The following is a partial index to the Railway Age articles from my collection that are of Canadian National, Grand Trunk Western or Central Vermont interest.

Railway Age
Vol. No. Date Article Page(s)
70 5 1921-02-04 Heavy switching locomotives for the Grand Trunk 338
75 5 1923-08-04 Canadian National Mountain type locomotive 203-205
76 5 1924-02-02 Canadian National high power motor coach 329-330
77 18 1924-11-01 New locomotives for the Canadian National 793-794
78 28 1925-06-13 Possibilities of the internal combustion engine
By C.E. Brooks, Chief of Motive Power, Canadian National
1438-1439
79 7 1925-08-15 Mountain type locomotive for the Canadian National 317-318
82 21 1927-04-23 Operation through the St. Claire tunnel
Walter D. Hill, Superintendent, St. Claire Tunnel, Canadian National Railways
1265-1627
82 27 1927-06-04 Canadian National looks to future
James G. Lyne, Associate Editor
1720-1722
Diesel cars reduce operating costs on C.N.R. 1739-1742
83 25 1927-12-17 How the Canadian National developed a water supply
J. W. Porter, special engineer, Canadian National, Winnipeg, tells of development of small reservoirs to overcome inadequate supplies.
1217-1218
News of the Week/Construction
  • Federal government approval of agreement between CNR and Vancouver to construct hotel.
1233
News of the Week/Financial
  • Central Vermont receivership.
1234
News of the Week/Railway Officers/Operating
  • Montréal division appointments.
1237
News of the Week/Railway Officers/Engineering, Maintenance of Way and Signaling
  • Atlantic region appointments.
1238
83 26 1927-12-24 Canadian roads open impressive union station at Toronto
A description of the structure begun in 1918, which effectively combines beauty with maximum utility.
1243-1250
News of the Week/Traffic
  • Opening of ticket office, Portland, OR.
1281
News of the Week/Construction
  • Hamilton station.
  • Halifax hotel.
1284
84 9 1928-03-03 1927 order for rail motor cars 520
News of the Week/Another train robbery at Chicago 546
News of the Week/Equipment and Supplies/Passenger cars
  • CNR inquiry for 55 passenger cars
News of the Week/Equipment and Supplies/Signaling
  • ABS between London and Ingersoll
  • ABS between Prescott and St. Zotique
550
News of the Week/Officers/Traffic
  • W.J. Moffatt appointed assistant general passenger agent, Toronto.
  • H.F. Tilley appointed district passenger agent, Toronto.
  • Transfer of T.E.P. Pringle from Montréal to Boston.
559
85 12 1928-09-22 News of the Week/Construction
  • Halifax hotel construction contract awarded to Foundation Jupiter Company, Ltd.
572
85 16 1928-10-20 News of the Week/Equipment and Supplies/Freight Cars
  • CNR inquiry for 500 refrigerator cars.
788
News of the Week/Construction
  • New passenger station and freight shed at Weyburn, Sask.
  • Addition to station at Fort Frances, Ont.
  • Roofing of machine shop at Winnipeg, Man.
  • Roofing of roundhouse, machine shop and boiler room at Radville, Sask.
789
News of the Week/Officers/Operating
  • W. Irving Smart appointed general superintendent, transportation, Winnipeg.
791
85 25 1928-12-22 Café-Parlor cars for the Canadian National 1219-1220
87 7 1929-08-17 4-8-4 Type Locomotive for the Canadian National 414-416
88 19 1930-05-10 News of the Week/Traffic/Railroad Farm Lectures in Ontario 1153
News of the Week/Railway Finance
  • Central Vermont equipment trust
  • Central Vermont abandonment of West River Railroad
1158
News of the Week/Railway Finance
  • Grand Trunk Western equipment trust
  • Grand Trunk Western stock
1158
89 1 1930-07-05 Grand Trunk beautifies with flowers
How the Grand Trunk Western enhances the attractiveness of 80 of its passenger and freight stations by artistic use of well-maintained flower beds.
11
News of the Week/Work begun on Montréal terminal project 37-38
89 4 1930-07-26 News of the Week/Construction
  • Contract for construction of new warehouse awarded to Atlas Construction Company.
178
News of the Week/Railway Officers/Financial, Legal and Accounting
  • D.I. Grant, Jr., a member of the law firm of Johnston, Grant, Dods & MacDonald, Toronto, Ont., has been appointed solicitor for the Central region of the Canadian National at Toronto, succeeding E.S. Fraser, deceased.
179
News of the Week/Railway Officers/Obituary
  • E.S. Fraser, solicitor for the Central region of the Canadian National at Toronto, Ont., died in that city on June 17.
180
89 5 1930-08-02 News of the Week/Equipment and Supplies/Freight Cars
  • Order of 400 refrigerator cars.
259
News of the Week/Railway Officers/Engineering, Maintenance of Way and Signaling
  • D. McCooe, superintendent of track of the Canadian National, with headquarters at Toronto, Ont., has retired from active service.
262
90 9 1931-02-28 News
  • The Central Vermont as a "bridge"
  • Seek appeal on Montréal track elevation
470
News/Railway Officers/Executive Officers
  • Biograpy of E.E. Fairweather
470
90 12 1931-03-21 News
  • Canadian commission issues annual report
  • Parliamentary rate making in Canada
602
News
  • Move to appoint two more to C.N.R. board
  • To spend eight millions this year on Montréal terminal
  • New Canadian commission head
604
News/Construction
  • Contract awards for bridge construction
609
News/Railway Officers/Engineering and Signaling
  • H.L. Benson promoted to division engineer, Hornepayne.
90 23 1931-06-06 Combining speed with efficiency 1115-1117
91 9 1931-08-29 News
  • Photograph showing construction of Dorchester Avenue bridge, Montréal, Que.
343
News/Construction
  • Herbertville, PQ station and freight house constuction contract.
  • Brampton Subdivision, St. Clair West subway construction contract.
344
91 11 1931-09-12 News
  • Hudson Bay rates on Crow's Nest basis
418
News/Construction
  • Dorchester street overhead bridge construction contact.
  • Hamilton station and express building demolition contract.
422
News/Financial
  • Speculation that Canadian government will seek $500,000,000 for the CNR.
422
91 12 1931-09-19 News
  • Grain shipments start via Hudson Bay
457
News/Equipment and Supplies/Iron & Steel
  • GT orders structual steel for grade separation work in Detroit, Michigan.
457
News/Financial
  • $500,000,000 bond offer.
459
News/Financial
  • Retirement of William K. Evans, manager of bureau division, Montréal, PQ.
461
93 1 1932-07-07 Smoke abatement and fuel economy
A report of the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Smoke Prevention Association, held at Toronto, Ont., in which the railroad program of seven papers and addresses occupied three sessions.
13-15
News/Railway Officers/Mechanical
  • George E. Smart retires.
  • C.E. Brooks appointed chief, motive power and car equipment.
34
93 2 1932-07-09 Grand Trunk builds four-track high-speed suburban line
A description of this road's line relocation between Detroit, Mich. and Pontiac, which included reduction of grades, elimination of 86 grade crossings, landscaping of the right of way and a unique method of financing.
38-40 & 51-52
93 3 1932-07-16 News/U.S. and Canadian regulation contrasted 92
News/Ex-head of Canadian Commission dies 95
News/Railway Officers/Mechanical
  • Brief biography of George E. Smart
102
93 4 1932-07-23 Sir Henry Thornton resigns 115-116
93 5 1932-07-30 C.N.R. sleeping and dining car service well organized 145-146
News/Railway Officers/Operating
  • Position of assistant to general manager, Atlantic region abolished
169
93 6 1932-08-06 The possibilities of gas-electric locomotives 183-184
News/Railway Officers/Engineering and Signaling
  • P. D. Fitzpatrick promoted to chief engineer, GTW; and
  • J.A. Heaman transferred to Montréal.
205-206
News/Railway Officers/Mechanical
  • W.E. Barnes appointed general superintendent, motive power and car equipment, Atlantic region.
  • John Roberts appointed general superintendent, motive power and car equipment, Central region.
206
93 7 1932-08-13 News/Hungerford on C.N.R. Board 231
93 8 1932-08-20 Canadian roads build two attractive passenger stations 246-250
News/Railway Officers
  • C.R. Moore retires;
  • J.C. Garden retires; and
  • P.D. Fitzpatrick appointed chief engineer, GTW.
278
93 11 1932-09-10 Unusual concrete bridge are built on the Canadian National 354-357 & 368-369
97 1 1934-07-07 Automatic interlocking protects crossing of two main lines
C.P.R. crossing of C.N.R. Strathroy Subdivision.
13-14
102 7 1937-02-13 New passenger station has interesting features
A description of the Canadian National's London, Ont. structure which employs multiple-track rigid-frame construction to carry platforms and tracks over sub-level concourse.
285-289
104 17 1938-04-23 News/Québec seeks olds C.N. rights-of-way for highway construction 745
106 6 1939-02-11 Montréal terminal improvement project revived by C.N.R.
Details of this road's modified plans for the construction of extensive terminal improvements at Montréal. Work on the original program was suspended in 1931.
260-262
106 8 1939-02-25 News/Quits in tiff over Hungerford
  • J.Y. Murdoch resigns from CN board
350
News/Railway Officers/Financial, Legal and Accounting
  • P.J. Farley, treasurer Western Region retires;
  • P.S. Chalmers appointed treasurer, Western Region;
  • T.H. Best appointed paymaster, Toronto;.
  • A.R. Curran apppointed treasurer, Northern Alberta Railways; and
  • H.P. Howells appointed assistant treasurer, telegraphs and telephones, Toronto.
356
106 24 1939-06-17 News/Equipment and Supplies/Signaling
  • GTW tenders for highway grade crossing signal protection materials.
1054
News/Railway Officers/Operating
  • J.L. Cameron retires;
  • H.H. Sparling promoted to superintendent, Edmonton Division;
  • F.H. Keefe promoted to transporation superintendent, Edmonton; and
  • J.R. McMillan promoted to assistant superintendent, Edson.
1056
News/Railway Officers/Mechanical
  • R.B. Miller appointed master mechanic, Kamloops Division.
1058
News/Railway Officers/Obituary
  • Burt J. Farr, general superintendent, motive power and car equipment, GTW.
1058-1059
107 3 1939-07-17 C.N.R. builds more long span concrete bridges 102-107
107 17 1939-10-21 News/Financial
  • S.J. Hungerford, J.A. Northey and Wilfrid Gagnon re-elected directors, CNR.
637
107 22 1939-11-25 Motor Transport Section/Canadian National buys highway equipment 828
108 23 1940-06-08 C.N. refrigerator cars with overhead ice tanks 1012-1015
113 23 1943-02-27 News/Railway Officers/Operating
  • Rowland E. Taylor, superintendent of the London division of the Canadian National, has been transferred to the Portage division, with headquarters at Winnipeg, Man., succeeding A.A. Dumphy, who has been transferred to the Schreiber division, with headquarters at Schreiber, Ont. [This doesn't seem right—the C.P.R. not the C.N.R. ran through Schreiber.]
451
News/Railway Officers/Financial, Legal and Accounting
  • M.A. Taylor, general office assistant to the general manager of the Central Vermont, has been promoted to chief disbursements accountant, with headquarters as before at St. Albans, Vt. P.L. Culver, revenue accountant, has been promoted to revenue and joint facility accountant, with headquarters as before at St. Albans.
451
115 13 1943-09-25 Box-baggage cars for the C.N.R. 486-487
129 25 1950-12-16 Electric motive power for the Canadian National 46-49
131 19 1951-11-05 Grain door eases unloading 90
134 16 1953-04-20 On the Canadian National C.T.C. for 12 trains daily 90-93
136 12 1954-03-22 How the CNR will use $59 million worth of new passenger cars 74-77
13 car types meet traffic needs 78-83
Coach passengers get a break 84-87
138 6 1955-02-21 From mine to dock iron ore moves faster 54-56
142 10 1957-05-13 RRs will benefit from Ottawa's plans for future
Retirement of through-city railroad trackage features a program under way in the Canadian city for relieving urban congestion. Duplicate trackage, wherever possible, is being eliminated and replaced by joint, CTC-governed, Canadian National-Canadian Pacific operations. New freighthouses and new yards are also part of the scheme.
35-37
142 23 1957-06-10 Here's a 'yardstick' for CTC
By E. P. Stephenson, Signal Engineer (System) Canadian National
Detailed studies of train operations on many division of numerous railroads—to establish measurements of train interference--will enable managements to foretell just how they can benefit from proposed installations of centralized traffic control.
38-40 & 50-51
145 16 1958-10-20 CNR cuts costs with interlockings and CTC
The road expected to cut annual operating expenses by over $44,000 because of a new terminal interlocking at Hamilton, Ont. The project is a first step toward consolidating interlocking and traffic control on one of Canada's most heavily traveled rail routes.
26-29