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 162

The Humble Railway Clerk	John Young uncovers documents relating to the work undertaken and the exam process for railway clerks.
Stations of the Glasgow Central Railway 1: Introduction, and Central Low Level	John Paton gives a detailed account of the Glasgow Central Railway and Glasgow Central Low Level station with a substantial amount of photos and drawings to demonstrate this impressive development.
A Day at Oban ... and what?	John Paton & Graham Todd look at excursions from Glasgow to Oban and have some unanswered queries about Working Timetable codes.
The Caledonian Railway in the Great War 1914-1919 (1)	Grant Cullen looks at Planning for conflict and the introduction of wartime state control, which eventually paved the way for the Grouping in 1923.
Caledonian Railway Brakesmen: Their Lives and Their Goods Brake Vans	David Blevins uncovers photos of two brake vans with names printed on their sides and gives an insight to these personnel.
Book Review: Caledonian Railway Miscellany	A review of this fascinating book which is available through the CRA online shop.
How Long Does it Take to Close a Signalbox?	Alistair Maclean finds a raft of papers relating to the closure of Limefield Jn signalbox.
Early days at Ardler	Graham Roberts discovers a gem with regard to the complex layout north of Newtyle.
Carstairs: Work in Progress	Angus McIntosh annotates an aerial view of Carstairs showing long closed and repurposed infrastructure while Bob Cleary took photos during the large-scale redevelopment.

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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