Wanted Book Titles.

The Library is always looking for books to round out its collection. The titles on our dynamically generated 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.

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Prototype Books
TitleAuthorPublished
1201: 40 Years and Still Going StrongJago, Philip B.Bytown Railway Society, 1984
2-Spot Steam Ride: A Journey to Yesterday (Alberni Pacific Railway)Miller, BarrySelf-published, 1986
52 Questions on the Nationalization of Canadian RailwaysJ.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1918
Across Canada: Atlantic to Pacific Via the "National Way"Canadian National Railways, 1921
Alaska/Yukon Railroads: An Illustrated HistoryClifford, HowardOSO Publishing, 2000
Alberta Resources RailwayGovernment of Alberta, 1969
All Aboard! A History of Rail Transportation in Ottawa: 1850-2010City of Ottawa Archives, 2010
All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. LawrenceInternational Railway Publishing Co., 1918
Along the Rails with J. David InglesKalmbach, 2024
Along the Tracks of the Dominion Atlantic & the Halifax & Southwestern RailwaysKalkman, TonySelf-published, 2000
American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981Kaminski, Edward S.Signature Press, 2015
American Refrigerator TransitMaher, Stuart TSignature Press, 2018
American Short Line Railway Guide1975
Angus: Du Grand Capital A L'Economie SocialeNadeau, GaetanEdition Fides, 2009
Annotated time table of the tour through Canada of Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and YorkGrand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1901
Atlas of Alberta RailwaysUniversity of Alberta Press, 2006
Atlas of North American RailroadsYenne, BillMBI Publishing, 2006
Awakening Continent: The Life of Lord Mount Stephen: Vol. 2 1891-1921Gilbert, HeatherAberdeen University Press
Ballast Scorchers on the High Iron Memoirs of Locomotive EngineerGullickson, JimKettle Valley Press, 2010
Beginning Days of the Newfoundland RailwayWadden, Brian J.
Big Mike Heney: Irish Prince of the Iron RailsTower, ElizabethElizabeth Tower, 1992
British Columbia Railway to BCRAIL BC Rail Color Pictorial Series: Volume 2: February 1987 - July 200Elchepp, Brian A.Monte Vista Publishing, 2020
British Columbia Railway to BCRAIL June 1984 through December 1987 BC Rail Color Pictorial Series Volume OneElchepp, Brian A.Monte Vista Publishing, 2009
Canada's Arctic OutletFleming, Howard AUniversity of California Press, 1957
Canadian Car & Foundry Catalog Series Volume 1: Passenger CarsRiddell, JohnSilverLake Images, 2024
Canadian Car & Foundry Catalog Series Volume 3: Track, Car Fittings, International Cars & Special CarsRiddell, JohnSilverLake Images, 2024
Canadian Car & Foundry Catalog Series Volume 2: Freight CarsRiddell, JohnSilverLake Images, 2024
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 6 - Modern Road Power #5000-9999Timko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Canadian National Power in Color Volume 5 - Modern Road Power #600-4017Timko, Stephen M.Morning Sun
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 3: Covered WagonsTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books, 2022
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road PowerTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 2: First Generation RoadswitchersTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 5: Modern Four-Axle Road PowerTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun
Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division: Volume 6 The Connaught TunnelMayer, DougRevelstoke Railway Museum, 2022
Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division: Volume 7Meyer, Douglas R.Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society, 2023
Canadian Pacific Thru the RockiesYanosey, Robert JMorning Sun
Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John CowanCowan, JohnMorning Sun Books
Canadian Passenger Trains 1967-1983Schmidt, BobMorning Sun
Canadian Railways - Tales of the Silver LadyMaiers, DavidDavid Maiers, 2023
Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice (1984) Fifth EditionSimmons-Boardman
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1946 Seventeenth Edition1946
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1931 Thirteenth Edition1931
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1925 Eleventh Edition1925
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1922 Tenth Edition1922
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1940 Fifteenth Edition
Car Builders' Cyclopedia 1937 14th Edition
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1881)The Railroad Gazette, 1881
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1884 Second Edition - First Revision)1884
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1888 - Revised and Enlarged Edition)The Railroad Gazette, 1888
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1895 - Third Revision)The Railroad Gazette, 1895
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1903 - Fourth Edition)1903
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1906 4th Revised)The Railroad Gazette, 1906
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1909 Fifth Revised - Sixth Edition)The Railway Age Gazette, 1909
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1912 Seventh Edition)1912
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1916 Eighth Edition )The Railroad Gazette, 1916
Car Builder's Dictionary, The (1919 Ninth Edition)Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1919
Celebrating 70 YearsHalton County Radial Railway, 2025
Change, Leadership, Mud and Why (How We Work and Why, Volume 2)Harrison, E. HunterCanadian National Railway, 2008
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway In Color Volume 1Plant, JeremyMorning Sun
Civilizing the West: The Galts and the development of western Canadaden Otter, A.A.The University of Alberta Press, 1982
Classic American RailroadsSchafer, MikeVoyageur Press, 1996
Cornwall Electric: 100 Years of ServiceCornwall Electric, 1987
Covered Hoppers Volume 1 AACX-MQGX: A Sampling of Privately-Owned Covered Hoppers 1961-1995Kinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2024
Covered Hoppers Volume 2 NAHX-XTRX: A Sampling of Privately-Owned Covered Hoppers 1961-1995Kinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2024
Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs The Identification Guide for Small American Gas and Diesel LocomotivesReed, JayRio Hondo, 2010
Critters in Color Volume 3Timko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Critters in Color Volume 4Timko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Delaware & Hudson CaboosesGarbely Publishing
Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume 4: The Final Years 1976-1991Seaman, TomMorning Sun Books
Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume 5: The Chase of Change 1988-1999Martin, BenMorning Sun Books, 2018
Delaware & Hudson Power in Color: Three Diverse Diesel Eras between 1944 and 191Yanosey, Robert JMorning Sun Books
Delaware & Hudson Railway Through Passenger ServiceDoughty, Geoffrey HMorning Sun
Delaware & Hudson to New England and CanadaHerbert, RichardGarbely Publishing, 2022
Detroit's Street Railways, Vol#1 1863-1922Schramm, Jack E.1978
Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway In ColorSchauer, David C.Morning Sun Books, 2002
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 1 ACL-GNYanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 2 GNW-PCYanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 3 P&W - YWYanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 4 ACFX-CSXT The Work of Emery Gulash 1980-2000Yanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 5: CSXT-NS The Work of Emery Gulash 1980-2000Yanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Color Portfolio Book 6 NS-YKR The Work of Emery Gulash 1980-2000Yanosey, Robert J
Freight Car Models Volume III - Covered Hoppers Book 1 - The Three & Four Bay CarsSchleicher, RobertGolden Bell, 1995
From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company, 1893-1919Indiana University Press, 2004
From Swamp and Shanty: The History of Russell Village and the Western Part of Russell Township, 1827-1987Stanley, Wendell M.Runge Press, 1988
F Units: The Diesels That Did ItWilson, JeffKalmbach, 1999
Ghost TrainYee, PaulGroundwood 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, FrankInstitute for Economic Research, Queen's University, 1986
Government Subsidies and the Construction of the Canadian Pacific RailwayGeorge, Peter JamesArno Press, 1981
Grand Trunk Western Power In Color Volume 2: Second Generation PowerTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books, 2017
Guide to Electro-Motive E and F unitsWilson, JeffKalmbach, 2022
Hiram Walker's Railroad - The Lake Erie & Detroit River RailwayGuay, David R.P.Walkerville Publishing Inc, 2015
History of the Illinois Central Railroad Railroads of AmericaStover, John F.Macmillan Publishing Co, 1975
How Diesel & Electric Locomotives WorkWilson, JeffKalmbach, 2023
How Diesel & Electric Locomotives WorkWilson, JeffKalmbach, 2023
How Steam Locomotives WorkSolomon, BrianKalmbach, 2022
In Search Of The Narrow GaugeWhetham, BobHeimburger House Publishing Company, 1998
It Was Never Easy, 1908-1958: a History of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General WorkersGreening, William EdwardHassell Street Press, 2021
Lines of Country - Revised Edition An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in CanadaAndreae, ChristopherBoston Mills Press, 2006
Locomotive Cyclopedia (1938) Tenth EditionSimmons-Boardman
Locomotive Cyclopedia (1944) Twelfth EditionSimmons-Boardman
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice - 1922Simmons-Boardman, 1922
Locomotives The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference - Second EditionMcDonnell, GregBoston Mills
Nip 'N Tuck A history of the Port Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsay RailwayArculus, Paul
Observation Car Color Portfolio Volume-2 CG - FECYanosey, Robert JMorning Sun Books
Observation Car Color Portfolio Vol 4:Yanosey, Robert JMorning Sun Books
Observation Car Color Portfolio Vol 5: SAL - YWYanosey, Robert JMorning Sun Books
Observation Car Color Portfolio Volume 1 A&WP - CB&QYanosey, Robert JMorning Sun Books
Official Railway Guide any issues post 2007
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1947, Number 10
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1944, Number 4
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1970, Number 35
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1950, Number 15
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1945, Number 6
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1949, Number 13
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1944, Number 3
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1961, Number 26
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1947, Number 9
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1946, Number 8
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1948, Number 12
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1945, Number 5
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1946, Number 7
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1949, Number 14
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1943, Number 1
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1960, Number 25
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1971, Number 36 (last one)
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1962, Number 27
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1963, Number 28
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1969, Number 34
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1956, Number 21
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1955, Number 20
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1958, Number 23
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1957, Number 22
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1967, Number 32
Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1943, Number 2
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1948, Number 11
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1954, Number 19
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1964, Number 29
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1965, Number 30The Railway Equipment and Publication Company, 1965
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1966, Number 31
Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1968, Number 33
Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1959, Number 24
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 07 March 1946?
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 19 January 1954
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 28 March 1963
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 21 January 1956
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 20 January 1955?
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 26 January 1961
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 05 March 1945
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 02, September 1943
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 04 September 1944
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 03 March 1944?
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 22 January 1957
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 08 September 1946
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 25 January 1960
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 27 March 1962
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 06 September 1945?
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 23 January 1958
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 10 September 1947
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 30 March 1965
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 24 March 1959
Ontario Northland in Color Volume 2: The Chevron EraBailey, BramMorning Sun Books, 2022
Ontario Northland Power in ColorBailey, BramMorning Sun Books, 2024
On the Wright Track Memories from C.P.R. School Car # 2Sitter, BonnieBonnie Sitter, 2021
Origin of the Canadian Pacific RailwayKennedy, Howard AngusRyerson Press, 1928
Pacific Railways and Nationalism in the Canadian-American Northwest, 1845-1873Irwin, Leonard BertramGreenwod Press, 1968
Passenger Cars of New England Volume 2 - Bangor & Aroostook and Maine CentralThe Railroad Press, 2000
Passenger Cars of New England Volume 1 - Boston & MaineThe Railroad Press, 2000
Passenger Train Consists 1923-1973Wayner, Robert J.Wayner Publications, 1974
Passing a Half Century: A 50th birthday trip through Alberta and British ColumbiaBoyko, Steve2018
Prairie Dog Central The StoryNewsome, PaulVintage Locomotive Society, 2022
Pullman Company List Of Cars 1961Wayner Publications
Pullman-Standard Freight Cars 1900 - 1960Kaminski, Edward S.Signature Press, 2007
Rail Preservation Notes: Heritage Park, Calgary Collection of Railway Equipment displayed at Heritage ParkWestren, Mike1989
Railroaded: The Untold History of Halifax's Rail CutChaulk, BobNimbus Publishing Limited, 2025
Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter HarrisonGreen, HowardPage Two Books, Inc, 2018
Railroading Handbook, TheWilson, JeffKalmbach, 2022
Railroad Mergers History Analysis InsightWilner, Frank N.Simmons Boardman Pub Co, 1997
Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles CleggReevy, TonyIndiana University Press, 2019
Railroads of Vermont Volume IJones, Robert C.The New England Press, 1993
Rails Around the Rock A Then and Now Celebration of the Newfoundland BranchlinesPieroway, Kenneth G.Breakwater Books Ltd., 2014
Rails North: The Railroads of Alaska and the YukonClifford, HowardSuperior Pub. Co, 1981
Rails of the GTABlampied, ThomasBlurb, 2009
Rails of the GTA Volume 2Blampied, Thomas2012
Railway Engineering and Maintenance Cyclopedia (any Edition) An Authoritative Manual of Engineering, Maintenance and Signaling Including Definitions, Descriptions, Illustrations and Methods of Use of the Materials, Equipment of Tracks, Bridges, Buildings,.Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 32-33
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 29
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 28
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 20
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 24
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 31RP CYC Publications, Inc.
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 30
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 2
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 35
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 36
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 3
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 34
Remembering the Grand Trunk Western A Photographic Look At Its Last DecadesQuastler, I.E.R&I Publishing, 2010
Report and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific RailwayFleming, SandfordCanada. Dept. of Railways and Canals.
Sandford Fleming, Empire BuilderBurpee, Lawrence J.2015
Sawlogs on steel rails: A story of the 45 years of railway operations in the logging camps of the Port Alberni areaMcKnight, GeorgePort Alberni Seniors' History Committee, 1995
Soo Line Color PortfolioTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun
SOO Line In ColorWise, Robert (Bob)Morning Sun Books
Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 2Pinkepank, Jerry A.Morning Sun Books, 2021
Soo Line Power in Color Volume 1: Switchers & Covered WagonsTimko, Stephen M.Morning Sun Books
Soo Line Power in Color Volume 3: Modern Road Power 1966-2020Timko, 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
Stainless Steel A Book of TrainsMaiers, DavidDavid Maiers, 2022
Stand Clear of the Doors: Whitby's Railway History from the First Tramway to GOBlampied, Thomas2010
Steam Encounters at Montreal Volume 2Wilson, Ian
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1975 Tenth AnnualQuadrant Press
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1984Empire State Railway Museum
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1989Empire State Railway Museum
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1995Empire State Railway Museum
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1996 32nd AnnualKalmbach
Steam Passenger Service Directory 1997 32nd AnnualKalmbach
Still Standing: A Century Of Urban Train Station DesignBrown, ChristopherIndiana University Press, 2005
Street Cars of Old St. John'sConners, WilliamCreative Publishers, 1989
Streetcars of St. John'sPieroway, Kenneth G.Flanker Press Ltd., 2019
Summary of Equipment 1920Canadian Pacific Railway
Summary of Equipment 1922Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific Railway
Summary of Equipment 1929Canadian Pacific Railway
Tank Cars Volume 1: ACDX-GATX: A Sampling of Privately-Owned Tank Cars 1959-1995Kinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2024
Tank Cars Volume 2: GCX-WSCX: A Sampling of Privately-Owned Tank Cars 1959-1995Kinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2024
Tempo In Tune with the TimesHolland, KevinRapido Trains
The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial RemembranceSteinbrenner, R.T.On Track Publishers, 2003
The Bell and the BookClement, AndrewHighway Book Shop
The British Columbia Railway, a railway derailedRuppenthal, KCentre for Transportation Studies, University of British Columbia, 1979
The Canadian Pacific RailwayTalbot, F. A.Palala Press, 2016
The Century Series: A Portrait of Alco Diesel PowerCarver, TomWhite River Productions, 2025
The Electric Pullman: A History of the Niles Car & Manufacturing CompanyBrough, Lawrence A.
The MainlineMaiers, DavidDavid Maiers
The Narrow Gauge Steam Railroad on Prince Edward IslandBurns, A. ByronSelf Published, 1996
The Newfoundland Railway, 1898-1969: A HistoryHarding, LesMcFarland & Company, 2008
The PrincessMaiers, David
The Quill-and-Rail catalogue : a bibliographical guide to Canadian railroadsTennant, Robert D. Jr.The Tennant Publishing House, 1976
The Railroad Photography of Jerry A. Pinkepank Book 1 New England & Atlantic Canada 1962-1982Pinkepank, Jerry A.Morning Sun
The Railroad Photography of Phil HastingsReevy, TonyIndiana University Press, 2023
The Railway Ties that BindDick, R.W.
The Royal Tour of Canada: The 1939 Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen ElizabethFleming, R.B.Lynx Images
The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated HistoryHenderson, JohnWhite River
The Shipper’s Bible: An Introduction To The Canadian Guide CollectionBloomfield, G. T.Department of Geography, University of Guelph,, 1992
The Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 1: Before the Merger 1949-1984Pinkepank, Jerry A.Morning Sun Books, 2017
The Story of the Canadian Pacific RailwayMorris, KeithForgotten Books, 2019
The Toronto G TrainsLubinski, RobertCanadian Traction Heritage Foundation
The World The Trains Made A Century of Great Railroad Architecture in the United States and Canada2018
Tourist Trains Guidebook Fifth EditionKalmbach, 2015
Tourist Trains Guidebook Third EditionKalmbach, 2011
Tourist Trains Guidebook Second EditionKalmbach, 2009
Tourist Trains Guidebook Seventh EditionKalmbach, 2019
Tourist Trains Guidebook Tenth EditionKalmbach, 2024
Tourist Trains Guidebook Fourth EditionKalmbach
Tourist Trains Guidebook Ninth EditionKalmbach, 2023
Tourist Trains Guidebook Sixth EditionKalmbach
Tourist Trains Guidebooks Eighth EditionKalmbach
Trackside with VIA Vol.2: Cross-Canada CompendiumGagnon, Eric
Trackside with VIA Vol 4: Research and RecollectionsGagnon, Eric
Trains & Grain Volume 2 Grain Elevators in Manitoba and SaskatchewanGagnon, Eric
Trains of NewfoundlandPieroway, Kenneth G.Flanker Press Ltd., 2022
Twilight of the Great Trains Expanded Edition Railroads Past and PresentFrailey, FredIndiana University Press, 2010
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails Book OneSchramm, Jack E.1989
Who's Who in Railroading in North America Fourteenth Edition 1959Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
X Car Color Guide Volume 1: AACX-CRYXKinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2015
X Car Color Guide Volume 2: CSCX-GPUXKinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2015
X Car Color Guide Volume 3: GROX-NYMXKinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2015
X Car Color Guide Volume 4: OCPX-TKCXKinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2016
X Car Color Guide Volume 5: TLCX-ZTTXKinkaid, JamesMorning Sun Books, 2017
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take:Middleton, William D.Indiana University Press, 2000
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