The True Line - Archive

The quarterly Caledonian Railway Association Journal from Issue 1 has been digitised as a searchable pdf and is available to purchase as a file download. Each printed page has been captured in full giving a true copy of all the text, diagrams and photographs as originally presented, which record/report many aspects of Caledonian Railway history

Full details are available in our Shop TTL Archive pages..

The True Line

TTL 173

Book Review: Peebles Railway Memories	Published by Grahame Hood, this book looks at the two railways which served Peebles, the CR and the NBR and several railways in the surrounding area.
The Caledonian Railway in the Great War 1914-1919 Part 12: Armistice and Aftermath	Grant Cullen deals with the final items of the war, with images of a number of key figures
Book Review: Aberdeen’s Railways	Published jointly by the CRA and the GNSRA, Keith Jones produces a comprehensive book dealing with the History and Development of railways in the Granite City, well illustrated.
Caledonian Railway Scale of Salaries for Clerical Staff	Alistair Maclean details the salaries earned by men and boys clerks [sic] in 1912 and the various Departments and their grades.
The Scottish Central Railway –a Civil Engineer’s Appraisal	Jim Summers recounts a talk given 25 years ago by Richard Chown’
Book Review: Kingmoor	Published by the Cumbrian Railways Association, John Hammond produced a well illustrated book dealing with the former CR shed.
The Life and Times of Fouldubs Junction Signal Box	Graham Roberts looks at the numerous lines serving the Falkirk / Grangemouth area with particular reference to an amazing mechanical survivor in an area served by large remote power ‘boxes.
Caledonian Railway Advertising South of the Border	Mike Tedstone discovers some advertising of CR (also NBR and G&SWR) in a number of Guides published and looks at a number of CR services from Gourock and Ardrossan.
Station Spotlight: Barcaldine	John Paton looks at the history of this small halt on the Ballachulish branch.

In addition each issue contains Association and Membership news, an update on activity at our on-line Forum, news of developments on the remaining Caledonian network, letters and details of forthcoming meetings.

The Journal of the CRA

The True Line, the Journal of the Association, is published 4 times per year and is free to members. It is produced as an A4 format glossy magazine, now in full colour (colour covers and inserts up to TTL 149)) and illustrated with a wide range of photographs, a number of which are being published for the first time.

In addition to articles of historical interest, the Journal provides news for the membership and a forum for the request and exchange of information in the section titled 'The Down Mail'. Many of the letters received add considerably to the information set out in the original article.

An Index of all issues of The True Line to Number 126 and the five earlier Journals is currently available as a three part download covering Stations, Locomotives, and the General Subjects. The listings are set out in the format aa.xx; bb.xx. The digits before the decimal point indicate The True Line issue number and those after the point give the page number, additional page references are separated by commas. Please note that the pages were not numbered until issue 28. A star * indicates an illustrated item and J indicates the item is in an issue of the early Journal.

As with all publications it can only be as good as the contributions submitted and the Editor is always grateful for material, words and pictures. If you have a Caledonian related story needing to be told the Editor will be pleased to hear from you.

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The True Line - Archive

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The True Line - Archive

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