cnrha_admin Marc Simpson, president of the Canadian National Railroad Historical Association, passed away on April 22, 2026. He was well known within the modeling community, he was a frequent contributor to CN LINES and other magazines, and assumed the position of CNRHA president this past October. There will be a longer article on Marc in the … Read more
Metrolinx discovered a historic steel girder bearing the phrase “Courtesy and Service”.
This slide by Al Chione shows a short wayfreight steaming along the Sprague subdivision near Dufresne, Manitoba, on July 14, 1959. CN 2142 is the locomotive on this train. This 2-8-0 “Consolidation” locomotive was built in Kingston, ON in 1912 by the Canadian Locomotive Company, part of an order of 25 (2130 – 2154) for … Read more
Version 5 of our CN Lines back issue flash drive is available for sale! Dozens of back issues on one tiny drive!
November 2025 update: We continue to make slow progress on updating the site. The broad outline of the all-time diesel locomotive roster has been completed and some data and photos have been added. Keep checking back for updates. We have also started to add employee timetables. Please have a look at the pages that have … Read more
The Canadian National Railways Historical Association was founded in 1989 as an international operational research and historical group that exclusively focuses on the Canadian National family of railways and promotes the art of modelling them accurately.
