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.
Show Prototype Books - Show Modelling Books
| Prototype Books | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Author | Published | 
| 1201: 40 Years and Still Going Strong | Jago, Philip B. | Bytown Railway Society, 1984 | 
| 2-Spot Steam Ride: A Journey to Yesterday (Alberni Pacific Railway) | Miller, Barry | Self-published, 1986 | 
| 52 Questions on the Nationalization of Railways | J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1918 | |
| Across Canada: Atlantic to Pacific Via the "National Way" | Canadian National Railways, 1921 | |
| Alaska/Yukon Railroads: An Illustrated History | Clifford, Howard | OSO Publishing, 2000 | 
| Alberta Resources Railway | Government of Alberta, 1969 | |
| All Aboard! A History of Rail Transportation in Ottawa: 1850-2010 | City of Ottawa Archives, 2010 | |
| All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence | International Railway Publishing Co., 1918 | |
| Along the Rails with J. David Ingles | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
| Along the Tracks of the Dominion Atlantic & the Halifax & Southwestern Railways | Kalkman, Tony | Self-published, 2000 | 
| American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981 | Kaminski, Edward S. | Signature Press, 2015 | 
| American Refrigerator Transit | Maher, Stuart T | Signature Press, 2018 | 
| Angus: Du Grand Capital A L'Economie Sociale | Nadeau, Gaetan | Edition Fides, 2009 | 
| Annotated time table of the tour through Canada of Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York | Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1901 | |
| Atlas of Alberta Railways | University of Alberta Press, 2006 | |
| Atlas of North American Railroads | Yenne, Bill | MBI Publishing, 2006 | 
| Awakening Continent: The Life of Lord Mount Stephen: Vol. 2 1891-1921 | Gilbert, Heather | Aberdeen University Press | 
| Ballast Scorchers on the High Iron Memoirs of Locomotive Engineer | Gullickson, Jim | Kettle Valley Press, 2010 | 
| Beginning Days of the Newfoundland Railway | Wadden, Brian J. | |
| Big Mike Heney: Irish Prince of the Iron Rails | Tower, Elizabeth | Elizabeth Tower, 1992 | 
| British Columbia Railway to BCRAIL BC Rail Color Pictorial Series: Volume 2: February 1987 - July 200 | Elchepp, Brian A. | Monte Vista Publishing, 2020 | 
| British Columbia Railway to BCRAIL June 1984 through December 1987 BC Rail Color Pictorial Series Volume One | Elchepp, Brian A. | Monte Vista Publishing, 2009 | 
| Canada's Arctic Outlet | Fleming, Howard A | University of California Press, 1957 | 
| Canadian National Power in Color Volume 6 - Modern Road Power #5000-9999 | Timko, Stephen M. | |
| Canadian National Power in Color Volume 5 - Modern Road Power #600-4017 | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun | 
| 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 3: Covered Wagons | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2022 | 
| 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 Thru the Rockies | Yanosey, Robert J | Morning Sun | 
| Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan | Cowan, John | Morning Sun Books | 
| Canadian Passenger Trains 1967-1983 | Schmidt, Bob | Morning Sun | 
| Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia (1984) Fifth Edition | Simmons-Boardman | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Eleventh Edition 1925 | 1925 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Seventeenth Edition 1946 | 1946 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Sixteenth Edition 1943 | 1943 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Fourteenth Edition 1976 | 1976 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Thirteenth Edition 1931 | 1931 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Twelfth Edition 1925 | 1925 | |
| Car Builders' Cyclopedia Tenth Edition 1922 | 1922 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary & Cyclopedia, The (Ninth Edition 1919) | 1919 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Eighth Edition 1916) | 1916 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Fifth Edition 1906) | 1906 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (First Revision 1884) | 1884 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Fourth Edition 1903) | 1903 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Second Revision 1888) | 1888 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Seventh Edition 1912) | 1912 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Sixth Edition 1909) | 1909 | |
| Car Builder's Dictionary, The (Third Revision 1895) | 1895 | |
| Civilizing the West: The Galts and the development of western Canada | den Otter, A.A. | The University of Alberta Press, 1982 | 
| Classic American Railroads | Schafer, Mike | Voyageur Press, 1996 | 
| Confessions of a Railway Signalman | Fagan, James O | 1908 | 
| Cornwall Electric: 100 Years of Service | Cornwall Electric, 1987 | |
| 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 Railway Through Passenger Service | Doughty, Geoffrey H | Morning Sun | 
| Delaware & Hudson to New England and Canada | Herbert, Richard | Garbely Publishing, 2022 | 
| Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway In Color | Schauer, David C. | Morning Sun Books, 2002 | 
| Freight Car Models Volume III - Covered Hoppers Book 1 - The Three & Four Bay Cars | Schleicher, Robert | Golden Bell, 1995 | 
| 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 2: Second Generation Power | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books, 2017 | 
| Guide to Electro-Motive E and F units | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2022 | 
| 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 | 
| How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2023 | 
| How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work | Wilson, Jeff | Kalmbach, 2023 | 
| How Steam Locomotives Work | Solomon, Brian | Kalmbach, 2022 | 
| 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 | Greening, William Edward | Hassell Street Press, 2021 | 
| 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 | Simmons-Boardman | |
| Locomotive Cyclopedia (1944) Twelfth Edition | Simmons-Boardman | |
| Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice - 1922 | Simmons-Boardman, 1922 | |
| Locomotives The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference - Third Edition | McDonnell, Greg | Boston Mills, 2023 | 
| 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 September 1947, Number 10 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1946, Number 8 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1949, Number 13 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1944, Number 4 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1948, Number 12 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1945, Number 5 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1950, Number 15 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1970, Number 35 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1949, Number 14 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1961, Number 26 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1946, Number 7 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1947, Number 9 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1945, Number 6 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1944, Number 3 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1958, Number 23 | ||
| 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 January 1957, Number 22 | ||
| 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 March 1968, Number 33 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1966, Number 31 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1965, Number 30 | The Railway Equipment and Publication Company, 1965 | |
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1964, Number 29 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1954, Number 19 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1959, Number 24 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1948, Number 11 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment September 1943, Number 2 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1943, Number 1 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment March 1967, Number 32 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1956, Number 21 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Equipment January 1955, Number 20 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 19 January 1954 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 01 March 1943 | ||
| 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 10 September 1947 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 30 March 1965 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 21 January 1956 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 26 January 1961 | ||
| 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 05 March 1945 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 18 January 1953 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 09 March 1947? | ||
| 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 27 March 1962 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 25 January 1960 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 08 September 1946 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 22 January 1957 | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 03 March 1944? | ||
| Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, The Number 23 January 1958 | ||
| 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 | Sitter, Bonnie | Bonnie Sitter, 2021 | 
| 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. | Signature Press, 2007 | 
| 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 | 
| Railroads of Vermont Volume I | Jones, Robert C. | The New England Press, 1993 | 
| 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 | Blampied, Thomas | Blurb, 2009 | 
| Rails of the GTA Volume 2 | Blampied, Thomas | 2012 | 
| Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Any Volume from 1 to 36 | RP CYC Publishing Company | |
| Remembering the Grand Trunk Western A Photographic Look At Its Last Decades | Quastler, I.E. | R&I Publishing, 2010 | 
| 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 Color Portfolio | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun | 
| 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 1: Switchers & Covered Wagons | Timko, Stephen M. | Morning Sun Books | 
| 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 | 
| Stand Clear of the Doors: Whitby's Railway History from the First Tramway to GO | Blampied, Thomas | 2010 | 
| Steam Encounters at Montreal Volume 2 | Wilson, Ian | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1975 Tenth Annual | Quadrant Press | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1984 | Empire State Railway Museum | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1989 | Empire State Railway Museum | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1995 | Empire State Railway Museum | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1996 32nd Annual | Kalmbach | |
| Steam Passenger Service Directory 1997 32nd Annual | Kalmbach | |
| 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 | 
| Tempo In Tune with the Times | Holland, Kevin | Rapido Trains | 
| The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance | Steinbrenner, R.T. | On Track Publishers, 2003 | 
| The Bell and the Book | Clement, Andrew | Highway Book Shop | 
| 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 Narrow Gauge Steam Railroad on Prince Edward Island | Burns, A. Byron | Self Published, 1996 | 
| The Newfoundland Railway, 1898-1969: A History | Harding, Les | McFarland & Company, 2008 | 
| 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 Quill-and-Rail catalogue : a bibliographical guide to Canadian railroads | Tennant, Robert D. Jr. | The Tennant Publishing House, 1976 | 
| The Railroad Photography of Jerry A. Pinkepank Book 1 New England & Atlantic Canada 1962-1982 | Pinkepank, Jerry A. | Morning Sun | 
| The Railway Ties that Bind | Dick, R.W. | |
| 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 | 
| The Toronto G Trains | Lubinski, Robert | Canadian Traction Heritage Foundation | 
| The World The Trains Made A Century of Great Railroad Architecture in the United States and Canada | 2018 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Second Edition | Kalmbach, 2009 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Fourth Edition | Kalmbach | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Fifth Edition | Kalmbach, 2015 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Tenth Edition | Kalmbach, 2024 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Seventh Edition | Kalmbach, 2019 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Third Edition | Kalmbach, 2011 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Ninth Edition | Kalmbach, 2023 | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebook Sixth Edition | Kalmbach | |
| Tourist Trains Guidebooks Eighth Edition | Kalmbach | |
| 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 | |
| Trains of Newfoundland | Pieroway, Kenneth G. | Flanker Press Ltd., 2022 | 
| When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails Book One | Schramm, Jack E. | 1989 | 
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