The BRS Publications Committee is looking for contemporary (last two years) photographs for the outer an inner covers of the 2020 edition of the Canadian Trackside Guide.

Preference for the outside front cover is a striking colour slide or high-resolution digital image (tif or jpeg format) of a current “Canadian locomotive or train in a vertical format”, or a horizontal image that would, with cropping, lend to a vertical format measuring 5-1/2 x 8-1/2”. Preference for the inside covers and the back cover is for horizontal images of current Canadian locomotives or railway equipment.

At a minimum, please include locomotive type, equipment number(s), date and place of photo and any other information relevant to the subject matter.

Photographic categories are:

1. Class 1 Locomotives
2. Industrial and Shortline Locomotives
3. VIA Rail Locomotives and Passenger Equipment
4. Traction/Preserved Equipment
5. Work Equipment

Please submit entries no later than December 14, 2019, by one of two methods

1. By Mail: “Cover Contest”, Bytown Railway Society, PO Box 47076, Ottawa Ontario, K1B 5P9. Please submit digital images on a CD or USB flash drive, or
2. By email: to tsg at bytownrailwaysociety dot ca .  

There is a limit of 25 entries per contributor. Ensure all entries are identified with: category, location, date, photographer's name, as well as the name and address of the sender. Please indicate if we may retain unused images for potential use in Branchline magazine. Upon request, submitted materials will be returned.

SOLD OUT!

The 2019 edition of the Canadian Trackside Guide® is the Bytown Railway Society’s 37th edition – contains 744 updated and expanded 5½” x 8½” pages current to February 1, 2019.

Edited by Earl Roberts & David Stremes

5½” x 8½”, Soft cover, 736 pages

• Locomotives of CN, CPR, VIA, plus Regionals and Industrials 
• Preserved equipment
• Passenger cars
• Urban rail transit
• Cabooses
• Non-revenue equipment
• Radio frequencies
• Passenger train schedules
• Freight train numbers
• Railway reporting marks
• Detailed divisional maps and subdivision listings for all Canadian railways and their U.S. components, including station names,  mileposts, detectors. siding lengths, locations of cross-overs, wyes and more
• Maps of major cities detailing rail lines

The only comprehensive guide to Canadian railways, including US based operations.

If you are curious about the content of this publication, we have sample content from representative sections of the 2015 edition available in PDF for viewing here: Trackside Guide Sample Content

April 2018 - All our publications have reduced prices

We are drastically reducing our prices due to the imminent loss of our storage facility, and as such we desperately need to remove our remaining stock.

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