New York Central Historical Society http://www.nycshs.org/ New York Central had a Station on the river in Courtright. Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society http://www.cohs.org/ Both sites have been added to the links column

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admin on February 25th, 2009

This recently published book about building a Garden Scale Steam Locomotive is available from Amazon Books Canada. http://www.amazon.ca/Building-Small-Steam-Locomotives-Practical/dp/184797029X Building Small Steam Locomotives – A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges Author Peter Jones If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, [...]

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admin on February 24th, 2009

Of late numerous surmises have been set afloat throughout the Province with regard to the operations and character of the Grand Trunk Railway. It has represented, that it was a doubtful matter whether the work would be proceeded with at all; —that on account of the troubled aspect of affairs in Europe, and the consequent [...]

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admin on February 21st, 2009

Wikipedia information about the Great Western railway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_(Ontario) Great Western Railway web page. http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains/rrcn.htm#gw

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admin on February 21st, 2009

The Sarnia Observer and Lambton Advertiser May 1858 Great Western Railway We are happy to learn that the Eastern section of this Railway, that is, from the Niagara Suspension Bridge to Hamilton, is yielding a profitable business, and that passengers are highly satisfied with the attention paid to their comfort by the other’s of the [...]

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admin on February 21st, 2009

Sarnia Observer and Lambton Advertiser Railroad to Lake Superior The subject of a Railroad to Lake Superior we see is earnestly being canvassed. The proposed route to which we allude is for the extension of the Canada road ( which has already been finished to Lake Huron). Thence along the coast to this place. Thence [...]

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admin on February 20th, 2009

St. Clair Tunnel Electric Box Cab. Photo taken at Sarnia CN Station 1958.

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http://www.irontrail.ca/railsongs.html

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admin on February 15th, 2009

The first Steam Locomotive to be built in the UK in over fifty years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7537462.stm

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admin on February 15th, 2009

A few pictures of two local Garden Railways in the Garden Railway Pages.

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