstanding rail photography, in earlier issues News Railway Photos [NRP]
Traction Topics - mostly, but not exclusively TTC
Serial articles Newsletters:
Itinerant Railfan (starting 1966), by various writers
Variously-titled trips to the USA and on US railroads, by John A. Fleck
Rusty Railfans (starting 1987), anonymous - visits to various abandoned Ontario locations [Rusty Rails]
Just A. Ferronut (starting 1987) by J. A. (Art) Clowes, comments on railways all over. Initially in Issues 449 (down East) and 458 (on Interlocking), then becoming a regular feature - the Ferrophiliac Column, starting in Issue 475. As of Issue 518, Railway Archaeology. [Ferronut]
("down east" denotes topics from Montreal through to Newfoundland.)
To the Lands of the Geniuses (starting 1988) by John A. Fleck, travel in Europe [Trip Europe]
The Transition Decade [1955 to 1965] (starting 1989) by Julien R. Wolfe - changes at the railway scene. [Trans Dec(ade)]
On the Eve of Amtrak (1990) by Carl V. Ehrke - travel in the USA [Eve Amtrak]
In Transit (starting 1989), edited by Scott Haskill [Tst n]. Starting with Issue 515 (Rail & Transit), this feature was wrapped into Transcontinental Railway & Transit News [Rail(way) News].
Tales from the Tie Gang, starting in 1992. Section Gang information. [Tie Gang]
Stations photo feature by Denis Taylor and Alex Campbell (Starting May 1995)
The "miscellany" section appears variously as:
Worth Noting [WN]
Bull Session [BS], starting in 1965.
B Nickle Notes or Miscellany [MiscBN], by Brian C. Nickle
Horner Miscellany, by George Horner
Operating News/Notes [ON]
Potpourri [PP]
Random Notes, by Doug Page and Mike Lindsay
Sandy Worthen Pieces, or By Sandy Worthen [SWP or SWPieces]
Short Hauls, by Bruce Chapman [SH]
Transcontinental Railway News (starting 1990) [Rail(way) N(ews)]. This is a large collection of "railway and transit news from coast to coast", and consolidates the various previous miscellany offerings into a predictable spot at the rear pages of each Issue.
"Information Network", a questions and answers column, starting with Rail & Transit Issue 518 (1993). This is essentially a "question and answer" forum and appears more or less regularly in each Issue from Issue 518 (Jan 1993) onwards.
News Photos, starting with Issue 550 (Nov 1995) on page 3, featuring an image and a news item.
ABBREVIATIONS used below. (Content summary for each Issue is usually kept to one line. Where necessary, these abbreviations are used:)
+ = more on
aband = abandoned, abandonment
acc = accident
ACR = Algoma Central Railway
Agin = Agincourt
ann = anniversary
ARM = Association of Railway Museums
Assoc = association
BCR = British Columbia Railway
BR = British Rail
br = branch
Buff = Buffalo NY
Cal = Calgary
Calif = California
Can = Canada, Canadian
CAR = Canadian Atlantic Railway
CROR = Canadian Rail Operating Rules
CTC = Canadian Transport Commission
cent = centenary, centennial
CWR = Central Western Railway
Chic = Chicago
comm - commuter
dem = demolition
derail = derailment
Det = Detroit
E = equipment
E n, Equip n = Equipment Notes
E&NA = European & North American Railway
E&N = Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway
Edm = Edmonton
EERS = Edmonton Radial Railway Society
El = electric
elec = electrification
ETS = Edmonton Transit System
exc = excursion
Fla = Florida
gnl = general
GO = Government of Ontario Transit
GRR = Grand River Railway
GV, GVR = Grand Valley Railway
Hal = Halifax
Ham = Hamilton
hear = hearing
HS = historical society
HSR = high speed rail
HSRy = Hamilton Street Railway
H&LB = Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway
Hx = History
KP&C = Kingston, Portsmouth & Cataraqui Electric Railway
L&PS = London & Port Stanley Ry
LDS = Locomotive Data Sheet
MB = Manitoba
Misc = Miscellany/miscellaneous
MiscBN = Miscellany or Notes by Brian Nickle
Monc = Moncton
MP = Maps and Photos (referring to Issue Supplements)
MP/mp = motive power
MP&E = Motive Power and Car Equipment (by Bruce Chapman, assisted by Mike Lindsay/Ron Lipsett)
MP&Ops = Motive Power and Operations (by Pat Scrimgeour)
Mtl = Montreal
MTC - Montreal Transportation Commission
mtve = motive
Mus = Museum
n = notes/news
NB = New Brunswick
NI = Northern Ireland
Niag = Niagara
NFTA = Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
NH = New Hampshire
NRP = News Railway Photos - an earlier monthly photo feature
NS = Nova Scotia
NS&T = Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway.
NTA = National Transportation Agency
OCS = On Company Service
OERHA = Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association
ON = Operating News/Notes
ORA = Ontario Rail Association
O'ville = Orangeville
OR = Oshawa Railway
OSHOME = Ontario Society HO Model Engineers
OTC = Ottawa Transportation Commission
Ott = Ottawa
OWSR = Ontario West Shore Railway
QNS&L = Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Railway
pass = passenger
pen = peninsula
Pitts = Pittsburgh
PP = Potpourri
PDC - Prairie Dog Central
PGE = Pacific Great Eastern Railway
PM = Pere Marquette
POP = proof of payment
PSTR = Port Stanley Terminal Rail
pwr = power
RBW = Red, White and blue (fares)
RCE = Royal Canadian Engineers
recoll = recollections
ret'd = retired
rpt = report
Rl/rl = Rail/rail
RN&C = Railway News & Comment
RR = railroad
RT = Rapid Transit
Ry/ry = Railway/railway
sbwy = subway
Scar = Scarborough
Sctn = Section
SEMTA = South East Michigan Transit Authority
SH - Short Hauls by Bruce Chapman, and latterly with Mike Lindsay, Doug Page
S&H = Salem & Hillsborough RR
SOD = Southern Ontario District (CNR)
SOLRS = Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society
Spad = Spadina
SSR = South Simcoe Railway
stn = station
Sub = subdivision
svc = service
SWPieces = Sandy Worthen Pieces
T2000 = Transport 2000 (advocacy group)
TIR = Thousand Islands Railway
tpt = transport/transportation
TRC = Toronto Railway Company
trt = traction
tst = transit
tt or TT = timetable(s)
TTC = Toronto Transit Commission
UCOR = Uniform Code of Operating Rules
upd = update
UtW = "Under the Wire" (serial feature Rails & Transits)
Vanc = Vancouver
WC = West Coast
WCRFA = West Coast Rail Fan Association
Wind = Windsor
Wpg = Winnipeg
WP&Y = White Pass & Yukon RR
Wstn = Western
Bulletins:
Notes:
1. The war-time Bulletins excerpted from Jeffrey P. Smith's website noted above also included Society business and member news.
Articles of residual railway history interest have been excerpted below from Bulletin 2 through to Bulletin 16.)
2. Most Bulletins from #19 on, and all related items, have been provided courtesy of Paul Rollinson, the Bookseller.
3. Only the ones identified have been listed.
Bulletin 2 - (Nov 1941) Notes on early CPR engines - CPR Motive Power Today
Bulletin 3 - (Dec 1941) CPR Motive Power Today concluded
Bulletin 5 - (Feb 1942) Railways and Confederation, a Brief Sketch - Kettle Valley Railway
Bulletin 6 - (Mar 1942) The Beautiful Josephine - Locomotives Built in Toronto
Bulletin 7 - (Apr 1942) Locomotives Built in Toronto concluded
Bulletin 10 - (Oct 1942) NRC Timetable No. 2, 1863.
Bulletin 15 - (Feb 1944) TTC car inventory, including Toronto Railway Co. cars taken over in 1921, and those assumed from the T&Y Rly in 1927.
Bulletin 16 - (Apr 1944) Roster of Equipment of the Grand River Railway, the Lake Erie & Northern, and predecessor lines
Bulletin19 - Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Ry (identified, but missing)
Bulletin21 - Canadian Pacific Ry (identified, but missing)
Bulletin22 - Kitchener Waterloo Street Ry (identified, but missing)
Bulletin 23 - (1948) Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Ry (courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith)
Bulletin 24 - Toronto Civic Railways single truck cars data sheet
Bulletin 25 - (Nov 1949) CNR Switcher 8-wheeler-type Class P 5-j 8417 to 8422 (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 26 - (Mar 1950 Toronto Civic Railways merged with the Toronto Railway Co. to form the Toronto Transportation Commission 1 Sep 1921
Bulletin 27 - (1951) CPR Hudson locomotives (courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith)
Bulletin 28 - (Nov 1950) TTC cars 1170 to 1308, formerly Toronto Railway Co.
Bulletin (not numbered) - TTC cars 2120 to 2126, 2128 to 2166, formerly Toronto Civic Railway cars 120 to 123 and 100 to 119
Bulletin 29 - (Mar 1951) The Ontario Northland Railway, by Andrew Merrilees (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 30 - (Feb 1951) TTC PCC cars 4550 to 4574 ex Cincinnati
Bulletin 32 - (Jul 1951) TTC cars 151 to 155, formerly Toronto &York Radial Railway
Bulletin 33 - (Apr 1952) CPR Jubilee-type Class F-1-a 4-4-4 (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 36 - (Apr 1953) Hamilton Street Railway cars 500 to 547
Bulletin 37 - (1953) Four Whistles to Wood-Up, Stories of the Northern Railway of Canada, by Dr. Frank N. Walker
Bulletin 38 - (Aug 1953) CP Electric Lines, Lake Erie & Northern, Grand River Railway (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 39 - (Jan 1954) The Centenary of the Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway, by Dr. Frank N. Walker (reprinted Issue 354-355)
Bulletin 40 - (Dec 1954) North Yonge Railways
Bulletin 41 - (Jun 1955) CNR Class T-2-a 4100 to 4104
Bulletin 43 - (Sep 1955) Thousand Islands Railway, by Andrew Merrilees
Bulletin42 - TTC trailers 2701 to 3029 (3 doors)
Bulletin 44 - (Jun 1956) TTC cars 409 to 416 ex Toronto & York Radial Railway (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 45 - (Dec 1956) CNR Tenwheeler-type class D-10g,h,j,k 4-6-0
Bulletin46 - Lake Erie & Northern Railway cars795, 797, 933 to 955
Bulletin47 - Natioanl Transcontinental Railway, construction history and map
Bulletin 48 - (Feb 1958) TTC cars 2580 to 2678 Brills and Small Witts
Bulletin 49 - (May 1958) Railways of Newfoundland (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 50 - (1958) Sir Adam Beck and the Hydro Radial Proposals, by John F. Due
Bulletin 51 - (Dec 1958) TTC cars 211 to 213 ex Toronto & York Radial Railway
Bulletin 52 - (no date) Pool Trains
Bulletin 53 - (no date) CPR Pacific-type Class K-1-a 4-84 3100 to 3101 (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 54 - (no date) Kingston, Portsmouth & Cataraqui Electric Railway (reprinted Issue 356-357)
Bulletin 55 - (Apr 1962) TTC Two-door trailers 2301 to 2419
Bulletin 56 - (Sep 1963) The Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway 1863 - 1884, by Thomas F. McIlwraith
Bulletin57 - Lake Erie & Northern/GRR Railway steel cars
Bulletin 79-1 National Transcontinental Railway, by Ron W. Layton (courtesy Pat Scrimgeour)
Bulletin 79-2 - (May-Jun 1969, UCRS car #13 pics added R&T 4-4 1979 Jul-Aug) CPR solarium cars
Related and Miscellaneous publications:
Uniform Code of Operating Rules (UCOR) 1962
CPR dome car 1902 by Omer Lavallée (also in Newsletter #141)
Islington CPR station H0 scale diagram by Don Tyers
Locomotive Data Sheets (The 4-digit numbers refer to year and month)
Handbook 1 - CPR Class G-1 Pacific-type 4-6-2 2200 to 2238
Joint Issue UCRS/OSHOME 1951 - CPR Class H-1 Hudson-type 4-6-4 2800 to 2864
#6610 - CNR Northern-type Class U-2-g 6200 to 6234
#6611 - CNR Pacific-type Class K-5-a
#6612 - CNR Pacific-type class K-3 5557 to 5611
#6701 - CNR Mountain-type Class U-1-f 6060 to 6079
#6702 - CPR Class T-1-a 5900 to 5919
#6703 - TH&B locomotives 201 and 202.
#6704 - CNR/GTW Northern-type Class U-4 6400 to 6410
#6712 - CNR Baltic-type Class X-10 45 to 50
Traction Special 7901-2: TTC route maps
Traction Special #2: TTC sweeper and snow plow routes 1967
1977 Aug Newsletter Informer UCRS news and advice re trips
1977 Sep Newsletter Informer Unity train - TTC Spadina subway cars - UCRS news and advice re trips
Newsletter 1945 to 1957
Note: These have been provided
- month-by-month, courtesy of Pat Scrimgeour (scanned by Art Clowes), and also Jan-Nov 1952 by Paul Rollinson, the Bookseller, and
- year-by-year, courtesy of Jeffrey P. Smith.
01 Sep News from returning members
02 Oct News from returning members, director slate, new CNR locos Tornto area, TTC Notes
No Nov Issue
03 Dec Toronto Belt Line wreck - TTC #1782 - TRC car #544 at Pottageville
04 Jan NS&T Ry news - CPR Class G5b - CNR boxcar series #1500 new logo - Cornwall St Ry news
05 Feb AGM - news of members - Toronto arrivals & departures
06 Mar News of members - TTC rapid transit proposals - Misc CPR, CNR, TTC
07 Apr C&O taking over Pere Marquette - news of members - report re New Zealand railways
08 May Correction re C&O - Addendum to Bulletin #16 re LE&N, GRR - Locomotive news - 100 new cars for TTC
09 Jun Reporting Marks - Buffalo NY excursion - Hamilton Street Railway sold
10 Jul NS&T update - GTW, CPR new locomotives - TTC Silver Jubilee plans
11 Aug Locomotives assigned to Mimico (Toronto) - Electric Railway News - CNR new branchline Barraute to Kiask Falls Que
12 Sep Hull Electric Railway update
13 Oct New TTC track - notes N&ST, GRR, L&PS, MTC - CP and CN mp
No Nov Issue
14 Dec Toronto Belt Line - TTC snow equip - CPR Leaside station opens - n LE&N, GRR
15 Jan TTC news - n LE&N, GRR
16 Feb AGM - CNR parlour car svc Pboro - Misc
17 Mar (UCRS in house)
18 Apr CNR mp - TTC news - el lines news
No May Issue
19 Jun TTC Witts - CNR experimental diesels - NS&T
20 Jul C&O into Canada - BCER n - Cornwall Street Ry - M&SC Rys
21 Aug PGE n - last TRC cars - new CNR diesels
22 Sep CPR MP n - CNR Equip n - Cornwall Street Ry - el lines news
23 Oct CPR MP n - NS&T n - BCER n
24 Nov BCER n - CNR freight schedules - Hull El Ry equip n - TTC news
25 Dec CNR locos to Australia - Misc - Hull Elec Ry equip notes
26 Jan CPR freight schedules -TTC notes
27 Feb CPR lightweight coaches - Locomotive notes - electric lines n -TTC notes, car disposals
28 Mar Fan trip Field BC
29 Apr CPR new equipment - CNR new passenger cars - Miscellaneous - Electric ry notes, TTC disposals
30 May Excursion Port Colborne
31 Jun Trip safety concerns - TTC notes - Elec ry notes - Montreal observations
No Jul Aug Issues
32 Sep Railway ops around Ottawa - BCER news
33 Oct Ottawa Electric Ry - Locomotive notes - TTC notes - ex TRC car disposals
34 Nov Chicago Railway Fair 1948 - Railway ops around Ottawa comments - North Yonge Railways cessation
35 Dec Locomotive notes
36 Jan TTC news - Thurso & Nation Valley Railway - CNR, CPR notes - Transit Notes
37 Feb CPR converting from coal to oil - TTC carbon trolley shoes - CNR diesel loco roster
38 Mar "Foreign" locos in Toronto 1948 - Ottawa Electric Ry notes
39 Apr CNR electric locos for Montreal Terminal - CPR diesel loco roster
40 May Canadian freight rates - New railway projects in Quebec - Locomotive Notes
41 Jun TTC Developments - Locomotive notes - Transit Notes - M&SC Rys - Ottawa Transportation Commission
42 Jul UCRS trip Stratford, palmerston - TTC subway construction schedule
43 Aug TTC multiple units, Witt conversions - GM diesel plant London Ont. - PGE
44 Sep More TTC multiple units - Hamilton SR changes - Cornwall St Ry - MTC
45 Oct Locomotive notes - Transit notes - Electric Railways notes
46 Nov Railways in York County Historical summary
47 Dec Rys in York County cont'd - ICR memento - CPR diesel loco order - Temiscouata Ry > CNR - Hamilton incline ry demolished - Cobourg ferry aband
1950
48 Jan CNR new link Scarboro, Ont. - aband app Port-Hope-Peterborough - TTC notes - Ottawa Transportation Commission
49 Feb Historical review CN Allandale Div - Locomotive notes - UCRS president's report
50 Mar Early ry stations Toronto - "Foreign" locos Toronto 1949 - Mtl transit plans - LE&N/GRR aband
51 Apr TTC subway progress - Loco news TH&B, CNR, CPR - CNR roomette cars - NS&T abandons Port Dalhousie
52 May Toronto Railway Company routes - TTC subway progress - CNR new tank cars - CNR roomette cars
53 Jun CNR and CPR pusher services Toronto area - TTC subway progress - Erie & Ontario Railway
54 Jul CNoR around Toronto (history) - LE&N/GRR reprieve - Canadian Loco Works Fairbanks Morse
55 Aug UCRS trip Midland system - MP notes - TTC subway progress - Electric Railway notes
56 Sep TTC purchase Cincinatti cars - CPR articulated locos - MP notes
57 Oct "Dummy" streetcar engines (history) - Transit notes - MP notes
58 Nov Model Ry Club open House - TH&B, Temiscouata, Canada Gulf Tml news - TTC subway progress - CNR Fairbanks Morse loco order - El Ry n
59 Dec UCRS business - NS&T Ry roster and abandonments - Motive Power news
60 Jan UCRS business - N&NW historical notes
61 Feb CNR diesel loco renumberings - CPR MP notes - TTC cars scrapped - Hamilton St Ry abandon Burlington route and Belt Line
62 Mar Loco orders - first Canadian sleeping car BB&G - TTC notes - Hamilton and Ottawa transit notes
63 Apr Royal Commission Transportation report - PGE extensions - TTC subway progress - last run TRC wooden cars
64 May Loco news - two last street car runs: 1326 and HSR - CNR aband Port Hope/Pboro and Kincardine - more on first Canadian sleeping car Brantford
65 Jun More on CNR aband Port Hope/Pboro - CPR Royal Hudsons - Locomotive news - Electric Railways news
66 Jul Railways around Peterborough - CN The Pas to Sherridon MB - TTC temporary subway yard
67 Aug Railways of Southern Ontario - Loco news - CNR summer "Lakeshore Express"
68 Sep Loco notes - CP Eastern Region improvements - Aband applications - TTC notes - The Rail Problem, Speed at a Price, D. Gordon CN pres.
69 Oct A History of UCRS, by S.I. Westland - Locomotive Notes
70 Nov TTC Yonge subway report - A history Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Union RR - Vancouver news - BCER notes - TTC Peter Witt conversion 2932
71 Dec CN motive power changes - Consist Royal and Press Train - TTC roster of car disposals - TTC subway update
72 Jan Mtl & Southern Cties - TTC converting car series 2500 and 2900 - motive power n - CNR remodels sp #15834 ,
73 Feb CP new branch east tor - TTC RT cars - QRL&P sold - CN Loco renumber Nfld - CN new switchers 7000 series
74 Mar CN renumber C and O classes - CN renumber lounge cars - TTC Peter Witt conversions - motive power notes
75 Apr Ottawa Transportation Commission - US lines in Canada n - Preservation NS&T #135 -
76 May CN roster diesel-el locos - TTC subway construction progress rpt - Mtl street cars to be retired
77 Jun Passenger train comparison 1951 1952 - CN diesel loco order- TTC subway Queen St. proposal - transit miscellany
78 Jul UCRS excursion London - LE&N n - motive power n - miscellany including re Tor ex-GWR fruit market station
79 Aug CN aband Westport branch - CP roster diesel locos - Miscellany
80 Sep TTC purchase Birmingham PCC fleet - Mtl MTC abandonments - more re CN Westport branch - TTC PCC cars Twp York - Miscellany
81 Oct TTC purchase Cleveland PCC cars - TTC subway progress rpt - ONR n - M&SC n - Miscellany
82 Nov UCRS incorporated - more TTC Cleveland PCCs - passenger TT changes - MTC n - Loco and other Miscellany
83 Dec TTC notes - possible CNR Ontario branch extensions - Miscellany (CTC, CNR loco deliveries, two Toronto grade separations, etc)
84 Jan TTC Ashbridges line history - Miscellany including locomotive notes
85 Feb Motive power notes - CNR diesels ##9048 and 9049 - TTC notes - Toronto-Montreal truck trailer haulage
86 Mar CPR Budd car tests - MP notes - LE&N/GRR equipment notes - CPR MP observations - TTC notes
87 Apr CNR Scarboro Ont. link further construction - railway bibliography - TTC notes - CNR MP - freight schedules - Winnipeg transit commision
88 May UCRS OS&HU Aurora centenary celebration - TTC notes - Motive Power notes
89 Jun OS&HU centenary report - trip to Winnipeg - Transit notes - TTC notes
90 Jul TH&B Mikados - CPR Vistadomes - TTC car #11 > USA - TTC News - H&LB Ry reprieve - Pboro Radial Ry carbarn
91 Aug CNR diesel orders - Other MP notes - First TTC subway cars arrive - Other TTC notes - Miscellany (incl. OTC and MTC)
92 Sep ONR fire North Bay - TTC Winchster St. line history - MP notes - TTC notes - CPR buys Budd cars
93 Oct LE&N cars scrapped - CPR Dayliner schedule - MP notes - TTC notes - CNR notes - Ottawa Rockcliffe route abandoned
94 Nov GWR historical summary at centenary - CPR Budd cars - Electric Railway notes
95 Dec UCRS excursion CPR Budd cars - CTC on the TH&B - TTC "Ferry" car line history - MP notes - CNR miscellany - Electric Railway Notes
96 Jan Toronto Transportation Commission > TTC - Other TTC notes - Mtl commuter services - MP notes - Miscellany
97 Feb CNR class T #4100 series - Other MP notes - OTC "R" line - Stelco loco notes - TTC changes - TTC #1326 preserv - BCER car sale
98 Mar TTC subway opens - Equip and MP notes - TTC car retirements - H&LB Ry operates - TTC car #2210 preserved
99 Apr CPR RDC accident - MP and Equip notes - TTC new grinding cars - passenger schedule changes
100 May TTC "Church" route convert to bus - Other TTC news - Equip notes - passenger schedule changes - CNR Stratford shops history
101 Jun TTC suburban abandonments - CPR new branch Oshawa - Equip notes - Stratford Shops history concluded - OTC notes
102 Jul OERCA assumes TTC ##1326 and 2210 - PGE southerly extension - MP notes - TTC trailer cars - CNR projected new branchlines
103 Aug OERCA Halton Co. Rad Ry - MP and Equip notes - Nothern Ont. observations - TTC car scrap summary - Misc - CNR steam loco class system
104 Sep CPR Pboro RDC svce - TTC order subway cars - Other RT notes - CPR new passenger cars - Equip notes - Miscellany
105 Oct Ontario abandonments - Brockville Tunnel - Equip notes - TTC notes
106 Nov Eastern Canada ry notes, incl Nfld - Equip and MP notes - OTC - Hurricane Hazel washouts - TTC notes
107 Dec MP notes - OTC Hull line abandoned - TTC east end changes - TTC subway cars ##5100 - 5103
108 Jan Metropolitan Ry (history) - more Hurricane Hazel - pass tt changes - CNR, CPR, El Ry notes - Abitibi P&P loco roster - CPR "Royal Canadian"
109 Feb CNR Scotia Jct > Falding aband - TTC crosstown RT plan - M&SC Ry aband - BCER Vanc "Hastings" line aband - Miscellany
110 Mar CNR transcontl svce, diesel renumb - CPR withdraw mixed trains, opens Nephton branch - Loco orders - Equpt, TTC notes - Wpg ends streetcars
111 Apr LE&N service ends - TTC tenders 34 subway cars - CNR Scotia Jct > Falding aband - Other CNR abandonments - Loco notes
112 May TTC two-man cars scrapped - LE&N last trip - TTC n - BCER aband Vanc cars - new transcontinent trains - CPR new car ferry - GTW single track
113 Jun MP notes - TTC car sale - Mtl abandonments - Equpt notes- L&PS equpt - CNR Seaway relocation - TTC transfers - Great Slave Lake Ry
114 Jul M&SC cars > NS&T - MP notes - future of railfan hobby - CNR QRL&P Co ops - TTC subway cars ## 5104, 5105
115 Aug MTC and M&SC abandonments - MP notes - TTC notes - Notes across Canada
116 Sep M&SC cars at NS&T - Port Burwell - TTC car #W-24 - MP notes - L&PS Ry
117 Oct UCRS NS&T excursion - MP Notes - Railroads of Hamilton, Ont history
118 Nov Passenger timetable changes - MP notes - Cumberland Ry & Coal Co - TTC cars scrapped listing - New Brunswick notes
119 Dec Newfoundland report - CPR diesel classification/numbering - Miscellany
120 Jan NS&T car #82 - MP notes - Future Railfan hobby - Equip N - TTC Bloor RT - CNR yards Toronto - Western Electric railways 1927 Part I
121 Feb TTC Sunnyside relocation - CPR Trainmasters - Other MP notes - pass arr/dep Toronto 1955 - Western El Rys 1927 Part II
122 Mar Trip to St. Lambert - Equip N- CNR industrial spur Oakville - TTC new head office
123 Apr RDC cars Canada listing - MP & Equpt notes - Miscellany - Western Electric Railways 1927 Part III
124 May Loco roster QNS&L Ry - Equip n - passenger svce changes - Toronto Spadina RT proposal - Canada Southern MP notes - M&SC aband date
125 Jun CNR tests foreign loco #1000 - OERHA car #107 - MP notes - NYC steam in Canada - TTC demolishes Davisville stn
126 Jul MP notes - NS&T service - CNR steam renumberings - CNR diesel roster 1956 - UCRS excursion Hanover, Ont.
127 Aug TTC new subway cars - Algoma Central & Hudon Bay loco roster - CNR trip on the "Maple Leaf"
128 Sep TTC subway planning - PGE loco roster - Western Electric Railways 1927 Part IV
129 Oct UCRS excursion L&PS - MP notes - Newfoundland observations Sandusky and Knowles
130 Nov LE&N/GRR scrap equip - UCRS excurs Kingston - Cooksville Brick&Tile loco roster - TTC n - Ont Observations 1956 - MTC more aband - MP n
131 Dec TTC Queen St Extension progress - TTC notes - MP notes - CPR operations, Cataract, Ont.
132 Jan TTC notes - MTC more aband - BCER notes - TTC subway single track ops - trip Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle - CPR loco notes
133 Feb Abandonments, various - trip southern Ontario - visit Isle of Man, Ireland Part I - TTC notes - MP notes
134 Mar TTC mused end of streetcars - TTC Bloor subway - L&PS pass svce ends - MP notes - trip western CPR - Isle of Man, Ireland Part II - Miscellany
135 Apr New Cdn rail projects - CNR aband Port Hope/P'boro - More Metropolitan Div - MP notes - TTC notes - TTC buys Kansas City PCCs
136 May OTC changes - Air travel vs trains - CNR locos retired 1956 - CPR St. Mary's branch last run - MP notes
137 Jun CPR and CNR Equipment Notes - Toronto transit planning thoughts - Miscellany
138 Jul MP notes - Cdn electric railway equip roster - CPR steam locos stored "serviceable" - TTC notes
139 Aug TTc opens Queen St extension opens - Other TTC notes - Edmonton transit - UCRS excursion Port Burwell - Miscellany - Equip notes
140 Sep CNR diesel order - Railways Alaska and Yukon Part I - trip out west - CNR motive power Lindsay Ont. 1957 - Miscellanies - UCRS excursion NS&T
141 Oct Woods & Gordon report TTC - Railways Alaska and Yukon Part II - CNR/CPR piggyback service - MP notes
142 Nov CNR Coe Hill branch - TTC expropriation Bloor line - Railways Alaska and Yukon Part III - MP notes - TTC notes
143 Dec TTC buys 30 Kansas PCCs - CNR/CPR loco, Pig'back n - criticism TTC Bloor - CNR locos scrapped - CNR opens Chibougamau - Mtl trams - Misc
Newsletter 1958 - 1975
Notes:
1. "Text Only" [TO] copies of each Issue have been provided courtesy Pat Scrimgeour (scanned by Art Clowes) from 1958 to 1967. Starting in 1958, diagrams, maps, photographs and cover pages started to appear. As these are not part of the Scrimgeour/Clowes scans, they are provided (where a TO scan has been used) under a supplementary link in each month in which they appear, shown with an"MP" [Maps and Photos] suffix.
2. Jun 1963 to Dec 1966 Complete scanned copies have been provided courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith.
3. Complete bound Newsletters from 1958 to 1975 (except 1972), single Newsletters and most of the R&Ts between 1976 and 1978, have been provided courtesy of Paul Rollinson, the Bookseller. Some copies of the R&Ts between 1977 and 1978 have been provided by Pat Scrimgeour.
4. Where the newsletters in bound volumes are scanned, please note that the early issues did not have defined borders, and in the bound volumes some text goes right to the spine, but every effort is made to ensure that each page is comprehensible.
5. From 1958 to 1960 there are also year-by-year scans, courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith. These also include diagrams, but the photos are b&w.
1958
144 Jan Railways Alaska & Yukon RRs Pt IV Copper River & NWestern - CN diesel roster - TTC subway Bloor U route - Maritime Prov trip Pt I
144 Jan MP Diagram proposed TTC Bloor Subway route
145 Feb Miscellany rail and transit - UCRS trip TTC Kansas PCC 4778 - Maritime Prov trip Pt II - MP n - TTC n - Mtl 1958 conversion schedule to buses
146 Mar TTC Bloor sbwy update - TTC Kansas PCC cars - BCER last pass run - MP, TTC notes
147 Apr Trip Maritime Provinces Pt III - CN mp Lindsay - Gordon Commission urban tst - CNR Corner Brook Nfld - CPR CTC ops Ont. - Incline ry Toronto
148 May Obit: R.R. Brown - UCRS trip report Mtl, Que City, St. Joachim - Trip Maritime Provinces Pt IV - TTC, MP, Oshawa Ry notes
149 Jun TTC Bloor sbwy update - PGE update - Motive Power notes - Electric Railway notes - CPR roster diesel locos
150 Jul GRR new loco - map North Alberta Rys and Pine Point - TTC Bloor subway update - TTC notes - Miscellany
150 Jul MP Diagram North Alberta Railways and Projected extensions
151 Aug N&ST notes - Eastern Trip Report Pt I - OTC rail aband by 1960 - MP notes - TTC notes - Miscellany - CNR Mtl hump yard
152 Sep TTC Bloor sbwy update - MP notes - Miscellany
153 Oct St. Clair tunnel elec aband - CNR Montmorency Sub aband el ops - Miscellany - MP notes - CNR locos ret'd 1957 - Eastern Trip Report Pt II
154 Nov trips last runs CNR trains #92,95,603,604 - Morrisburg Ry Mus - El Lines news - Nfld scene 1958 - MP notes - Miscellany
155 Dec Obit: J.V. Salmon - CNR Kitch-Galt br - demol Brantford LE&N - L&PS, Oshawa Ry, MP, OTC n - CNR yd Wpg - Misc - TTC track Brown's Line
155 Dec MP Diagram TTC track location Brown's Line
156 Jan TTC sbwy policy - Orangeville Tramway - Edm Rad Ry car #1 - CNR Ops Notes - Miscellany - CNR Gordon on passengers - OERHA report
157 Feb NS&T, OCT, CNR Montmorency abandonments - ONR extend Parry Sound - CPR Queensway Tml - MP notes - Que iron ore rys
157 Feb MP Diagram Iron Ore Railways of Quebec
158 Mar TTC future RT - 1959 end of era - CPR NB construction - MP notes- Miscellany - Arnaud Ry incorporated
158 Mar MP Toronto Diagram Future Rapid Transit System
159 Apr CNR Toronto by-pass & hump yd - NS&T svce ends - CNR Montmorency svce ends - TTC Oakwood carline - CNR loco order - P'boro and LB&P rpt
159 Apr MP New CNR Toronto Terminal Facilities
160 May OCT Britannia line aband - 35 Yonge St. TTC HQ history - DAR diesels - CPR NB steam report - Miscellany - steam observed in Ontario
160 May MP TTC HQ 35 Yonge Street pictures and diagrams
161 Jun CNR Vaughan yard - TTC Bloor sbwy update - CPR mp scrapped 1958 - UCRS trip Bancroft - Misc'y - Grand Rapids T'mway - CNR Lindsay mp rpt
162 Jul Wpg sbwy plan - UCRS trip Bancroft supplement CNR lunch car 15636 - trip GTW Detroit to Jackson - CNR mainline relocation Mtl - Miscellany
162 Jul MP diagram Proposed Winnipeg subways - diagram CNR Montreal hump yard
163 Aug Mtl end streetcar ops - trip Northern Ontario - TTC subway notes - Motive power notes
163 Aug MP - diagram Spruce Falls depot, Bruce Mines layout, Lake Huron & Northern Ontario
164 Sep CPR Agincourt yd update - trip to Nova Scotia - CNR locos retired 1958
165 Oct CPR Agincourt yard decision - CNR new herald and colour changes - CPR ops reorg - TTC notes - Motive power notes - Miscellany
166 Nov policy editorials - TTC, Cornwall equip, MP n - CNR hump yard Moncton update - Mtl end streetcar ops - Algonquin Pk loco exhibit #6 - Miscellany
166 Nov MP Diagram CNR Moncton Yard
167 Dec TTC sbwy update - Mtl sbwy plans - CP El GRR and LE&N pass equpt disposal - Motive Power notes - OERHA report - more on editorials
167 Dec MP Diagram Proposed Montreal Subway System 1959
168 Jan TTC Oakwood streetcar abandoned - Miscellany
169 Feb CNR Symington Wpg hump yard - Motive Power notes - IB&O to be abandoned
170 Mar appeal UCRS action RFC - Steam Regina/Moose Jaw SK - CNR donation #2613 - CPR steam Smiths Falls/Mtl - MP n - NS&T changes - Misc'lany
171 Apr Hamilton Ont subway proposal - CPR steam retired 1959 - Motive Power notes - Miscellany
171 Apr MP Proposed Hamilton Subway Lines
172 May IB&O aband - CPR Vancouver freight tml - Upper Musquoidoboit last run - Motive Power n - El line n - CPR pass cars conv to svce cars -
173 Jun New CNR HQ - Mtl future subway - Miscellany - Motive Power n - TTC n - CNR announce dieselization - UCRS excursions
173 Jun MP Photo Supplement UCRS Excursion Port McNicoll
174 Jul railway classification yards - Motive Power n - new railway construction - TTC n - Miscellany
174 Jul MP Railway classification yards
175 Aug more on railway extensions - Motive Power n - UCRS trips Jul 1960 - Miscellany - TTC n - Photo Supplement - update on CNR #6213
175 Aug MP Photo Supplement UCRS excursion Niagara
176 Sep CNR #6213 donate/photos - CNR last steam, reorg - UCRS trolley excurs > Mtl - UCRS chart'd sleeper - CPR #1057 - TTC n - Misc - Tor Fez yard
176 Sep MP CNR #6213 Move to CNE and presentation
177 Oct TTC new subway yd - TTC ferry ops - T&Y Scar Div waiting rm demol - MP n - Misc - CNR last runs Haliburton - CPR 75th ann reenact Craigell
177 Oct MP diagram Kingston Road Electric Railway track locations
178 Nov 75 yrs CPR - Motive Power n - CNR automatic train test CNR - American Ry amalgamations - Miscellany - Lindsay, Ont ry museum - Elec lines n
179 Dec TTC subway construction Univ'ty Av - Miscellany - railway extensions Canada - more US ry mergers - Elec lines n - 125 yrs German railways
1961
180 Jan TTC order 36 cars B-D sbwy - CN VP future rlys - Dev'l'p rotary plow - TTC n - L&PS #14 pres've - CNR Scarboro stn burns - Misc - Mtl sbwy plans
181 Feb Delson museum project - TTC sbwy notes - Miscellany - BC washouts - steam in Europe - US ry mergers - UCRS reports
182 Mar Miscellany - TTC n - Other subway n - new rys Canada - CPR Toronto North stn - CN pass svce changes - Review GTR of Canada by AW Currie
182 Mar MP Ground floor new Tor North stn, track layout
183 Apr TTC Wilson yard expropriation - Western Canada notes - Toronto Exhibition Electric Ry 1884 - Miscellany - New CN Railiner services
183 Apr MP TTC Wilson yard
184 May Miscellany - letters on Japan railways - Equipment notes - TTC 1933 route map - UCRS Hamilton chapter news
184 May MP TTC streetcar route map 1933
185 Jun UCRS trips rpt - Orient Express withdr'n - CNR hump yd construct - TTC n - New Ottawa stn plans - runaways Tor Bathurst yd - CN derail Trenton
186 Jul Chignecto Ship Ry - NS coal rys - TTC Ferry Loop reloc - MP TTC n - CN New HQ - CN Mattagami line - Pacific Northern Ry - TTC disp Witts - Misc
186 Jul MP TTC tracks docks area
187 Aug L&PS - UCRS OR, #6167 Belleville trips - UCRS f'well TTC large Witts - + demise pass trns - TTC n - + locos preserv - West Tor Tower - Misc
187 Aug MP July excursions - TTC Runnymede carhouse site - West Toronto CP and CN tracks
188 Sep 100 yrs Toronto St Ry - H&LB n - TTC route map 1961 - Miscellany - Toronto John Street Tower
188 Sep MP TTC rail and trolley coach routes - photos John St tower
189 Oct CN Trains #93 #94 - Miscellany - Maritime Rys & Industrial lines - UCRS Hamilton Chapter news
190 Nov Last CP electrics GRR - UCRS trip CN #6167 Gravenhurst, - TTC notes, Spadina RT line - Mtl subway plans - Western CN CP notes
190 Nov MP GRR Kitchener Diversion - UCRS excursion Sep 30 - TTC Spadina (Wilson) subway line - Montreal subway diagram
191 Dec CN#6167 at Stratford - CN 1934 Dundas wreck - CN Construction, mobile radio n - winter TTs - Miscellany
191 Dec MP CNR #6167 at Stratford
1962
192 Jan European Railways: Spain Austria - Update Royal Commission on Railways - TTC notes - Miscellany
192 Jan MP Northern Spain diagram - Austria diagram
193 Feb CN ends pass svce "on the Midland" - + Mtl subway plans - TTC n - UCRS #6167 excursion - CP Notes - CN Miscellany
193 Feb MP The Midland System diagram -
194 Mar PEI Rys - CP 1961 loc disp - Gordon CN on steam - Gmn Rys mod'nize - UCOR - Misc - UCRS #6167 Niag - Gt Slave Lke Ry - TTC MP NS CN n
194 Mar MP PEI diagram - CNR #6167 - Great Slave Lake Ry diagram -
195 Apr + KP&C - Diesel USA econ rpt - CP RDC roster - TTC n, sm Witts - Tst Topics - Vanc Shay - Soapy Mary Cavan Hill - MP CN n, RWB fares - Misc
195 Apr MP Charts Economics diesel power North America - CNR Atlantic provinces diagram
196 May TTC subway 5300 series - Diesel USA economic rpt Pt II - TTC subway soundproof Bloor viaduct - TTC CN MP n - summer TTs
196 May MP Specifications TTC subway car 5300 series - Charts Economics diesel power North America Part II - TTC Bloor subway diagram
197 Jun West Coast Rail Tour - auto control traction - CPR Preston MB-Wolseley SK dism - + Mtl sbwy construct - CP CN TTC n - Mtl Harbour Tml Ry - Misc
197 Jun MP BC rail tour cover and photos - Montreal harbour area electrification diagram
198 Jul West Coast Rail Tour Pt II - CN rpt, Tor yd - UCRS South Parry trip - CP arr dep freight Tor - TTC n - Miscellany - N de M Mexico-Puebla line
198 Jul MP photos various accompanying articles - Doug Wright cartoon
199 Aug Oshawa Ry rpt - ++ KP&C - CN pass improv - Japan monorail - Miscellany - UCRS trip #6167 Niag - TTC RT progress - TTC n - CNR report - CP n
199 Aug MP Photos various - diagram Oshawa Railway - TTC University subway track diagram
200 Sep CP Mxd God'ch - UCRS trip Picton - CN CP TTC n - Int Rys Ctl Am (NG) - CN Mxd Palm-Kinc - Tor M'pol't'n Ry - Misc - TTC #2300 - CN Scarb stn
200 Sep MP Photos various - diagram Guelph-Goderich Railway - TTC Lipton Loop diagram
201 Oct CP Agincourt yd w map - Miscellany - Monorail Toronto? - CN Toronto yard progress - Steam on BCER - Miscellany - CN passenger car diagrams
201 Oct MP CPR Agincourt yard diagrams - CNR passenger car diagram compartment drawing room buffet lounge
202 Nov UCRS trip #6167 St. Thomas - CN pass improv - Rys British Africa - MP n - TTC CN CP n - CRHA trip #5107 - CN pass cars diagr - RT prog - Misc
202 Nov MP St. Thomas, Ont track diagram - railways of British Africa diagram - CNR passenger car diagram Nfd Ry drawing room
203 Dec TTC Dovercourt line - Winged Ones poem after Ogden Nash - Miscellany - CN TTC RT MP n - Scandinavia Rlys Sweden Norway - Elec Ry n
203 Dec MP TTC Dovercourt line diagram - TTC proposed street car abandonmnts for trolley coaches - Scandinavia rys diagram - mechanical mole diagram
1963
204 Jan Crewless on the QNS&L -CPR News - TTC Happenings - CNR Report - Scandinavia Rlys, Finland - Motive Power Notes (MP n)
204 Jan MP Crewless trains QNS&L diagram - CPR tracks diagram Mtl - TTC Tripper diagram - Finland railway map, pics - TTC Bloor subway diagram
205 Feb Palmerston-Kincardine Mixed - MP n - Prairie branch line problems - Miscellany - TTC happenings - Scandinavia Rlys, Norway - TTC RT progress
205 Feb MP diagram CN branchlines western Ont. - Norway pics - TTC Bloor sbwy track diagrams Lansdowne>Keele
206 Mar TTC Univ Ave Subway - TTC Witt last runs - UCRS trips - Miscellany - TTC Happenings - CNR Report - News Railway Photos (NRP) - MP n
206 Mar MP Pics TTC subway University - Doug Wright cartoon - pics various
207 Apr A4 Pacific/Bruce - Trolley Rock Candy poem - Dead cow acc rpt - TTC sbwy fire - TTC Happ - Misc - NRP - CN, CP, MP, RT n - CPR L Current Sub
207 Apr MP Pic BR#60034 A4 - hit cow accident report - pics various - Doug Writh cartoon - CN passenger cars diagrams items 23 to 27
208 May CP display loco power - MP n - TTC Happenings - WP&Y - Miscellany - CN passenger car diagrams - News Railway Photos - summer TTs
208 May MP Doug Wright cartoon - diagram Skagway-Whitehorse - CN passenger car diagrams items 2 to 4 - pics various
209 Jun Obit: R S Duncan - UCRS trolley trips - WP&Y Part II - TTC Happ - Pioneer Rys "Rocket" - CP, CN, RT n - Steam Portugal - CN pass car diagrams
210 Jul Steam valve gear types - CN RDC roster - CNR Stratford Shops - Delson Museum n - Pioneer Rys "Novelty" - MP n - News Railway Photos
211 Aug CN steam generator roster - MP n - Mtl RT progress - Miscellany - Rockwood Museum n - CN rpt - UCRS trips Waterford, OR, 6167 - TTC Happ'g
212 Sep ACR - Steamtown Museum n - Lindsay, Bobcaygeon & Pontypool Ry - CNR CPR TTC news - CN Tor yard progress - Miscellany - Motive Power n
213 Oct CP western diesels - CN faresaver plan - UK Southern Ry Schools class - Miscellany - News Railway Photos
214 Nov TTC PCC story - News Railway Photos
215 Dec Photos Canadian steam - CN #6218 completed, Stratford to close - CN Passenger car diagrams - winter TTs - UCRS longest steam trip, other trips
Numbers 209 to 215 courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith
1964
216 Jan Foreign MP in Canada - TTC news - TTC control traffic signals - CN Equipment n - Miscellany - Steam on Display - News Railway Photos (NRP)
217 Feb Subway steel wheels rubber tires - HEPC generator shipment - CNR rpt - analysis ry fares - Misc'llany - NRP - Comment - UCRS reports 1963
218 Mar UCRS winter excursion - Miscellany - TTC RT progress - Elec Ry news - CNR Stratford Shops 1870-1964 - News Railway Photos - Comment
219 Apr CN Stratford Shops 70-64 Pt II - Misc - Comment & rebuttal - UCRS trip press resp - CP, CN MP n - Delson Museum n - NRP - CN pass car diag's
220 May TTC 10 yrs Yonge Subway - Western n - Miscellany - UCRS car Nova Scotia - summer TTs - diesel slugs - CN passenger improvements
221 Jun Wreck Canoe River BC - Miscellany - CPR n - Diary of a trolley fan NS&T, L&PS, LE&N - TTC Bloor-Danforth subway contractors
222 Jul CN passenger news Champlain Panorama - Inter-city fare plans - Miscellany - TTC News - News Railway Photographs - UCRS Bulletins 25-56
223 Aug Spruce Falls P&P Co Ry - TTC Happenings - UCRS steam trip Belleville - Miscellany - Western n - CN n - TTC News - News Railway Photos
224 Sep Canadian railway art - UCRS trip Moosonee - CN passenger car diagrams - CN Bala Sub derail - Preserved steam update - crossword puzzle
225 Oct UCRS dheader steam trip - CN#6167 wreck 1943 - Farewell CN #6167 and specs - WCRFA British Columbia - MP n - Cobourg & Pboro RR hx
226 Nov Master plan branchline abandonments - GP-35s for CN - Western Notes - Miscellany - CN Report - News Railway Photos - Motive Power (MP) n
227 Dec The City and the Railway (CN) - Ottawa station - Motive Power Notes
Courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith
1964 Newsletter Index
1965
228 Jan Jamaica Railway - Ottawa and Toronto stations - news railway photos
229 Feb photos around Toronto - Steam loco speaks - Equipment notes - first CNR #6218 UCRS excursion - news railway photos - Miscellany
230 Mar Railway News & Comment - HB 1 CPR G1 Class 4-6-2 - Photo Section CPR prairies locos - Traction Topics - Bull Session
231 Apr Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - Bull Session - CN new Toronto yard details with maps - Traction Topics, US review
232 May Obit: "Pete" Johnston - RN&C, Canadian derailed - E n - Railrodder Buster Keaton - Traction Topics, US review cont'd -Bull Sess, UCRS ann'l rpt
233 Jun Railway News & C, South Buxton wreck - Equipment Notes - TTC new subway cars - Poem wreck Mile 107 - Traction Topics - Bull Session
234 Jul Railway News & Comment - Equip n - summer TTs - Irish Railway System - UCRS car Nova Scotia - Traction Topics, US review cont'd - Bull Session
235 Aug Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - diesel loco review - Loco notes and specs CN and CP - Traction Topics - Bull Session
236 Sep Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - ONR update - Traction Topics - Bull Session
237 Oct End of pool trains - Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - automatic car identification - Traction Topics - Bull Session
238 Nov Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - 20 yrs UCRS newsletter - replacements for pool trains - Traction Topics - Tor union stn arr's & deps
239 Dec Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - World Railway News - Traction Topics - Bull Session
Courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith
1966
240 Jan Railway News & Comment (RN&C) - Equipment Notes (E n) - World Railway News - Traction Topics - Bull Session
241 Feb Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - ONR new look - Toronto 1942 and 1946 RT proposals - Traction Topics
242 Mar Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - World Railway News - Toronto Bloor-Danforth subway - UCRS annual reports
243 Apr Railway News & C - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - World Railway News - Gresley A-3 Pacifics - CN Northern-types in the west - Traction Topics
244 May Obit: Charles Matthews - summer TTs - RN&C - Equipment Notes - Worth Noting - World Railway News - TTC Greenwood shops - Traction Topics
245 Jun Railway News & Comment - GO update - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - World Railway News - CN Turbotrains - Traction Topics
246 Jul RN&C - Worth Noting - World Railway News - Equipment n - CNR #74 - railway photography - Itinerant Railfan 1 - Traction Topics - Bull Session
247 Aug Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - Worth Noting - World Railway News - Traction Topics - UCRS members
248 Sep RN&C - GO stations - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - World Railway News - railway strike - Traction Topics - Bull Session - crossword puzzle
249 Oct Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - World Railway News - Equipment Notes - Traction Topics - Bull Session
250 Nov RN&C - Worth Noting - World Railway News - E n - CPR doubleheader #1286 and #972 - Traction Topics - Itinerant Railfan 2 - TTC track plans
251 Dec RN&Comment - Worth Noting - Equip N - CN Turbo - CPR wreck Pickering - CN diesel excursion - expo 67 express - Mtl Metro - Traction Topics
Courtesy Jeffrey P. Smith
1967
252 Jan Railway News & C - Worth Noting - Equip n - Confederation Train - CN Rapido and CP Chateau Champlain - Traction Topics - Bull Sn - UCRS Pubs
252 Jan (partial) Confederation Train
252 Jan MP
253 Feb Railway N & Comment - Worth Noting - Equip n - Preserved Equipment 1 - Tor Union stn facelift - Traction Topics - CPR Class T-1-a (LDS #6702)
254 Mar Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - GO update - Traction Topics - TH&B #201-202 (LDS #6703) - Bull Session
255 Apr RN&C - Equp't n - UCRS Nova Scotia car CBC - CF Tattoo Train - GO upd - Preserved Equip 2 - CPR end steam - Itin't Railfan 3 - Traction Top'cs
256 May Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Quebec Central Ry hx - CN CP summer TTs - Traction Topics
256 May MP
257 Jun Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Traction Topics - GO opening
258 Jul RN&C - WN - E n - Confederation Train - Man & Trains Expo 67 - Ott Tptation Mus - Travelling in Style 1967 - Confed and railways - Traction Topics
258 Jul MP Expo Minirail track diagram
259 Aug RN&C, cuts and closures - Worth Noting - GO & Equipment n - UK equip to Canada - 75 yrs traction - Traction Topics - UCRS member list
259 Aug MP mechanical drawing UK classes A4, V and M7
260 Sep Obit: F Nelson Blount - Ed: Future #6218 - RN&C - Worth Noting - Equipment n - 75 yrs streetcars Mtl - CPR "Dome" cars - Traction Topics
260 Sep MP mechanical drawing CPR first dome car
261 Oct Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - GO n - Here comes CN Turbo - OERHA story - Traction Topics
261 Oct MP photos Turbo
262 Nov Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - CPR Robot 1 control car - F'well Expo Ltd - Preserved Equipment 3 - Traction Topics
263 Dec Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equip n - Last gasp Newfie Bullet - CN/B&M/MeC trip - Traction Topics - CNR Baltic-type (LDS 6712)
1968
264 Jan RN&C - Requiem US pass train - Worth Noting - Equipment n - CPR #8400s #8500s Lyndonville Sub - Paris France Metro (RATP) - Traction Topics
265 Feb UCRS trip Lake Simcoe - CNTurbo arrives - Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - fighting snow - Traction Topics
266 Mar Railway News & Comment, CPR to close prairie stns - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Traction Topics - Ferrovia pav'll'n Mtl - Steam era backshop
267 Apr Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Rails of the Okanagan BC Pt I - Traction Topics
268 May Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - CPR Field Hill mystery loco - Tor - Mtl mileage - TTC subway to suburbs - Traction Topics
269 Jun Ferrovian Society - Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - From CP to CP Rail logos - Traction Topics - crossword
270 Jul Railway News & Comment - Equipment n - Worth Noting - Nfld ry replace with buses - CNR wreck Stoney Creek low-bed float - Traction Topics
271 Aug Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - CNR Mtl Central stn 25 y - Steam in 68 - Confederation Train - Traction Topics
272 Sep Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Railways of the Okanagan BC Pt II - Traction Topics
273 Oct Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment n - Capital (Ottawa) Traction history
274 Nov RN&C - Flash news Turbo - Worth Noting - Equip n, automation Great Slave Lake Ry - CPR Setting Record Straight Craigellachie - Traction Topics
275 Dec Railway News & Comment - Equipment n - CN Turbo inaugural, description, specs & comment - Toronto Metro Centre
1969
276 Jan Railway News & Comment (RN&C) - Worth Noting (WN) - Equipment Notes (E n) - How fast can a train go? - recent CNR #6218 outings
277 Feb Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - farm hand interpret engineer's wage agreement - Standard Time 24 hr clock - Traction Topics
278 Mar Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment notes - Steam's Final Years on the Stratford Division - Car 13
279 Apr Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - Utah Promontory centenary CPRR UPRR - BC Hydro steeple cabs - Traction Topics
280/281 May-Jun RN&C - WN - E n - CPR Solarium car debut - CN/CP summer TT's - Pub Rel steam trips - 100 yrs Mt Washington RR NH - Traction Topcs
282 Jul Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - Newfie Bullet farewell - Traction Topics
283/284 Aug-Sep RN&C - WN - E n - pvte car Silver Messenger Nord Corp - CN track recdr car - tours 6218 > Simcoe, TTC - Don stn preserv - Trac Tpcs
285/286 Oct-Nov RN&C, protest pass cuts - WN - E n - Fall TT changes - GO Phase II - Alma & Jonquiere - Itinerant Railfan, MB - Traction Topics
287 Dec Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - Sir James 1st steel pass car Canada - Big storm of 1944.
1970
288 Jan Railway News & Comment - Transport Museum for Toronto - Equipment Notes - CPR expansion Agincourt yard - Traction Topics
289/290 Feb-Mar Railway News & C - Worth Noting - E n - CPR MP Survey - National Transportation Act - CN winter TTs - Edm LRT - Traction Topics
291 Apr Railway News & Comment - Captions from the Golden Age of RR - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - Night photography - misc tst and railway n
292 May Railway News & C - Equipment n - ONR steam - CPR new double deckers -TTC-style subway construction - Traction Topics - UCRS annual rpt
293 Jun Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - UCRS excursions - CN Turbo is back - Diesels in the news - Traction Topics
294 Jul Railway News and Comment - CPR summer TT - Toronto Belt Line hx - passenger train news - ry news photos - Equipment notes - Traction Topics
295 Aug Railway News & C - Worth Noting - Passenger train news - E n - Itinerant Railfan, Doncaster Jct - CPR commuter cars to Peru - Traction Topics
296 Sep Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - CN Bala Sub recoll - Passenger train news - E n - Prairie Dog Ctl - GO expands - Traction Topics
297 Oct UCRS Newsletter history - LNER Flying Scotsman and visit to Toronto
298 Nov Railway News & Comment - UCRS news - Passenger train news & observations - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - Traction Topics
299 Dec Railway News & Comment - UCRS photo contest 1970 - Passenger train news - Worth Noting - E n - 20 yrs UCRS TTC trips - Traction Topics
1971
300 Jan Railway News & Comment (RN&C) - fighting snow - passenger train news - rapid transit news - Traction Topics
301 Feb Railway News & Comment - CP electrification? - passenger train news - Whitby CNR station - TH&B #103 - equipment notes - Traction topics
302 Mar Railway News & Comment - MP & E n - Bytown > Brockville by diesel - passenger train news - Traction Topics
303 Apr Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - UCRS trips #6218 - Romance Steam - Passenger train news - Equipment notes - Traction Topics
304 May Railway News & Comment - passenger train news - Hamilton Street Railway
305 Jun RN&C - Worth Noting - Equip n - CPR #1057 - Itinerant Railfan Islington Ave - CPR cabooses - pass train news - Traction Topics - TTC > Tampico
306 Jul retirement CNR #6218 - Railway News & Comment - equipment notes - passenger train news - Worth Noting
307 Aug Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - LRC coach - Equip n - pass train news - Album TTC sbwys - TTC transit control ctre - RT for Buffalo
308 Sep Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - passenger train news - TTC track rehab program 1921-24 - TTC 50th ann display CNE
309 Oct RN&Comment - Worth Noting - CPR Windsor Mtl track changes - passenger train news - Mtl-Grenville train - Search of Steam Pt I - Traction Topics
310 Nov Railway News & Comment - Thurso & Nation Valley Ry - Search of Steam Pt II - passenger train news - Equipment n - Traction Topics
311 Dec Railway News & Comment - passenger train news - BC Hydro's new SD 38 - Port Whitby & Port Perry Railway - decline Cdn passenger train
1972
312 Jan Railway News & Comment (RN&C) - Passenger train news - Art of Steam - TH&B diesels - Equipment Notes - Traction Topics
313 Feb Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Passenger Train News - Equipment Notes - Art of Steam - coal car 101000 - Traction Topics
314 Mar Railway News & comment - Passenger train news - Art of Steam - Equipment Notes - Diesel News - Traction Topics
315 Apr Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - TTC H-2 cars - GM Div diesels - Passenger train news - Equipment Notes - Traction Topics
316 May Railway News & Comm't - Worth Noting - Pass train news - Images Steam - Equip N - BCR - John Molson - Traction Topics (and TTC at Tampico)
317 Jun Railway News & Comment - CNR #6060 restore for excursions - Equipment n - Worth Noting - Cornwall Steet Railway
318 Jul Railway N & C - Crump retires - Worth Noting - CPR #8921 transfer loco - CNR dining cars retired - Pass train news - Equipment n - Traction Topics
319 Aug Railway News & Comment - Equipment n - Hurricane Agnes detours - Worth Noting - Passenger Train News - Traction Topics
320 Sep* Railway News & Comment - LRC cars - Equipment Notes - Passenger Train News
321 Oct Railway News & C - Art of Steam - Worth Noting - CNR GFA-17a's - Can Forest Prod logging Vanc Is - Equip N - Pass train news - Traction Topics
322 Nov Railway News & C - Worth Noting - Metro Centre Toronto - Equipment Notes - Passenger train news - Toronto streetcars retained - Traction Topics
323 Dec Railway News & Comment - Worth Noting - Equipment Notes - LRC loco unveiled - passenger train news - UCRS trip Blue Mountain Special
* courtesy Pat Scrimgeour
1973 (Note: This yearbook is tightly bound, and content close to the gutter may not be visible.)
324 Jan Railway News & Comment - 50 yrs CNR - CN Electric Rys
325 Feb Railway News & Comment - Equipment Notes - Passenger train news - "People First" transit for Ontario (GO) - Traction Topics
326-327* Mar-Apr TTC subway northern extension - Radial Railways North Yonge St (Toronto) - North Yonge Railways
328-329* May-Jun Railway News & Comment - Passenger train News - "New" CPR #1057 debut - Delaware & Hudson Ry 150th ann - Rails to Waltham (Ottawa Valley) - Steam returns to Cape Breton - Equipment Notes - Art of Steam - TTC Peter Witt tour tram - Traction Topics
330-331* Jul-Aug Railway News & Comment - National Dream movie - CNR #6060 - trip South America - TTC PCC rebuild - Traction Topics
332-333* Sep-Oct CNR #6060 trips - Equipment Notes - UCRS Owen Sound round trip - TG&B Hx abbrev. (Bull 56) - trip S'th America Pt II - Traction Topics
334-335* Nov-Dec All Photo issue
* Note: These are erroneously numbered as single month copies, 326 through 330.
1974
336-337 Jan-Feb Railway News and Comment - Salamanco NY 1st gen diesels - Art of Steam - Equipment Notes - Worth noting - Traction Topics
338-339 Mar-Apr Railway News and Comment - Motive P&Rollingstock - CP Mtl-Mt. Laurier - Halton Radial Ry - TTC subway to Finch - Traction Topics
340-341 May-Jun Mainline elec - Farewell CN #6218, hello #6060 - CP #136 and 1057 - Stelco#40 - HSRy #521 and HSRy 500 series - Traction Topics
342-343 Jul-Aug BC Royal Hudson #2860 - Schnabel car - Barrie, Ont. new service - UCRS RDC trip - mainline elec - MP&R n - Rail News - Traction Topics
344-345 Sep-Oct GO bilevels - Railway News and comment (incl. wrecks) - ALCO PA's - mainline elec - Traction Topics - TTC Rogers Rd - TTC strike
346-347 Nov-Dec UCRS Haliburton trip - CP solarium cars - cow accident report - mainline elec - UCRS trips Meaford - Railway News & C - Traction Topics
1975
348-349 Jan-Feb GO Tst pics - Photos - TTC City Hall loop - Rly News - CN Palmerston Sub - main line electrification - MP&R n - Traction Topics
350-351 Mar-Apr 150 years British trains, UK compendium, photos
352-353 May-Jun European steam - Traction Topics, TTC UTDC designs, streetcars, subway construction
354-355 Jul-Aug Switzerland - reprint of Bulletin 39 (Hx BB&G) - UCRS trip Budds to Barrie - Traction Topics
356-357 Sep-Oct* Bulletin reprints 29, 33, 38, 44, 49, 53, 54.
[* Ed. Note: This Issue is numbered 354, but it is clearly an error, as the previous Issue is clearly designated as 354-355. As the R&T 1-1 Issue is also clearly designated as #358, the Sep-Oct Issue's correct designation had to have been 356-357.]
Rail & Transit (R&T) 1975 - 1979
(Note: Some Issues are in poor condition.)
1975 Volume 1 Number 1
358 R&T 1-1 (Vol 1 No 1) Nov-Dec CN Steam photos, Dayton Ont. bridge GO double deckers - Diesel Notes - Northern Que trip - UtW Electric locomotives - Railway News - Traction Topics (TTC Spadina RT line, Spadina subway) - Vancouver new transit terminal
1976 Volume 1 Numbers 2 to 7
359 R&T 1-2 Jan-Feb UtW Electric railways - Railway News - UCRS trip Owen Sound - Diesel Notes - Traction Topics
360 R&T 1-3 Mar-Apr UtW electric rys news - Railway News - Diesel Notes - Hx Twp York Rys - Cape Breton Steam Ry - twylight steam Mtl - Traction Topics
361 R&T 1-4 May-Jun VIA Rail issue - CN pres Bandeen on passenger service
362 R&T 1-5 Jul-Aug All Photo issue: Predecessor CN Steam, CN steam, European scenes, street railways, electric lines, stations, CP Steam & Diesel, TTC
R&T 1-6 Sep-Oct UCRS trip to Vancouver with car #13 - Diesels west - Rail Photos - Diesel Notes - Twilight FMs Kettle Valley - Traction Topics
R&T 1-7 Nov-Dec Railway News - Emerson Conn. MB - CN VP address UCRS - Diesel n - Rail Photos - Ft. Erie Mus opens - CN 6060 - Traction Topics
1977 Volume 2 Numbers 1 - 6
R&T 2-1 Jan-Feb CP 1201 to Wakefield - UCRS diesel excurs - Rail Photos - UtW electric mainline - Britain's trams - Railway News - Diesel n - transit pics
R&T 2-2 Mar-Apr Railway News - UtW electric trains - UCRS trip 76 Pt 2 - Rail Photos - Railroad House Port Perry - Diesel Notes - Traction Topics
R&T 2-3 May-Jun* preserved equpt - CNR diesel roster - GO-Transit - snowplow - Railway News
R&T 2-4 1977 Jul-Aug All Photo Issue
R&T 2-5 Sep-Oct Diesel Notes - Isle of Man rys - Rail Photos - UtW updates electric rys - Toronto 50 yrs Union stn - Omemee Ont wreck 1940 - Transitpix
R&T 2-6 Nov-Dec* Diesel N - Hogg Bay trestle - Northlander 1st run - UtW Elec - South Africa steam Pt I - Railfotos - Traction topics
*Courtesy Pat Scrimgeour
1978 Volume 3 Numbers 1 - 6
R&T 3-1 Jan-Feb* UtW Elec - railfotos - Northlander service - South Africa steam Pt II - Amtrak - GO bilevels - Transit
R&T 3-2 Mar-Apr Ontario Northland Railway - Rail Photos - Worth Noting - In Transit
R&T 3-3 May-Jun* GO Richmond Hill svce - Edmonton transit - CP 2860
R&T 3-4 Jul-Aug All Photo Issue: trolleys, steam, diesel, 6060 in action, NAR
R&T 3-5 Sep-Oct North Yonge Radial - E&N svce restored - Rail Photos - Dominion Atlantic Ry - TTC roster - Transit
R&T 3-6 Nov-Dec* Atlantic Ltd - VIA Vistas - Agawa UCRS - Transit pix - GWR 125 years - Diesel notes
*Courtesy Pat Scrimgeour
1979 Volume 4 Numbers 1 - 6
R&T 4-1 1979 Jan-Feb Railway and VIA News - Rail Photos - National Transcontinental Railway - Prairie Dog Central
R&T 4-2 1979 Mar-Apr Transit photos - Grace Mills - T2000 Future of passenger rail - wreck Super-C - Rail Photos - Stayner, Ont. station - concrete ties
R&T 4-3 1979 May-Jun* All Photo issue: CN CP diesels, electric rys, Conrail, Agawa, CPR CNR steam, stations, H&LB Ry, Toronto traction
R&T 4-4 1979 Jul-Aug CN motive power allocation - Rail Photos - Bulletin 79-2 CP solarium cars - VIA passenger and service car rosters
R&T 4-5 1979 Sep-Oct grain tpt w Canada - Witt era - Traction Topics - Rail Photos - 125 ann NRC - TTC Winchester line - Edmonton tst - TTC Gray Coach
R&T 4-6 1979 Nov-Dec H&NW short history - Rail Photos - BR's High Speed Trains - Traction Topics - TTC route numbering - Scarboro LRT plans
* Courtesy Paul Rollinson
Newsletter from 1980 onwards
1980
Note in issue 363: "The last issue of Rail and Transit to carry a number in the original Newsletter Series was July-August 1978 (#362) and this issue is accordingly #363. The Newsletter Informer, published in recent years, will be consolidated with this publication effective with the February issue."
[Ed. Note: There is no designation #362 in the Issue July-August 1978. This therefore has to be a misprint for July-August 1976.]
363 Jan Introductory statement - Obituary Andrew Merrilees - GO Transit Hamilton - Buffalo Light Rail
364 Feb Bramport Terminal - expansion Union TTC station - Prairie grain transportation - financial aid Montreal transit - Potpourri
365 Mar Scarboro LRT - CP Rail dieselization past and present Pt I - CNR Wiarton Sub abandonment - TH&B loco #71 - Prairie Dog Ctl, TTC, Sault n
366 Apr Future WP&Y - Van LRT - CP Rl dieselization past/present Pt II - TTC pass and sbwy extensions - GO Tst plans - Buffalo LLRT - B Nickle notes
367 May PDC notes - 20th ann 1960 tripleheader excursion - VIA, UTDC, TTC, Edm, Vanc, Buffalo LRT news - Caledonia, Ont. wye - CP Baldwin diesels
368 Jun Royal Hudson 2857 Farewell - CP Rail dieselization past and present Pt III - Farewell Cannonball Express (Port Hope 1951) - TTC news
369 Jul Calgary LRT - CN and CP Notes - TTC Russell substation - TTC Boston tests - CTC Notes - B Nickle Notes - MP&E notes - BCR notes
370 Aug GTW + DT&I n - MP&E n - CN n - TTC CLRV n - CP car #9002 - VIA E n - Horner Misc - CN owns NAR - Stratford tml - ACR derail - Tor stns
371 Sep GO Milton line - Edmonton and Calgary LRT - National Railway Historical Society Convention Toronto - CN #6060 - VIA railiners
372 Oct W NY HS - VIA Hal -Yar svc - 1201 exc Wakefield - Buffalo LRT - CTC stn orders - VIA, West Coast n - TTC n incl dem North Yonge tml - Birney Mtl
373 Nov BCR + ETS news - VIA tt - ONR news - CP rebuild program - CN motive power and gouging GO - TTC news and San Francisco cars - Preserv n
374 Dec TTC subway extensions - motive power and equipment news - operating news - CNR #86 - Vancouver trolleys - ARM convention
1981
375 Jan GO Willowb'k maint depot - CTC Halib'n Sub - Vanc LRT - GTW-DT&I merger - Int'natl Ltd - TTC n - Miscellany (Nickle) - MP n - CN derails SW Ont.
376 Feb Vanc transit - Cantrak - CNR #50560 - Cal and Edm LRT - VIA western trip report - CNR #86 - CTC report - TTC news and roster - MIscBN
377 Mar CP cent - T2000 on VIA svc - CN Palmerston Div - transit news - CN dental car - Golden Age Pt I - Toronto memories - GO, TTR, TTC n - Misc
378 Apr CN MP - ry news - Golden Age Pt II - Florida rys - CN Forest Sub - TTC trolleys - MP news - ORA tourist ry Meaford Sub - HSR aband - CTC n
379 May General, roster, and VIA GO THB notes - ON - Nephton branch - CP Rail change out unit (RCU) - TTC magnetic tickets - TTC n - TH&B farewell
380 Jun TH&B last run - SW Ontario notes - BC news - "Maple Leaf" train - CN derailment Paris West - Scarboro LRT
381 Jul Scarboro LRT - T2000 Ottawa train proposal - - Sault area news - Kirkfield Mackenzie home - Nfld Ry Centenary - Calgary LRT - VIA n - ON (Nickle)
382 Aug Toronto Suburban Ry - CN Brampton Intermodal tml - CPR Toronto West stn - TTC news - GO equpt notes - VIA notes - Operating notes (Nickle)
383 Sep Pepin VIA cuts - Ont task force rail policy - Edmonton LRT - VIA LRCs - TTC news - trolleys Mississauga? - Toronto next LRT? - Nfld Ry first lines
384 Oct more on VIA cuts - motive power news - trip on the ONR - TTC vibration issue - TTC news - E&N non-timetable stops
385 Nov* Atlantic Ltd. - TTC Witt 2894 - CN and Southern Ont. motive power notes -UTDC - CP stations doomed - TTC VIA CN notes
386 Dec CPR Rogers Pass - motive power news - Portland OR Tri-met - Edmonton trolley news - VIA timetables - GO Milton line - TTC news
*Courtesy John D. Thompson
1982
387 Jan GO Milton - CP Mtl comm svce - Hamilton ICTS - car ferry SS Chief Wawatam - News: CN, VIA, Motive pwr, transit, Beach Sub - Tor amuse rlys
388 Feb Buffalo LRT - mixed train travel - VIA Super Cont. - CN, VIA, TTC , CTC notes - CP Mtl commuter - CP communication centre - MiscBN
389 Mar Nfld cent'l train - ONR vans - GO n - Buffalo nostalgia NYC THB IRC - Operating Notes - VIA derail - transit notes - E M Frimbo
390 Apr North Vancouver transit - future of VIA - CN CP Conrail news - Vancouver ALRT - TTC news - Pittsburg Shawmutt & N - Edmonton tst - VIA news
391 May* NAR history - ONR VIA notes - trip reports Europe, SEPTA, Florida - CN VIA SW Ontario notes - SE Mich Transit Auth - Edmonton transit
392 Jun* Vanc trolleys - CN Terra Tpt - CP GTW GO TTC THB news/notes - RTC decis'ns - NFTA - VIA NS Budd svce, trip ON MB QC - CP rail safety
393 Jul Pepin cuts again - Calgary LRT - VIA timetable - CP diesel shop Wpg - TTC Rapid transit study - CN and GO news - word from Amtrak
394 Aug* Edmonton, Calgary Transit - lost CNR Mogul #417 - Southern Ont power - TTC VIA notes - MI NH tours - Scotian RR Society - Somerset RR
395 Sep Windsor Essex &LS Ry - ONR news - CN Div boundaries Great lakes - CP and TTC news
396 Oct CP Havelock Sub - VIA > GO Bradford and Stouffville - CP Lethbridge relocation - VIA Edm-Cal - VIA service - Edm and Buffalo LRT - TTC news
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications ALRV
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications CLRV
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications PCC
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications SUBWAY CAR M & H
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications TROLLEY COACH
396 Oct addendum TTC specifications WITT
397 Nov TTC: transfers, CLRV rpt, trolley plan update - GO ALRT interurbans - GM-DD loco orders - CN n - Mtl commuters - Prairie Peanut - Niag Falls tst
398 Dec VIA International - VIA timetable - CP CN VIA notes - TTC news and notes - Tijuana trip - Expo Express - P Franche on VIA - GTW news
*Courtesy John D. Thompson
1983
399 Jan West Toronto CPR - CP motive power - CP CN VIA notes - TTC notes and subway plans - the Canadian - the Lackawanna Ltd.
400 Feb Automated Vancouver LRT - discont. and abandon. - CPR train dynamic analyser - trolley coaches - Manitoba mixeds - W Ont, Bufflo, TTC notes
401 Mar CP 1983 capital program - CN motive power - motive power notes - BCR elec. - Newfoundland notes - TTC items
402 Apr Prairie Dog Ctl - Rail Heritage West - station preservation - CN motive power - San Diego USA - SNCF TGV - UTDC Conrail VIA notes
403 May ONR freight - trolley future - TTC notes - CP hot box detects - Wpg tst and trolleys - E&N, GO n - MP notes - Buff LRT - CN aband - CP Crow rate
404 Jun 40 yrs fan trips - N, St.C.&T Ry - Niagara rapid transit? - trips Springfield IL, Churchill, New York State - TTC news - motive pwr - CN rail changeout
405 Jul TTC new cars - CP West Toronto PS - VIA timetables - TTC notes - Central Ontario Rail - Quebec notes - Webbwood CP demolished - Short Hauls
406 Aug LRT-ALRT ROUNDUP Alberta LRTs - Buffalo NFTA - UTDC - Dallas - SEMTA - CP trailer trains - Conrail - Nfld - Motive Power notes - Short Hauls
407 Sep* CP dangerous commod - Tpt 2000 aband ROWs - GO news - VIA reorg - CTC decisions - motive power news - CN Meaford aband - RR prayer
408 Oct "in the drink" 100+ years Blairton - NE corridor and Florida - trolley coach corner - 1958 NRHS Toronto convention - misc notes
409 Nov E&N dayliner - TTC news - CNE transit & water front - SPV cars > Springfield - CN-CP and CASO - motive pwr - VIA - TO rail safety - Short Hauls
410 Dec 100 yrs Niagara cantilever bridge - GO notes - Somerset RR - Switzerland rys - motive power notes - VIA timetable - Short Hauls
*Courtesy John D. Thompson
1984
411 Jan John St. Tor museum prop. - SEMTA commuter svce ends - motive pwr notes - VIA, transit, GO n - stations update - Tor radial tales - Short Hauls
412 Feb GO news - VIA updates - trip reports (Agawa, Charleston SC, Amtrak) - Baltimore metro - TTC notes
413 Mar 30 yrs Yonge subway TTC - motive power notes - ORA incorporates and Meaford Sub - trip around USA - NS&T last run revisited - TTC news
414 Apr Vienna Austria - CP runaway at Medicine Hat - Vancouver Brill cars - TTC news - new passnger equip - motive pwr notes - CN BCR VIA CTC notes
415 May 25 years Ottawa transit aband - Nfld update - Ont news - Short Hauls - TTC notes - Motive power news - Eurailpass - Montreal news
416 Jun CP Rail progress - future of VIA - 60 yrs Hillcrest shops TTC - TTC notes - motive power news - Short Hauls - OERHA 30th anniversary
417 Jul VIA tt - pass rl - Calgary LRT - Salem & Hillsb' RR - MidWest El Ry Assoc - mtve pwr notes - trip VIa/Amtrak - CN notes/aband - Salamanca Ry Mus
418 Aug CSR at CTC - Scarboro RT - VIA timekeep - Chessie and PM Canada - notes Mtl, Vt, Conrail - mtve pwr n - CTC re Med' Hat acc - NFTA n TTC n
419 Sep Mtl CTCUM transit - VIA stn Calgary - Mtl end streetcars 1959 - Short Hauls - WP&Y n - CASO hearing - motive pwr n - Port Stanley Tml Rl news
420 Oct H&LB Ry - Mtl sbwy - no vans - Wstn NY Ry HS - CN CTC Beeton Sub - Vanc Ham trolleys, Ottawa, ONR, mtve pwr, VIA, CP n - Coal t Austria - SH
421 Nov Nfld report - VIA n - Calgary LRT - station notes - TTC news - CN wayfreight/switcher schedules - motive power and car equpt
422 Dec Obit: D.W. Knowles - TTC Harbourfront LRT - Dundas Xmas night wreck - Ontario news - TTC news - Ottawa news - Florida trip - MP&E notes
1985
423 Jan worldwide new railways - Tor-Mtl track pool - Cal LRT - MP&E n - N&W J class 611 - Sudbury rpt - SEMTA - Buff trolley reviv - PSTR - Short Hauls
424 Feb VIA shake-up - Nfld, TTC, Mtl metro, Conrail, Alaska RR, MP&E n - CN Meaf'rd Sub dec'n - trip Florida - Short Hauls - Gulf Coast Ltd - CP qual ctl
425 Mar London & Port Stanley Ry - pros and cons of vans - Ottawa n - Misc n - MP&E n - TTC notes and news - HSR n
426 Apr TTC Scarboro RT - CP Westmount Mtl stn - TTC n - MP&E n - Gatineau Valley Ry - E&N steam? - trip California - Short Hauls
427 May railways in Europe - VIA svc - CASO decision - Buff NFTA - MP&E n - Short Hauls - Central Western ry - TTC n - THB aband application
428 Jun GO tst history and POP - TTC sbwy report and n - CASO update - n around E Twps - wheel squeal - trip Int'n't'l - Cal, Buff, Boston LRT - MP&E n
429 Jul PSTR and Meaford update - Mtl comm - Niag-Det ry - TTC n - CN Wpg n - MP&E n - Miscellany - CPR #374 Vanc - SNCF report
430 Aug Chunnel - Amtrak Mtl link - SW Ont notes - Detroit transit - GO, TTC n - MP&E n - VIA tt - Calgary LRT
431 Sep Case for shortlines - Tor downtown yds - Agin hump noise - CN, CP, Ott, BC tst, Cal n - John St. r'house - Fla trip - MP&E n - TTC & Scar RT n - SH
432 Oct CP on dangerous commodities - Ottawa n - Pboro n - Florida trip Pt II - MP&E notes - Miscellaneous
433 Nov Spadina r'house f'well - CP last spike - Cal-Edm last run - Miscellany - Detroit LRT - TTC n - MP&E n - Buff n - Halton Rad n - 1201 Calgary - VIA n
434 Dec Cal LRT - BC tst - CP rail speeds - Palais stn - Spadina LRT, TTC n - Miscellany - Ottawa n - MP&E n - Windsor, Pboro n - SH - Buff-Pitts tst - VIA n
1986
435 Jan GO future - W Ont n - Canadian - street cars Fort Edm - Tor Union stn rehab - TTC n - expo86 - MP&E n - SH - HSR Mtl-NYC - NFTA railbus - VIA tt
436 Feb BC skytrain - Ott n - Ocean - TTC n - aband Meaford, Pt McNic, Cannington Spur - misc - MP&E n - Short Hauls
437 Mar CP 100 yrs - Itinerant Railfan I - CP bus car #76 - VIA n - Buff NFTA - TTC n Hillcrest track changes - Hinton acc - MP&E n - Ott, ONR, BCR n
438 Apr Pass rail Canada - Itinerant Railfan II - TTC GM report - railscanning - PSTR n - expo86 steam pwr - THB #103 - MP&E n - derails - UCRS car #13
439 May Amtrak trip - Itinerant Railfan III - chunnel - CN CASO, CN VIA n - Lake Erie Ltd. - MP&E n - UTDC rail plant
440 Jun CN Spad r'house - ORA to Beeton - Itin't R'lfan IV - Ham trolleys - VIA Wind svc - CN Monc shops - TTC, MP&E, CN n - SH - CN Pagwa Sb - misc
441 Jul Itinerant Railfan V - trip Calif - Ottawa, TTC n and all-night services - Random Notes - MP&E n - VIA, will it survive? Pt I
442 Aug GTW Doodlebug - Central Wstn Ry - VIA , will it survive Pt II - Short Hauls - NS notes - MP&E, TTC n - VIA schedules - 100 yrs Windsor street cars
443 Sep 125 yrs Tor transit - TTC subways - MP&E n - Florida trip - Itinerant Railfan VI - Random Notes - VIA bilevel cars
444 Oct S&H RR - Cal transit - Gravenhurst n - cabooseless - TTC, Scarb RT n - trip Northern Ont. - Ottawa n - Saskatchewan n - Regina tst - Short Hauls
445 Nov CN by Lawless - PSTR n - Ott n - Ont n - Sandy Worthen n - Cal RT - TTC n & trolley map - MP&E n - VIA n - CP n - Short Hauls - Tor lighthouse
446 Dec Zimbabwe ry museum - Hamilton trolleys - CP Pt Burwell Sub - radioscanning - Det tst - MP&E n - TTC n - Edm tst - GO eastern ext. - Barrie yard
1987
447 Jan Buff tst update - VIA n - CN CP Det tunnel enlarg - VIA rail speeds - CN CP cabooseless - Rusty Rails I Meaford - VIA trip - Ott n - TTC n
448 Feb Itinerant Railfan VII - Hinton acc rpt - Hunter St stn Ham - VIA stns - Short Hauls - TTC n & night svc - Island Pond - MP&E, Ott n - CN Ont aband
449 Mar Ferronut down East - Det tst rpt - TTC Porter and Savage - VIA pass decline - Austria trains and trams - Ott n - SWPieces - MP&E n - n old tt's
450 Apr TTC RT - TTC, GO n - Anticosti Is RR - CP CTC inaug - HSR rpt - Det addendum - Ott n - Rail & Musk boats - Calif LRT - MP&E n - Short Hauls
451 May Go 20 yrs - PSTR rpt - GTR Ont branch lines - MCR branches in Ont. - TTC n - SWPieces - Vienna tramway mus - MP&E n - Short Hauls
452 Jun Don stn restore - TH&B end - VIA, EDM tst n - VIA uniforms - Ott n - NY trip - Europe HSR Pt I - SWPieces
453 Jul TTC ALRV - $ coin - Ott n - TTC trolley order - GO n & exp to Oshwa - trip NYC Courtright - TTC grinders - MP&Ops n - Europe HSR Pt II - Chic RT
454 Aug Cal LRT - VIA new CEO - Cal tst - Ott n - MP&Ops n - VIA Moose Jaw stn - Rusty Rails II SW Ont
455 Sep ACR update - Calgary Heritage Park - TTC G-2 conversions - TTC, Ott n - NHRS convention Pt I - Cal n - Que-NB items
456 Oct CP line rationalization - Ott n - CP Teeswater aband - TTC n - MP&Ops n - NHRS convention Pt II - Edmonton transit n - CN St Bruno stn
457 Nov VIA rebuild program - VIA n - CP Elora Sub aband - Cal NWLRT opens - Ott n - MP&Ops n - Rusty Rails III Barrie-Beeton - Calgary transit notes
458 Dec CP coal transportation and Golden AB - TTC trolleys rpt - MP&Ops n - Ferronut on interlocking - Deux Montagnes commuter line - Ottawa n
1988
459 Jan CSX Windsor-St. Thomas aband - highway danger more trucks - trip Swiss rlys - MP&Ops n - Ott n - TTC trolley rpt - by Sandy Worthen
460 Feb Canadian rail speeds - CP n - CP stn n - CN St. Hilaire commuter svc - TTC n & rpt RT - Ott n - MP&Ops n - Edm Rad Rly Soc update
461 Mar Irish Rlys - CP Sortin Yd - GO integrated telephone svc - TTC n & Harbourfrt LRT - ONR n - MP&Ops n - Ott n - CN logo display, Pagwa Sub rails
462 Apr Rail technlogy - CP capital progrm - MP&Ops, TTC, Ott n - BC tst - CN radio channels - Aurora & Newmarket stns - Expo 86 Pt I - New England n
463 May Amtrak Viewliner - Calgary transit comments - NRHS Buffalo trip - Kitchener transit history - MP&Ops n - RS&E n
464 Jun CP Elora branch - TTC and TTC trolley n - SE Ontario Sub n - hazards American RRs - Ott n - Cal Htge Pk - VIA tt summary - EERS DUWAG 601
465 Jul VIA annual report and comments - Nfld total aband - MP&Ops n - RS&E n - TTC and GO n - CN aband Galt-Lynden offer to buy
466 Aug CP Bruce update - Pboro n - BC tst Skyway ext rpt - Mtl tpt plan - MP&Ops n - Ott n - Rusty Rails IV Mt. Forest-Harriston-Palmerston - TTC n
467 Sep TTC 50 yrs PCCs - TTC n - MP&Ops n - Expo 86 Pt II - TTC Harbourfront LRT update - Toronto John St. Roundhouse study
468 Oct CP CAR n - CN loco perform - VIA contract by CN - Guelph Rad Ry - MP&Ops n - Bruce pen branches - ONR trip - CP Westmount stn - Ott n
469 Nov TTC Y-U-S sbwy study - S&H rpt - Ott n - Trip Europe Pt I - Rusty Rails Pt V Teeswater - NFTA rpt - CP on trucks - Wat-Elm tourist line - Ops n - Cal LRT extensions - MP&Ops n - cabooseless update - see Dec for some corrections
470 Dec GO fare POP system and n - GV tourist Ry prop - CN tenders track rem - MP&Ops n - Trip Europe Pt II - TTC Harbourfront LRT update
1989
Note:
Art Clowes started to contribute his "Ferrophiliac", "Railway Archaeology" or "Ferronut" columns in 1989, and continued to do so for most issues until the end of publication in 1998. They have been provided here courtesy of Pat Scrimgeour.
471 Jan WWII Can rly troops RCE - Baltimore tst - Greater Victoria El Ry Soc rpt - MP&Ops n - Can rail speeds - Ott n - Calgary LRT - Newmarket rpt
472 Feb TTC streetcar rebuilds - Rails to Trails - more about CAR - Eastern Can, Que-NS n - GO track diagram - SOLRS n - MP&Ops n - Ott n - BC tst ext
473 Mar WP&Y, Detroit, Ott, TTC n - Trip Europe Pt III - Windsor stn Mtl 100 yrs - CN South Ont assignments - MP&Ops n - Tor Union stn walkway
474 Apr Ott car #825 - Pboro, Ott, Amtrak fare, TTC n - 2ft Tor construct ry - pass ry el ntwk south Ont. - CN aband ex WG&B - CWR - MP&Ops, RS&E n
475 May Trans Decade Pt I - VIA hatchet - Ferronut,Tor Union, King, O'ville stns - PCC rebuilds, Spadina sbwy extn - TTC, MP&Ops n - Tourist Trolleys Pt I
476 Jun CP maintnce - Edm LRT - NB, CN Wingham aband - Trip Europe Pt IV - Alta dam proj - BC tst trolleys - CN wooden cars - MP&Ops - RS&E, TTC n
477 Jul Alta-BC roundup - Ferronut Pt Dover, other stns - Trip Europe Pt V - Obits Charles Bridges, David Smith - MP&Ops n - TTC n - Ott n
478 Aug Montreal commuting - TTC Belt line - NFTA n - CN 6060 on CWR - Pboro-Lindsay n - MP&Ops n - Ferronut branch lines, McAdam stamp
479 Sep Railfanning east of Toronto - BC tst n - BC Rail new locos - trip Erie PA - Ferronut all over - Pboro n - MP&Ops n - Ott n - Trip Europe Pt VI
480 Oct VIA cutbacks - train control technology - TTC n - Ferronut all over - Trip Europe Pt VII - radio frequencies - MP&Ops n - visit to Delson
481 Nov Can pass train speeds - northern Ont n - CP leased grain cars - VIA cuts - Ferronut all over - NI Rlys - Cdn steam USA - Transit n - MP&Ops n
482 Dec VIA schedules - staff system Ott - Rusty Rails VI Beeton Sub - Transit n - VIA transcont svc - Ferronut all over - MP&Ops n - Trip Europe Pt VIII
1990
483 Jan CP Vaughan terminal - Tourist Trolleys II - CP and trucking by Ritchie - MP&Ops n - Ferronut Maritimes, Cobourg market bldg - Transit n
484 Feb Canadian and other VIA trains - past discont pass trains - Stratford shops - Ferronut all over - Ott n - RS&E n - MP&Ops n - Tst n - Highlights 1989
485 Mar CN#6060 > Cal - Eve Amtrak Pt I - Sctn 229 Rly Act dang goods - Ferronut all over - CN re access John St r'house - Trip Europe Pt IX - MP&Ops n
486 Apr MCR master car builder - 100 yrs BC Tst - TTC PCC cars - Think Rail Group - Transit n TTC and BC - Ferronut all over - MP&Ops n
487 May Cuba rlys - trip Parry Sound - US on VIA cuts - Tst n - Eve Amtrak Pt II - Ferronut re gauges - MP&Ops n - Obit David Morgan
Note: Newsletters were single-leaf, top-left stapled, until May 1990. Beginning in June 1990, they became booklet-style (still letter-size) with two staples in the gutter of the centre-fold.
488 Jun Lindsay area n - trip new Canadian - NB steam recoll - future of CN #6060 - Trip Europe Pt X - RS&E n - Ferronut around Ont. - MP&Ops n - Tst n
489 Jul TTC Harbourfrt LRT opens - Eve Amtrak Pt III - Hx SW Ont. Rlys - MP&Ops n - Quebec City tst - Ferronut on Morse, around Ont. - TTC n
490 Aug PEI dual gauge hx - TTC PCC cars disposal - NFTA extensions - ry tetrospect - Ferronut mostly Ont. - Trip Europe Pt XI - MP&Ops n - Brockville hx
491 Sep ONR trip - Rlys historical research - Chinese locos in Pa - MP&Ops, RS&E n - Ferronut Ont S&A, gnl - TH&B trail - Trip Europe Pt XII - TTC Tst n
492 Oct Rusty Rails VII Beeton Sub - Itinerant Railfan CN Pelletier Sub - Snowball-Gibson Ry - Accessible Tst - Railway News - Obit P. Oehm - CROR - Ferronut call signs and gnl - GO tst roster - Tst notes - TRC car Haileybury - Brantford & Southern tourist train
493 Nov Toronto Eastern Ry - Alford Jct - Art on VIA - Tst n - MP&R n - Rly map Wpg - Railway News - Ferronut around Ont - Trip Europe XIII
494 Dec CROR - Pass rail decline? - Rusty Rails VIII Meaford Sub - Van LRT diagram - Ferronut Midland Sub - Transit n - Railway News - MP&R n
494 Dec Insert: BRMNA catalogue
1991
495 Jan CP Wstrn trip 1956 - Pboro-Lindsay n - CN 4-8-4s in the W - Ferronut Ath, call letters - VIA schedules - CPR Ops 50 yrs - Rail News - Tst, MP&R n
496 Feb Canada by Rail - trip to Churchill - Putting Canada back on rails - Windsor yd closed - Railway News - Tst n - Ferronut all over - MP&R n
497 Mar Cal LRT - RT in Canada - Toronto TTC Gloucester cars - Europe Trip XIV - Ferronut Simcoe Ont - Telegraph hx - Railway News - Tst n - MP&R n
498 Apr Ottawa Railway ops 1948 - Tst n - Camp Borden trains - Midland-Coldwater proj - Ferronut Ont gnl - Railway News - MP&R n - CP #1238
499 May Last run CNR train #95 Pt. Hope - VIA schedules - RT In Canada - Ferronut Ont NB - Railway News - Tst n - MP&R n
500 Jun 1st 10 yrs UCRS - UCRS excursions 1963 - CP solarium cars - Tor arr/deps - Canadian, Super Continental - Ferronut Ont Samson - Railway News
501 Jul CNoR Todmorden - Aband lines Ctl Ont. - Camp Borden 1944 - NH news - Trip Europe XV - Ferronut gnl - Rail News - CSX in Ont. - MP&R, Tst n
502 Aug Ont. steamships - world pass train speeds - Lennox picnic logistics - trip across Canada - Tst n - Ferronut general - Railway News
503 Sep 60 yrs since interurbans - Ferronut general - Railway News - Transit notes - MP&R n
504 Oct ONR operations - ONR trip - Canadian rolling stock 1990 - Ferronut mostly Ont - Tst n - Railway News - cross-Canada trip
505 Nov St. John Rvr Valley - TTC crosstown sbwy - CP's Big Hill - Trip Europe XVI - Ferronut New Mex, GTR original route Ont. - Rail News - MP&R, Tst n
506 Dec Rusty Rails IX C&O stns Ont. - Adolf Hungry Wolf - speeders on ACR - Mtl items - CN Gaspé aband.- Ferronut Ont gnl, stns - Rail News - Tst n
1992
507 Jan TTC trolleys stored - trip Florida - TTC roster 1991 - Ferronut all over - short lines discussion - Railway News - Transit n, MP&R n
508 Feb Obit Omer Lavallée - Wallaceburg, Ont trains - trips Atlanta, Mtl - North Toronto stn - CP freight trains - MP&R, Tst n- Ferronut all over - Rail News
509 Mar VIA LRC cars withdrawn - Trip Europe XVII - Ferronut PEI, Ont. Que - Tst n - Railway News
510 Apr God'rich-Ex'ter Ry - Brandt Road/railer - trip Chaleur - Tie Gang I board cars - VIA tt - Indian steam - pass travel WWII - Ferronut Ont - MP&R, Tst n
511 May Pictou County NS - CN passenger marketing - Ferronut Ont Georgetown - Railway News MP&R n - Transit n
512 Jun Trip Myrtle B'ch - Trip Europe XVIII - Tie Gang II - Lancaster NB stn - VIA arr & deps - Ferronut Ont - MP&R, God-Ex n - Rail News - CP Pt McNicoll
513 Jul Trains across Canada - Tor-Mtl high speed trains - MP&R n - Kincardine, Ont. - Ferronut Ont OWSR - Tst n - Railway News
514 Aug World pass trn speeds - 100 yrs el streetcars Tor - Trip Europe XIX - SSR begins ops - Ferronut WP&Y, Ont - Tie Gang III - MP&R, Tst n - Rail N
RAIL & TRANSIT (R&T) 1992
515 Sep Hx W, PP & Lindsay Ry - trip VIA and ACR - Ferronut TIR, Ont NB - CP MP assignments - Railway News
516 Oct trip SE Alberta - trip across Canada - TRC car 306 - Privatization BR - CN Sydney-Truro - Tie Gang IV - Ferronut CN sellwood, Ont., NB - Rail News
517 Nov-Dec Deux Montagnes - W, PP&L Ry - CNoR stn names - Moncton trams - Ferronut, Champlain&St.Lawrence, stn news - Railway News
1993
518 Jan Pioneer locomotive promoters - Hx Stratford, Huron & Bruce Ry - CP freight schedules - Tie Gang V - Ferronut Ont NB - Railway News
519 Feb CN loco roster and freight schedules - CP Port McNicoll aband - Ferronut Ont, Mtl, stns - Railway News
520 Mar Toronto subway expansion - CP Ont. local trains and switchers - Tie Gang VI - Ferronut CNoR Gowganda, stns, Que. - Railway News
521 Apr CP Rail paint scheme - trips Northern Quebec, Pennsylvania - William J. Huckett - Ferronut Mtl area, CP St. Gabriel Sub - Railway News
521 Apr supplement CPR's Lambton (Toronto) roundhouse
522 May Train speeds - CP recycled bridges - Alta grain car advertising - Ferronut down east - Railway News
523 Jun Southern Rails (Sask) Co-op - trip CP Alta/BC - Ferronut Railway hotels on stamps and all over - Railway News
524 Jul 50 yrs Mtl Central station - Western Canada station names - trip west VIA Canadian - Ferronut stns Burlington, Mtl, abandonments - Railway News
525 Aug Sweden X2000 in Canada - CN #6060 Calgary - Ferronut down east - Railway News
526 Sep Helpers BCR Squamish Sub - World speed review - Ferronut all over - Railway News
527 Oct Trip South Africa - Dominion Atlantic Ry last days - CN freight trains in the mountains - Ferronut Joliette, heritage stns, E&NA - Railway News
528 Nov Toronto Ry Co. car 898 - Canadian Atlantic Ry - CN freight trains Maritimes - Ferronut Quebec - Railway News
529 Dec The VIA Meridian and Atlantique - TTC equipment notes - Following CP MLWs - trips SSR and RMS Segwun - Ferronut down east - Rail News
1994
530 Jan trip France - Ott preservation n - hx rys s'thern Que - speed updates - TTC streetcar track diag'm - Ferronut down east - CN CP merger - Rail News
531 Feb-Mar CP Wynyard SK - Railway Signalling - trip Canadian out west - Ferronut out east - Railway News
532 Apr CN SOD ops - ACR rpt - major Can stns closed since 1960 - BCT skytrain extend Whalley - Ferronut nth out to SK - world loco orders - Rail News
533 May Obits Robert Legget, Ralfe Clench - Detroit River tunnel - transit in NB - Ferronut eastern Twps - Railway News
534 Jun trip CN Rapido - Kenora rail & transit art gallery - car float ops Windsor, Ont end - Ferronut more eastern Twps - Railway News
535 Jul Obit R. Whitmore - Loco to Ireland by air - NB bridge wreck 1894 - grain car crisis - future rails east - Smokey Bear - Ferronut down east - Rail News
536 Aug VIA northern Manitoba - York-Durham Heritage Ry - World speed review - Directory Rys Canada - Ferronut down east - Railway News
537 Sep Parry Sound, Ont. - VIA trips Quebec - Ferronut down east - Railway News - Commonwealth games "Spirit" buses
538 Oct Birkenheads in Canada - Salem & Hillsboro after fire - Kids' GO transit day - Ferronut down east - Railway News
539 Nov CP Thompson Canyon BC - trip western Canada - Ferronut Ott, Mtl, E&NA station names - Railway News
540 Dec pass travel trips out west and E&N - Eurostar 1st day - Ferronut Quebec railways - VIA "Airport" codes - Railway News
1995
541 Jan CAR abandoned, sold - Toronto Spadina LRT - Ferronut Que and NTR - Railway News
542 Feb Trackside at Newtonville - TTC Roncesvalles - ACR update - ICR tt blurb - Ferronut nthernQue, NTR - Railway News
543 Mar-Apr Railway strikes - Edmonton Radial Ry Soc - GTR Lindsay, Ont. 1893 - CN new St. Clair tunnel - Ferronut more Que, down east - Rail News
544 May trip to Alaska - Ferronut Mtl Amtrak, Alberta Resources Ry - Bancroft stn - Railway News
545 Jun TTC end Exhibition E loop - trips UK - PM wreck Walkerville 1926 - CN trains St. Clair tunnel - Bredenbury SK stn - Ferronut La Salette - Rail News
546 Jul Hx Toronto Car Wheel Works - Sask Ry Museum restore streetcar - Halifax-Lévis line - Cobourg C&P stn - Ferronut down east - Railway News
547 Aug Obit John MacLean - Pass train sp'ds Eur - GTR Lindsay, Ont. - Direct'y Rys Can - Access' GO - Ferronut dwn east - Waterways AB stn - Rail News
548 Sep TTC Beach lines - Wabash Canada - Ferronut down east - Port Coquitlam BC stn - Rail News Special highlights 1946 to 1994
549 Oct Mtl electrified rys - West Coast Express BC - Ferronut around Mtl - Railway News
550 Nov To Schefferville QNS&L - Le Tortillard du Saint-Laurent - travel Canadian trains - Ferronut in NB - CN Hervey Que stn - Railway News
551 Dec Eurostar - Ott transitway extend - CP loco GE AC4400CW - Ferronut Cornwall, Ont. street ry, stn n, rail removals - Railway News
1996
552 Jan-Feb Halifax NS trams 100 yrs - Ireland revisited - Ferronut Pte St. Charles and further east - Railway News
553 Mar TTC Lansdowne garage closed - VIA "silver cars" - Hamilton, Ont TH&B stn - Ferronut sw Ont. - Railway News
554 Apr TTC subway Russell Hill accident - Siemens RegioSprinter Calgary - Quebec bridge - Ferronut train ferries, stn n, misc - Railway News
555 May-Jun St. Lawr&Hud Ry - False Creek BC Tst - West Coast Ry Htge Coll - NTA - TTC Exhib streetcar loop - Ferronut Anticosti Ry - Railway News
556 Jul CN locos scrapped Tor - world HST - Ferronut more train ferries, stns, misc - Queensborough, Ont station - Railway News
557 Aug Edmonton Tst - CN loco roster 1996 - Trois Rivières tst - StL&H freight sched's - Ferronut down east, Pictou - Pictou stn - CP 3 yr plan - Rail News
558 Sep-Oct VIA tests Adtranz Flexliner - Hx Toronto transit ops 100 yrs - Ferronut Mtl & Southern Cties and down east - Railway News
559 Nov-Dec Goodbye trains around Sunshine Mariposa (Orillia) - Ferronut Quebec, TH&B, Mtl tst and various - Railway News
1997
560 Jan TTC fleet list - HST speed update - Ferronut Penny Wreck - Railway News
561 Feb UCRS excursion Mtl 1996 - TTC possible new streetcar routes - Ferronut Mtl, books, CP disciplinary records, misc. - TSB Brockville - Rail News
562 Mar Steam London underground - Dorval 1961 diversion - Ferronut stns, Temiskaming, London Ont. shops, CN #2534 - Railway News
563 Apr Diverted CP Canadian - CN boxcar #557417 - VIA Abitibi train - Ferronut GTR relocs, down east, stns, Railway News
564 May CN Beachburg Sub aband - trip SK AB BC - Ott V'lly RaiLink - Ferronut PEI, Mtl "Chariots", CASO, Que Bridge, GTR wreck "Dangers" - Rail News
565 Jun-Jul CN Bayview Jct - Vasn r'house CP #374 - ONR canoe car - MLW decline - CN #2338 loc? - Ferronut around Ont, Conrail, down east - Rail News
566 Aug TTC Spadina streetcar line - Rusty railing Bruce Cty, Ont - GTR St. Henri - Ferronut, various Ont, Scotian wreck and all over - Rail News
567 Sep-Oct CN Bala Sub - Ferronut, more Bala Sub hx to Sudbury Jct - Railway News
1997-1998
(Note: 1997 was the last year of R&T in its regular format.)
568 Winter-Spring future R&T - more on the Bruce - trip Australia - near wreck CN Fraser Sub - Ferronut Bala, stns, various - Railway News
569 Jul RaiLink southern Ont - World Rail Speed '98 - photos RS 18, HR616 - Railway News - Ferronut catch-up all over - Railways of Canada 1998
570 Aug Obit: Bob McMann - trainspotting 17 hrs Pickering, Ont. - CP Toronto yards - TTC temporary crossovers - Railway News - Ferronut down east
Additional Ferronut articles
(Note: It is not known if, or where, these were published. [The ones prefaced with F may have been intended for future R&T Issues.])
F5719809 Sundry railways in the Maritimes
F5729903 Tales from down east
F5739905 Maritime stations
F5749909 Moncton shops
Remember569 titbits 50 years ago 1948
Remember570 railway operations Ottawa 1948
Remember571 more titbits 50 years ago 1948
The End
Contributors
Art Clowes scanned text-only Newsletter copies from #01 to #263. Provided courtesy Pat Scrimgeour.
Art Clowes scanned text-only Ferrophiliac/Ferronut columns for most months from May 1989 to end of publication. Provided courtesy Pat Scrimgeour.
Paul Rollinson, the Bookseller, Waubaushene, Ont.: 705.538.2281 or email (paste in) hoostrahdohp@gmail.com
Pat Scrimgeour, UCRS newsletter editor from September 1990
Jeffrey P. Smith
John D. Thompson, Hamilton, Ont.: former president and newsletter editor, UCRS
Resources
Robert Lubinski, archivist, UCRS archives, Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA)
Jeffrey P. Smith: CNR in Ontario website
The Society
This history of the UCRS is provided by John D. Thompson (UCRS Member #474 [joined March, 1960], past President and Director):
The Upper Canada Railway Society was formed in 1941 by several Toronto-area railfans. The name may have been suggested by member and lawyer John Griffen, thinking of the Upper Canada Law Society.
The society had its origins in the Toronto Engine Picture Club, a relatively informal group of local railfans, that dated back, possibly, to the early 1930s. The members had met through personal acquaintance, or listings in the pages of Railroad Magazine, the primary railfan publication at that time.
As the time implies, the people were mainly involved in taking, and trading, photographs (black and white, generally size 616) of steam and, perhaps, the odd electric locomotive. They would meet in each others’ homes to share photographs, and discuss their railway interests. This was before movie and slide photography became common among railfans.
This activity continued after the UCRS was formed, whose first member was Doug Knowles [Ed. Note: see page 4]; his brother Jack joined soon afterward.
In addition to the home meetings, members would gather at railway stations for an afternoon or evening of train watching, and take trips by train or car. Visits to railway or streetcar facilities may also have been arranged, although wartime security would have been an issue.
A number of members had joined the armed services; at one time during the conflict, there were only about a dozen members remaining in Toronto.
In the spring of 1943, despite the decimation of membership to the armed forces, the UCRS took a bold step: the co-sponsorship of a fantrip, with the Buffalo and Rochester Chapters of the National Railway Historical Society.
The occasion was the return to service, after nearly 20 years of storage, of Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway interurban car 83. It was built in the mid-1920s as Toronto Suburban Railway 107, and had made the farewell run on that line in August, 1931.
In Toronto individual hand-written letters were sent out to prospective riders, and presumably much the same was done in Buffalo and Rochester. Despite the wartime circumstances, a sufficiently large crowd showed up to make the trip financially successful. The NS&T wasn't worried about security concerns, and the members were free to aim their cameras wherever they chose during the fan trip.
After peace was achieved in 1945 the Society membership was bolstered by returning members, several of whom proved to be capable and energetic members. The UCRS produced its first newsletter, a single mimeographed sheet, in September 1946, edited by university student Stu Westland. He remained as Editor until 1960. The newsletter continued in this simple format for several years, but it contained a great deal of "hard" news contributed by members, including the Editor. These newsletters represent an invaluable record of railway and transit news of the era.
The Society also began producing bulletins, printed on quality paper, with photographs. These covered both historic and contemporary subjects, alternating, more or less, between rail transit and railway subjects. These were issued on a periodic basis, but at least one per year, that were mailed to members and sold to other interested people. The last of these was likely issued during the 1960s.
During the 1950s and '60s, the UCRS published at least five soft-cover books: Four Whistles to Wood-Up (1953), The Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway (1963), The Budd RDC in Canada (1967), Locomotives from London (1968), TTC '28 (1968). These volumes were published by members Dr. Frank N. Walker, Thomas F. McIlwraith, Raymond F. Corley, Peter Cox, John F. Bromley, respectively. In 1986, the Society published its most impressive-ever book, a both hard-and soft-cover volume The Toronto Civic Railways, a well-documented history of the municipally-owned streetcar operator that preceded the Toronto Transportation Commission. The author was TTC employee and UCRS member J. William Hood.
In October, 1950, the UCRS sponsored another fan trip, using TTC PCC 4597, recently purchased from the Cincinnati Street Railway. This was the first of many TTC excursions that continued for about 30 years.
The NS&T was not forgotten, either, and UCRS members returned time and again to this classic interurban line until abandonment of passenger service in March, 1959. Trips sponsored by the NRHS, for example, the farewell to Grand River Railway-Lake Erie and Northern interurban service in 1955, also attracted UCRS members.
During the 1950s, 1960s, and later, the Canadian Railroad Historical Association, based in Montreal, sponsored a number of steam powered fantrips, and UCRS members were usually among the ticket buyers. The Society also participated in the operation of a Belleville-Bancroft CNR steam excursion in May, 1959. As the 1950s wound down, it became obvious that 1960 would be the last year of steam operation for both CN and CP. The Society decided to commemorate this sad event with farewell excursions on both railways.
Thus, on a pleasant Sunday, June 5, 1960, railfans assembled at Toronto Union Station for a Toronto - Port McNicoll fan trip behind CPR Royal Hudson 2857. The locomotive had been repainted, cleaned and polished, and on that day was truly fit to wear crowns. The Royal Hudsons were the railway's "symbol" engines, and it was quite appropriate that one of them should power this historic excursion. A matching consist of modern maroon baggage car and coaches complemented the 2857. When departure time arrived, the engineer moved the valve gear into full forward motion, released the brakes, and pulled back on the throttle. The great locomotive came to life, stack erupting with strident exhaust, gray smoke billowing skyward. The train made its way through the terminal area and veered onto the Mactier Subdivision, gaining speed with each revolution of the 75 inch drivers. As the Toronto outskirts were reached, 2857's beautiful chime whistle echoed backward; surely a sound to stir the soul. During the course of the day several run-pasts and still photo stops were held, as train riders aimed their still and movie cameras at 2857 and its gleaming consist. The June 5 excursion was a success in all respects, and was a fitting farewell to one of the most beautiful and successful locomotive classes ever built in Canada. CPR, unfortunately, was unenthusiastic about future steam fan trips out of Toronto after the June 5 excursion, and by the end of the summer the three passenger locomotives in Toronto: Pacific 2414, and Royal Hudsons 2839 and 2857, had left the area.
The next Society outing would be little more than a month later; a CN excursion from Toronto to Niagara Falls via Caledonia, using Northern type 6167. The engine was selected by the Excursion Committee as it represented a sub-class that had spent much of its life in the Maritimes.
The CNR steam trip of July 10, 1960 was a financial success but, more importantly, it convinced CN management that steam excursions could be a public relations bonanza, as well as exposing potential riders to the advantages of train travel, albeit not steam powered. Thus, a hold order was issued on 6167 after an NRHS trip on July 17, and it rested quietly in Mimico Roundhouse until April, 1961, when a fire was again laid on its grates, and the Northern came back to life. This was the beginning of a wonderful 19-year period of steam excursions with 6167, and successors 6218 and 6060, until CN ended its steam program in 1980 and sold 6060 to the province of Alberta. The most ambitious steam trip was in September, 1963, Toronto-Ottawa - North Bay, then diesels on the ONR to Temagami and return. The consist included sleepers, a diner, and observation car.
Over the years the UCRS also operated several fan trips over CN and CP secondary lines with conventional equipment and RDCs. These included trips to Haliburton from Lindsay behind the railways' rare GMD1 locomotives as extensions to steam trips, during the fall foliage season.
In 1963 a retired wooden CPR Business Car from Nova Scotia was bought by the Society for excursion service, repainted blue, and renamed Nova Scotia. It was replaced in 1969 by a steel heavyweight solarium lounge car from the CPR, CAPE RACE (a location in Newfoundland, not served by CP). CAPE RACE saw considerable use on fan trips, as well as private charters by members, to far flung destinations. The car is now at the John Street roundhouse museum in Toronto.
The UCRS continued its TTC streetcar excursions, focusing periodically on lines that were about to be abandoned. Complimentary night trips for members during the summer were also a feature for some time. Tours of TTC facilities, such as Davisville and Greenwood Shops, were also arranged, thanks to the Society's excellent relations with the TTC.
Over the years, monthly meetings (usually on the third Friday) had changed their venue. The first big change came circa 1946, when they began to be held at Room 486 in Toronto Union Station, where they remained until June, 1962. They had outgrown members homes; Stu Westland related to the author that the proverbial "last straw" occurred when 26 people showed up at his house for a meeting, and he had to borrow chairs from a next door neighbour!
At the meetings at Union Station, formal entertainment began to be provided: members showing their 35mm slides or 8mm movies, or commercial films borrowed from railways or the TTC. On one occasion member Andy Merrilees, a railway equipment dealer, gave a lengthy lecture on tank cars, probably telling those present more than they really wanted to know about the subject! Talks by railway and transit managers were also occasionally on the agenda.
After the meetings, it was a tradition for members to adjourn to the nearby all-night Mercury Restaurant on Bay Street, or the Bond, for coffee, and to continue their discussions of their favourite topic.
Post-June, 1962, the Society met at a variety of locations, the final one being Metro Hall, located, ironically, near the site of a CPR freight yard.
The Society's newsletter also evolved over time. Commencing in the early 1960s, thanks to fan trip revenues, and member Basil Headford, a commercial printer, the publication was printed on quality paper, with photos. Departments featured such topics as motive power and rail transit (primarily, TTC) news.
After Stu Westland stepped down as editor in 1959, due to career and family responsibilities, various other individuals held the position during the 1960s and 70s. At one point during the latter decade [ed. note 1976], the name was changed to Rail & Transit, and the publication became more elaborate. Attempts were made to sell it at hobby shops.
By the late 1970s, the publication had fallen drastically behind schedule, partly due to the time and effort required to produce it. Society membership had climbed significantly since 1960, due to the fan trips and membership campaigns. In addition to lateness, Rail & Transit suffered from poor photo reproduction.
In the fall of 1979, realizing that something had to be done - and quickly, this writer and original newsletter editor Stu Westland volunteered to take over. A simple, but news- and feature-filled publication would be issued, timed to reach members by the third Friday of each month (the Toronto division meeting week). The editor's promise of an on-time publication was kept for the next decade. The date that the newsletter had to go to the printer was sacred; there would be no waiting for specific articles or photos; we went with the material on hand. During this period many members, including several Americans, contributed articles and news items. The editors also put pen to paper and fingers to typewriter.
Personal circumstances circa 1990 required both of the editors to step down. The new editors ultimately revived the Rail & Transit format, with the same unfortunate results as before. Publication ceased in 1998 when the editor moved away from Toronto.
As previously mentioned, steam trips became a thing of the past after 1980. Even diesel excursions became difficult to arrange, due to [lack of] equipment availability and high costs. Streetcar trips on the TTC were still possible, fortunately.
The Society for some time rented space in the basement of the CNR St. Clair Avenue station, Toronto, for storage of its library, and other materials. This arrangement ended when the railway advised it would be either selling or demolishing the structure.
With the end of the steam trips, membership went into a long decline from a high of about 900. By the turn of the century only a handful of people were attending meetings at Metro Hall, and it was decided to "pull the pin" on the Society's Toronto activities.
The Upper Canada Railway Society still exists, however, in a form reminiscent of 70 years ago. The Hamilton Chapter, founded in early 1961, continues the tradition. Meetings are held monthly on the evening of the fourth Friday of the month (except July and August, and sometimes third Fridays in December). The location is the Peoples Church, on the north side of Mohawk Road West just west of Garth Street, Hamilton Mountain.
Entertainment consists of informal slide shows or presentations on specific topics. Refreshments are served; the hat is passed for a $2 donation to cover room rental and refreshments. Things are kept simple: no membership fees, no publication, no excursions, no officers except for the chairman, who for many years was genial Doug Page, still a fixture at meetings.
Thus, while its glory days are in the past, the UCRS still exists as it nears its 80th anniversary. Railfans still meet under its banner to enjoy their hobby, just as they did in 1941.
2020
Derek Boles of the Toronto Railroad Historical Association has also provided a thumbnail sketch of the UCRS in his:
"A Brief History of the Railfan Hobby in Canada - Part 4 of 5"
Note: In its newsletter Canadian Rail (Number 544) CRHA advised that the UCRS archives were donated to the Ontario Electric Railroad Historical Association.