The Library is always looking for books to round out its collection. The highest priority titles on our want list at the present time are listed below.
Donations of any of these would be welcomed for which the donor would receive a charitable donation receipt.
Title | Author | Published |
222 Tips for Building Model Railroad Structures Model Railroad Handbook No. 34 | Frary, Dave | Kalmbach, 1993 |
48 Top Notch Track Plans: From Model Railroader Magazine Model Railroad Handbook | Hayden, Bob | Kalmbach, 1994 |
50 Ways to a Better-Looking Layout Model Railroader Modeling & Painting Series | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach |
6 HO Railroads You Can Build: From Model Railroader Magazine Model Railroad Handbook | Hayden, Bob | Kalmbach, 1993 |
All Aboard! A History of Rail Transportation in Ottawa: 1850-2010 | City of Ottawa Archives, 2010 | |
Along the Rails with J. David Ingles | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981 | Kaminski, Edward S. | |
American Refrigerator Transit | Maher, Stuart T | |
American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880-1960 | Withuhn, William L. | Indiana University Press, 2019 |
Basic Model Railroad Benchwork, 2nd Edition Essentials | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2012 |
Basic Model Railroad Track Plans Small Starter Layouts You Can Build | Kalmbach | |
Build Big and Small Industries for your Model Railroad Model Railroader Modeling & Painting Series | ||
Building Realistic Model Railroad Scenery Model Railroader Layout Design and Planning | Millatt, Kathy | Kalmbach, 2022 |
Building the Right-Sized Layout Model Railroader Layout Design and Planning | Klimoski, Thomas | Kalmbach, 2021 |
Building What's in a Photo | Kalmbach | |
Canada's Arctic Outlet | Fleming, Howard A | University of California Press, 1957 |
Canadian National Atlantic Region in colour | Bailey, Bram | Morning Sun Books, 2020 |
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 4: Switchers | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2022 |
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 2: First Generation MLW and CLC Road switchers | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2021 |
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons Passenger and Freight | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2021 |
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 1: First Generation GM Roadswitchers | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2020 |
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2022 |
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 1: Switchers | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books |
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 2: First Generation Roadswitchers | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books |
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road Power | Timko, Stephen M. | |
Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 5: Modern Four-Axle Road Power | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun |
Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division: Volume 6 The Connaught Tunnel | Mayer, Doug | Revelstoke Railway Museum, 2022 |
Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division: Volume 7 | Meyer, Douglas R. | Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society, 2023 |
Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan | Cowan, John | Morning Sun Books |
Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia (1984) Fifth Edition | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Eleventh Edition 1925 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Tenth Edition 1922 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Twelfth Edition 1925 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Thirteenth Edition 1931 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Fourteenth Edition 1976 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Sixteenth Edition 1943 | ||
Car Builders' Cyclopedia Seventeenth Edition 1946 | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary & Cyclopedia, The (Ninth Edition 1919) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Eighth Edition 1916) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Fifth Edition 1906) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (First Revision 1884) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Fourth Edition 1903) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Second Revision 1888) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Seventh Edition 1912) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Sixth Edition 1909) | ||
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Third Revision 1895) | ||
Civilizing the West: The Galts and the development of western Canada | den Otter, A.A. | The University of Alberta Press, 1982 |
Commodities by Freight Car | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2023 |
Compact Layout Design Model Railroader Layout and Planning | Rice, Iain | Kalmbach |
DCC Projects & Applications Volume 4 Model Railroader Wiring & Electronics | Puckett, Larry | Kalmbach, 2019 |
Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume 3: D&H in the Diesel Years | Plant, Jeremy | Morning Sun Books |
Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume 4: The Final Years 1976-1991 | Seaman, Tom | Morning Sun Books |
Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume 5: The Chase of Change 1988-1999 | Martin, Ben | Morning Sun Books, 2018 |
Delaware & Hudson Power in Color: Three Diverse Diesel Eras between 1944 and 191 | Yanosey, Robert J | Morning Sun Books |
Delaware & Hudson to New England and Canada | Herbert, Richard | Garbely Publishing, 2022 |
Designing & Operating Yards | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway In Color | Schauer, David C. | Morning Sun Books, 2002 |
Easy Model Railroad Wiring - Second Edition | Kalmbach | |
From Swamp and Shanty: The History of Russell Village and the Western Part of Russell Township, 1827-1987 | Stanley, Wendell M. | Runge Press, 1988 |
F Units: The Diesels That Did It | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 1999 |
Ghost Train | Yee, Paul | Groundwood Books, 1996 |
Government Loan Guarantees and the Failure of the Canadian Northern Railway The Journal of Economic History Vol. 47, No. 1 (Mar., 1987) | Lewis, Frank | Institute for Economic Research, Queen's University, 1986 |
Government Subsidies and the Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway | George, Peter James | Arno Press, 1981 |
Grand Trunk Western Power In Color Volume 1: Modern Steam and First Generation Diesels | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2017 |
Grand Trunk Western Power In Color Volume 2: Second Generation Power | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2017 |
Guide to Electro-Motive E and F units | Wilson, Jeff | |
Guide to Narrow Gauge Modeling Model Railroader Layout Design and Planning | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach, 2014 |
Guide to Prairie Railroading | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach, 2024 |
Guide to Signals and Interlockings Model Railroader Wiring & Electronics | Abeles, Dave | Kalmbach, 2021 |
Hiram Walker's Railroad - The Lake Erie & Detroit River Railway | Guay, David R.P. | Walkerville Publishing Inc, 2015 |
History of the Illinois Central Railroad Railroads of America | Stover, John F. | Macmillan Publishing Co, 1975 |
HO Trackside Structures You Can Build Model Railroad Handbook | Hayden, Bob | Kalmbach, 1994 |
How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2023 |
How Steam Locomotives Work | Solomon, Brian | Kalmbach, 2022 |
How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery 3rd Edition | Frary, Dave | Kalmbach, 2005 |
How to Build Structures | Mindheim, Lance | Kalmbach, 2024 |
In Search Of The Narrow Guage | Whetham, Bob | Heimburger House Publishing Company, 1998 |
It Was Never Easy, 1908-1958: a History of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers | Hassell Street Press, 2021 | |
Kitbashing HO Model Railroad Structures | Kalmbach | |
Lines of Country - Revised Edition An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada | Andreae, Christopher | Boston Mills Press, 2006 |
Locomotive Cyclopedia (1938) Tenth Edition | ||
Locomotive Cyclopedia (1944) Twelfth Edition | ||
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice - 1922 | Simmons-Boardman, 1922 | |
Locomotive Edition (1944) Twelfth Edition | ||
Locomotives The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference - Third Edition | McDonnell, Greg | Boston Mills, 2023 |
Locomotives: The Modern Diesel and Electric Reference Third Edition | McDonnell, Greg | Boston Mills Press, 2023 |
Maine Central My Life on the Pine Tree Route 1971-1996 | Pitarys, George | Railroad Explorer |
Modeler's Guide to the Railroad Right-of-Way | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2022 |
Modeler's Guide to the Right of Way Model Railroader Layout Design & Planning Series | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2022 |
Modeling the Transition Era Model Railroader Layout Design & Planning | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach, 2017 |
Modelling the Oil Industry | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2024 |
Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles Model Railroader Modeling & Painting Series | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2012 |
Model Realistic Freight Car Loads Model Railroader Guide to Industries Series | Kohlmann, Keith | Kalmbach, 2022 |
Multideck Design for Model Railroads Proven Methods for Doubling Your Layout Space | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach, 2021 |
Nip 'N Tuck A history of the Port Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsay Railway | Arculus, Paul | |
Observation Car Color Portfolio Volume-2 CGFEC | Yanosey, Robert J | Morning Sun Books |
Official Railway Guide any issues post 2006 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1963, Number 28 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1965, Number 30 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1955, Number 20 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1956, Number 21 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1971, Number 36 (last one) | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1966, Number 31 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1943, Number 1 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The September 1943 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1967, Number 32 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1968, Number 33 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1948 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1959, Number 24 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1960, Number 25 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1970, Number 35 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1964, Number 29 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1950, Number 15 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1957, Number 22 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The March 1969, Number 34 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1954, Number 19 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Equipment, The January 1958, Number 23 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 26 January 1961 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 28 March 1963 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 29 March 1964 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 34 March 1969 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 01 March 1943 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 10 September 1947 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 09 March 1947? | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 30 March 1965 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 20 January 1955? | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 07 March 1946? | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 03 March 1944? | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 21 January 1956 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 27 March 1962 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 25 January 1960 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 23 January 1958 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 02, September 1943 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 22 January 1957 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 19 January 1954 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 04 September 1944 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 05 March 1945 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 18 January 1953 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 08 September 1946 | ||
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 24 March 1959 | ||
Ontario Northland in Color Volume 2: The Chevron Era | Bailey, Bram | Morning Sun Books, 2022 |
Ontario Northland Power in Color | Bailey, Bram | Morning Sun Books, 2024 |
On the Wright Track Memories from C.P.R. School Car # 2 | McLeod, William E. (Bill) | |
Origin of the Canadian Pacific Railway | Kennedy, Howard Angus | Ryerson Press, 1928 |
Pacific Railways and Nationalism in the Canadian-American Northwest, 1845-1873 | Irwin, Leonard Bertram | Greenwod Press, 1968 |
Passenger Train Consists 1923-1973 | Wayner, Robert J. | Wayner Publications, 1974 |
Prairie Dog Central The Story | Newsome, Paul | Vintage Locomotive Society, 2022 |
Pullman-Standard Freight Cars 1900 - 1960 | Kaminski, Edward S. | |
Rail Preservation Notes: Heritage Park, Calgary Collection of Railway Equipment displayed at Heritage Park | Westren, Mike | 1989 |
Railroading Handbook, The | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2022 |
Railroad Mergers History Analysis Insight | Wilner, Frank N. | Simmons Boardman Pub Co, 1997 |
Rails Around the Rock A Then and Now Celebration of the Newfoundland Branchlines | Pieroway, Kenneth G. | Breakwater Books Ltd., 2014 |
Rails North: The Railroads of Alaska and the Yukon | Clifford, Howard | Superior Pub. Co, 1981 |
Rails of the GTA Volume 2 | Blampied, Thomas | |
Rails of the GTA | Blampied, Thomas | |
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Any Volume | ||
Report and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway | Fleming, Sandford | Canada. Dept. of Railways and Canals. |
Sandford Fleming, Empire Builder | Burpee, Lawrence J. | 2015 |
Sawlogs on steel rails: A story of the 45 years of railway operations in the logging camps of the Port Alberni area | McKnight, George | Port Alberni Seniors' History Committee, 1995 |
SOO Line In Color | Wise, Robert (Bob) | Morning Sun Books |
Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 2 | Pinkepank, Jerry A. | Morning Sun Books, 2021 |
Soo Line Power in Color Volume 3: Modern Road Power 1966-2020 | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2022 |
Soo Line Power in Color Volume 2: Early Roadswitchers 1945-1965 (RS-1s to GP35s) | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books |
Soo Line Power in Color Volume 1: Switchers & Covered Wagons | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books |
Space-saving Industries for your Layout Model Railroader Layout Design and Planning | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach |
Stand Clear of the Doors: Whitby's Railway History from the First Tramway to GO | Blampied, Thomas | 2010 |
Steam & Diesel Locomotives Servicing Terminals Model Railroader Layout Design & Planning | Koester, Tony | Kalmbach, 2018 |
Steam Encounters at Montreal Volume 2 | Wilson, Ian | |
Sternwheelers and steam tugs: An illustrated history of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia lake and river service | Turner, Robert D. | Sono Nis Press, 1998 |
Street Cars of Old St. John's | Conners, William | Creative Publishers, 1989 |
Streetcars of St. John's | Pieroway, Kenneth G. | Flanker Press Ltd., 2019 |
The Blanketstiffs | McCormack, A. Ross | National Museum of Man / National Film Board of Canada |
The Canadian Pacific Railway | Talbot, F. A. | Palala Press, 2016 |
The Magor Car Company | Kaminski, Edward S. | |
The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges & Trestles | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2021 |
The Model Railroaders Handbook | Leone, Gerry | Kalmbach |
The Narrow Gauge Steam Railroad on Prince Edward Island | Burns, A. Byron | Self Published, 1996 |
The Newfoundland Railway, 1898-1969: A History | Harding, Les | |
The Pacific Empresses: An illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway's Empress liners on the Pacific Ocean | Turner, Robert D. | Sono Nis Press, 1981 |
The Royal Tour of Canada: The 1939 Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth | Fleming, R.B. | Lynx Images |
The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History | Henderson, John | White River |
The Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 1: Before the Merger 1949-1984 | Pinkepank, Jerry A. | Morning Sun Books, 2017 |
The S.S. Moyie. Memories of the Oldest Sternwheeler | Turner, Robert D. | Sono Nis Press, 1991 |
The Story of the Canadian Pacific Railway | Morris, Keith | Forgotten Books, 2019 |
Tourist Trains Guidebook, 9th Edition | Kalmbach, 2023 | |
Trackside around Canada with Matthew Herson | Riddell, John | Morning Sun Books, 2020 |
Trackside with VIA Vol 4: Research and Recollections | Gagnon, Eric | |
Trackside with VIA Vol.2: Cross-Canada Compendium | Gagnon, Eric | |
Trains & Grain Volume 2 Grain Elevators in Manitoba and Saskatchewan | Gagnon, Eric | |
Train Shed Cyclopedia 79 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops, Terminals, 40's & 50's (Part 2) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 81 Safety Appliances & Trucks, 1943 (Part 6) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 82 Boilers, 1919 (Part 3) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 83 Industrial & Export Cars, 1943 (Part 7) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 84 Smoke Boxes & Stokers, 1919 (Part 4) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 85 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops, Terminals, 40's & 50's (Part 3) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 87 Frames, Cylinders, Valve Gears, 1919 (Part 5) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 88 Passenger Construction Details, Interior Fittings, 1943 (Part 9) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 89 Pistons & Trucks, 1919 (Part 6) | ||
Train Shed Cyclopedia 90 Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops, Terminals, 40's & 50's (Part 4) | ||
Trains of Newfoundland | Pieroway, Kenneth G. | Flanker Press Ltd., 2022 |
Walthers Decal Catalog 1973 | ||
Walthers Decal Catalog 1977 | ||
Walthers Decal Catalog 1985 | ||
Walthers HO Catalog 1989 Supplement | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (1991) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (1997) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (1999) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2001) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2002) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2003) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2004) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2005) | ||
Walthers HO Catalog (2006) | ||
Walthers HO Model Railroad Reference Book (2007) 75th Anniversary | ||
Walthers HO Model Railroad Reference Book (2009) | ||
Walthers HO Model Railroad Reference Book (2011) | ||
Walthers HO Model Railroad Reference Book (2015) | ||
Walthers HO Model Railroad Reference Book (2016) | ||
Walthers HO-N-Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2018) | ||
Walthers HO-N-Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2020) | ||
Walthers HO-N-Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2022) | ||
Walthers Model Railroad Reference Book (2024/2025) | ||
Walthers N Scale Railroad Catalog & Craft Train Reference Manual (1976) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (1982) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (1999) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2000) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2001) | Walthers | |
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2002) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2004) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2006) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2007) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2008) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2011) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2015) | ||
Walthers N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book (2016) | ||
Walthers The World of N & Z Scale (1986) | ||
Weathering Models Make Rolling Stock, Structures and Details More Realistic | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
Wiring Your Model Railroad Model Railroader Essential Series | Puckett, Larry | Kalmbach, 2015 |
Your Guide to Diesel & Electric Locomotives | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2023 |
Your Guide to N-Scale Railroading | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
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