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Research for this book extended over several years and many kilometres. It involved visiting railway stations from one side of Canada to the other, and ploughing through libraries, museums, and archives of all descriptions. In addition, I placed a nationwide call for former railway employees and others who had a direct connection with their stations to share their memories with me. Many replied and they are acknowledged throughout the book.

I would like especially to thank the staff of the following vital institutions and organizations for supplying photos, manuscripts, and a wide variety of railway rule books and publications. These include:

Algonquin Park Museum

Archives Nationales du Québec

British Columbia Archives

The Canadian Press

Canadian Transport Commission

City of Ottawa Archives

City of Toronto Archives

City of Vancouver Archives

CN Rail, especially Loren C. Perry, Doug MacKenzie, and Connie Romani

County of Bruce Museum

CPR Corporate Archives, especially Paul Thurston, B.C. Scott, and Nancy Battet

Glenbow Museum Archives

Gravenhurst Archives Committee

Hamilton Public Library

Heritage Scarborough

Lake of the Woods Museum

Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives

London Public Library

McMichael Canadian Collection

Medicine Hat News

Metro Toronto Library

MuchMusic, especially James Woods

Muskoka Pioneer Museum

National Archives of Canada, Picture Collection

Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum

The Oil Museum of Canada

Ontario Archives

Ontario Media Development Corporation, especially Donna Zucklinski

Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications, especially Margo Teasdale and Richard Moorehouse

Ontario Northland Railway Archives, especially Lorne Fleece

Parks Canada, especially Lawrence Friend and Janet Martin

Provincial Archives of Alberta

Provincial Archives of Manitoba

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador

Provincial Archives of Prince Edward Island

Queen’s University Archives

Saskatchewan Archives Board

St. Lawrence Parks Commission

Sudbury Public Library

Thunder Bay Museum

Todmorden Mills Historic Park Archives

VIA Rail Canada

Victoria City Archives

Yukon Tourism, Heritage Branch

All heritage enthusiasts should be inspired by the tenacity of the late Jacques Dalibard, who led the fight to save stations, and who, as head of the Heritage Canada Foundation, raised awareness among Canadians across the country of their vanishing heritage landmarks. The work of those like him is also acknowledged here. And, finally, I want to thank my family: my wife June and daughters Jeri and Ria, for enduring more “station hunts” than they care to remember. And to my late father, Arnold Robert Henry Brown, who never refused our persistent requests, as kids, to take us to the Leaside station or the Bathurst Street railway yards to indulge our fascination with our railways. It is to his memory that this book is dedicated.

Ron Brown, Toronto, April 2014

The train display and preserved Grand Trunk station at Memory Junction Museum in Brighton, Ontario, is a labour of love by Ralph Bangay and his hard-working volunteers. Photo by author.