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Railways in Canada
« on: Sunday 08 October 06 18:36 BST (UK) »
There seems to be a lot of questions regarding the Canadian railways, so if you have any interesting information, terms or links, also post it here...
Please note that these don't have employee lists...but are for background reference in your genealogy. Employee records are not yet made available for research at this time...although did find a short list
from B.C.  :
CPR Employees b.c. 1884/ short list / terminating employ...
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/Sessional/cpr1884.html

Canada, by Train
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/trains/index-e.html

Canadian Railways - info by Province
http://www.archaeolink.com/canada_canadian_rail_history.htm

Brief history
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/photoessays/railways/railways01.cfm

Canada archive heritage railway site...
http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/on_e.asp


retirees of the Intercolonial and Prince Edward Island Railway /  includes porters / images available
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/black-porters/index-e.html
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Re: Railways in Canada
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 06 December 06 06:53 GMT (UK) »
Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie


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« Reply #4 on: Friday 23 March 07 04:39 GMT (UK) »
Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie

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Re: Railways in Canada
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 15 April 07 17:09 BST (UK) »
Revelstoke Railway Museum
http://www.railwaymuseum.com/

Alberta Railway Museum
http://www.railwaymuseum.ab.ca/
http://www.alberta2005rail.com/

Alberta Central Railway Museum
http://www.abcentralrailway.com/

Saskatchewan Railway Museum
http://www.saskrailmuseum.org/

Winnipeg railway museum
http://www.wpgrailwaymuseum.com/index.htm

Toronto Railway heritage centre
http://www.trha.ca/

Smith Falls Railway Museum
http://www.sfrmeo.ca/

Elgin County Railway Museum
http://www.ecrm5700.org/

Niagara Falls Railway Museum
http://www.nfrm.ca/

Memory junction Brighton Ontario
http://www.memoryjunction.netfirms.com/

New Brunswick Railway Museum
http://www.nbrm.ca/en/index.shtml

Railway Coastal Museum
http://railwaycoastalmuseum.ca/collection.htm
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