ARTICLES WRITTEN BY COLIN CHURCHER
CANADIAN RAILWAYS

 Comments on the operation of 1057  - Branchline, September 1973.
 1057 and all that  - Branchline, October 1973.
 Shovel on a Little More Coal - Canadian Rail, June 1974.
 1057 on the Mile Hill  - Branchline, April 1975.
 Notes from Northern Ontario  - Branchline, April 1977.
 
One Trip with 1201  - Branchline, May 1977.
 Extract from Crew Supervisor's Report  - Branchline, June 1978.
 BRS Invades the Chateau Montebello  - Branchline, June 1979.
 
The Ballad of Wristpin Bill  - Branchline, December 1979.
 From the Pit  - Branchline, August 1980.
  You Can't Do This on a Diesel  - Branchline, April, 1981.
 A Ride on the LRC  - Branchline, May 1981.
 1201 Goes to Angus - unpublished, June 1981.
 The Great Canadian Railway Trek  - Part 1  - Branchline, October 1981.
  Ab Sabourin's Last Trip  - Branchline, November 1981. 
 The Great Canadian Railway Trek  - Part 2  - Branchline, December 1981.
 The Great Canadian Railway Trek  - Part 3  - Branchline, February, 1982.
 The Great Canadian Railway Trek  - Part 4  - Branchline, April 1982.
 The Manual Block System (MBS) - Branchline, April 1982.
  Thurso Doings - Branchline, December 1982.
 The Evening Rush at Toronto  - Branchline, June 1983.
  Railfan Attacks Duck - Branchline, November 1983.
  Branchline Abandonments - Branchline, April 1984.
 16,000 tons on the Mountain Subdivision  - Branchline, July-August 1984.
 The Home Computer and the Railfan  - Branchline, October 1984
 Ab. Sabourin's Last Trip  -  Trains, November 1985.
 Snowplow Extra - Thurso Style  - Branchline, April 1986.
 1000th GM Unit to CP Rail  -  Branchline, July/August 1986.
  Computer Aided MBS - Branchline, March 1987.
 That's Nice. Choo. Choo!  - Branchline, May 1987.
  VIA's Money Back Guarantee - Branchline, July/August 1987.
 "Click!"  - Branchline, September 1988.
 The Thurso and Nation Valley Railway - A Requiem - Branchline, June 1991.
  Thurso Railway Remains - Branchline, September 1992.
  A Ride to Toronto - Branchline, November 1995.
  The Pacific Starlight Dinner Train - Branchline, July-August, 1997.
 Toronto to Ottawa in the Ice Storm  - Branchline, February 1998.
 First Class on the Locomotive  - May 2003.
 The Demise of the VIA FPA-4s. - Branchline, October 2005.
 
The Sample Car - The Interchange, April 2007.
  Butting Out - The Interchange, March 2009.
  Gauge Problems - Interchange, November 2009
  Go Ahead and Back Up - Interchange, May 2010.
  Now it Can be Revealed - 1057 derailed at Bells Junction - Branchline June 2015
  What's in a Name?  Northern Alberta Railways GMD-1s.

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