Call for Photos! Canadian Trackside Guide 2025
The BRS Publications Committee is looking for recent photographs (last two years) for the outer and inner covers of the
2025 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 itself to a vertical format measuring 5-1/2 x 8-1/2”. Preference for the inner covers and the outer 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:
- Class 1 Locomotives
- Industrial and Shortline Locomotives
- VIA Rail Locomotives and Passenger Equipment
- Traction/Preserved Equipment
- Work Equipment.
Please submit entries no later than December 15, 2024.
By mail: “Cover Photos,” Bytown Railway Society, PO Box 47076, Ottawa, Ontario K1B 5P9. Please submit digital images on a CD or USB flash drive.
By email: tsg @ bytownrailwaysociety dot ca. Please indicate “Cover Photos” in the subject line.
There is a limit of 25 entries per contributor. All entries must be 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. If you submit any image with a suggested cropping, please also include the unaltered original.
In order to increase the dissemination of information of preserved railway equipment in Canada, the Bytown Railway Society is pleased to provide "Part 3 Preserved Railway and Traction Equipment" section from the 2024 edition of the Canadian Trackside Guide. It is available via the link below. If you have any comments or updates, please send them to tsg at bytownrailwaysociety dot ca.
The Bytown Railway Society is a volunteer, non-profit organization incorporated under federal government statute whose objective is to facilitate, aid and promote an interest in Canadian railway history and other related transportation and communications media; to own, preserve, acquire, maintain and restore artifacts or relics relating to the history of railways and other related transportation and communication media, and assist companion organizations in any of these.
