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Title: Railways in Canada
Post by: J.J. 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

Title: Re: Railways in Canada
Post by: J.J. on Monday 09 October 06 15:43 BST (UK)

C.P.R. heritage / history
http://www.cprheritage.com/history.htm
C.P.R. archives
http://www.cprstore.com/archive/archive.htm

CPR  Mail-Rail-Retail
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/Mail/default.htm
 

Title: Re: Railways in Canada
Post by: J.J. on Monday 09 October 06 17:03 BST (UK)

CN
http://216.94.16.48/railways/index.cfm
More History
http://www.cn.ca/about/company_information/history/en_AboutHistory.shtml

Record Group 30- for CNR You could get lucky and find a staff salaries listing that wasn't destroyed...
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010502_e.html

CNR historical maps
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/cnr/index.htm

CN Pensioners Association
http://www.cnpensioners.org/en/default.htm

Title: Re: Railways in Canada
Post by: Janice M on Wednesday 06 December 06 06:53 GMT (UK)

Grand Trunk Railway Company
http://home.primus.ca/~robkath/railgt.htm

Toronto Union Station
http://www.toronto.ca/union_station/history.htm

Railway Chronicles
http://railwaychronicles.com/

Railways in Canada
http://www.railways.incanada.net

Title: Re: Railways in Canada
Post by: Janice M on Friday 23 March 07 04:39 GMT (UK)

Canadian Railway Hall of Fame
http://www.railfame.ca/sec_main/en_default.asp

Old Time Trains
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/

Grand Trunk
http://www.sullboat.com/GT.htm

Title: Re: Railways in Canada
Post by: J.J. 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