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Publications for Sale
You can also order Society publications from one of the many stores and hobby shops across Canada and in the U.S. and U.K. that sell our books. Previous issues are available for some editions of our well-known Canadian Trackside Guide and Branchline - Canada's Rail Newsmagazine. Here's a chance to add to your collection.
2012 Canadian Trackside Guide. Preorder Your Copy Now!
The 2012 Canadian Trackside Guide will be available in late February but you can order it now. The Guide contains approximately 680 pages with all the information you have come to expect from the publication: motive power, industrial locomotives, preserved equipment, work equipment, radio frequencies, subdivisions and more. It will be current to the end of December 2011.
The 2012 Guide will be out in February 2012 and if you need a TSG we still have the 2007 edition available at a special price.
$34.95 CAD taxes and shipping included for North American Orders (Canada and the United States)
For International orders (outside North America) $46.00 (shipped by ground) and $61.00 (shipped by air)
Our Latest Book, Montreal Streetcars - Volume 4
"Montreal Streetcars - Volume 4: 'Work and Service Equipment'" is our fourth book on Montreal Streetcars as the latest in our Traction Heritage Series. Again, author Tom Grumley has put together a well-researched book, this time on the non-revenue equipment of the street railways in Montreal. The book is produced in a 11" x 8-1/2" format on glossy paper with the usual high quality photos and detailed captions found in our previous traction publications. It includes 52 pages, 99 photos, 33 in colour.
$24.95 CAD taxes and shipping included
For orders outside Canada and the United States, please contact us for prices
Levis Tramways Company
"Levis Tramways Company" is author Tom Grumley's latest account of one of smaller of the many streetcar systems in Canada. The book traces the history of the streetcar system on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River across from Quebec City. From it's start in 1902 as the Levis Electric Railway, to the Levis County Railway, to it's final name of Levis Tramways Company in 1916, this book covers the entire history. It is in the same format as previous ones in the Traction Series and have 36 pages with colourized photos on the front and back covers.
$23.95 CAD taxes and shipping included
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Canadian Trackside Guide Backissues Available
While the 2011 Canadian Trackside Guide sold out in a very short time the TSG is still one of the best railfanning tools to use in Canada. With information on the other North American lines that run into Canada plus the CNR and CPR presence in the United States it is also is useful for the Railfan in the US.
With this in mind, we are offering backissues of the Canadian Trackside Guide that we have in stock at the special price of only $23.95.
When Steam and Steel Get in Your Blood - Recollections of a CPR Locomotive Fireman
At last! Duncan du Fresne's long awaited book, "When Steam and Steel Get in Your Blood - Recollections of a CPR Locomotive Fireman", is here. This book is about the work of a real honest to goodness, dedicated railway worker - a roundhouse hostler. Learn how he handled a potpourri of C.P. steam locomotives dating from 1904 to 1948, and ALCO S2 diesels. Details of the work, the workers, the foremen, the facilities, the winter weather, and the working conditions are all explained. "Written by a C.P. engineman, it's a railway book like no other."
The book contains 148 pages in a 8.5" X 11" format with 70 photos (5 are in colour). It is available in softcover.
*Canadian Railroad Historical Association 2010 Book Award
Softcover $49.95 CAD Taxes and shipping are included
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Quebec Railway Light & Power Company - Volume 2: The Citadel Division
Tom Grumley, our award-winning author, has written his sixth Traction Series book that continues the story of the Quebec Railway Light & Power Company with words and photos on its Citadel Division.
$25.95 CAD taxes and shipping included
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Montreal Streetcars - Volume 3: Scenic Routes
Our award-winning author, Thomas Grumley, has researched and written a third book on Montreal streetcars in the Society's continuing Traction Series publications. With photos and text, he has brought to life the many scenic areas of Montreal that were once served by the city's extensive streetcar system.
$23.95 CAD taxes and shipping included
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"Canadian Pacific to the East" - The International of Maine Division
The Society's third award winning book*, "Canadian Pacific to the East - The International of Maine Division" is the story of CP's rail line through northern Maine which CP often referred to as the "Short Line". Written by the late Omer Lavallee, the story includes information about the Canadian portions of the route in Quebec and New Brunswick. The 346 page, 8-1/2" x 11" book contains photographs including 92 in colour. It is a tribute to Omer, one of Canada's top railway historians and represents his last work before his death in 1992. Order your copy today. *Canadian Railroad Historical Association 2007 Book Award
$69.95 CAD taxes and shipping included
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The Quebec Railway Light & Power Company - Volume 1
Again, author Tom Grumley has created a well researched pictorial history book in the Society's traction series. This time it covers one of Canada's best known electric interurban railways, The Quebec Railway Light & Power Company, and its Montmorency Division. Order your copy today. The book has 52 pages containing 84 photos including 25 in colour.
$23.95 CAD taxes and shipping included.
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Montreal Streetcars - Volume 2: People and Places
This award winning book* is Tom Grumley's second on Montreal Streetcars in the Society's Traction Heritage Series. Thoroughly researched, it includes 54 photographs (23 in colour) plus a bonus - a large colour fold out map of the 1929 Montreal Tramway Company system. Montreal Streetcars Volume 2 includes comprehensive captions and additional information, this time about the people and places around the streetcar system.
$19.95 CAD taxes and shipping included.
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contact us for prices.
*Canadian Railroad Historical Association 2006 Book Award
The Ottawa Car Company
The story of one of Canada's leading streetcar builders, The Ottawa Car Company, in words and pictures featuring large photographs and detailed captions. The book contains 36 pages in a 11" x 8-1/2" format on glossy paper.
$17.95 CAD taxes and shipping included.
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Hamilton's Other Railway
This award-winning book* traces the history of the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway from its construction and ownership by the Grand Trunk to the takeover and eventual abandonment by Canadian National Railways. The book is loaded with detailed information on the railway's history in words and photographs. It also includes photos and plans for many of the stations, bridges and culverts.
$54.95 CAD taxes and shipping included.
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*Canadian Railroad Historical Association 2002 Book Award
A Companion to Canadian National Railways Passenger Equipment
This book is a companion to the first book by Gay Lepkey on Canadian National Railways Passenger Equipment. It includes 297 car diagrams, 249 black and white photographs in a 336 page 8-1/2" x 11" format. It also includes a listing of surviving cars.
$49.95 CAD taxes and shipping included.
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Back IssuesPrevious issues are available for some editions of The Guide and Branchline. Here's a chance to add to your collection.
Last Updated: February 2, 2012.
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