The True Line

TTL 152

The Caledonian Railway Locomotive, Carriage, and Wagon Workshops : St. Rollox, Glasgow Seven Decades in the Evolution of Locomotives on the CR St. Rollox Works – Past and Present	Partial reprints of three articles about the Caledonian Railway’s Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works illustrated with photos from the original article and other sources.
A Caledonian Crossroads	John Paton looks at the several junctions around Mossend where trains could go north, east, south or west.
The Caledonian Railway’s Balerno Branch	Kenneth G. Williamson looks at this railway serving Edinburgh’s western suburbs along the picturesque Water of Leith.
Wyndham Harding and the Glasgow, Paisley & Greenock Railway	Roger Pidgeon uncovers interesting facts about an impressive railwayman
Researching the Summer Extra to Benderloch	Bob Drummond uncovers details about a short working from Oban to Benderloch
The Caledonian Railway in 1963	Bill Auld gives a preview of his layout which shows what might have happened if the CR had existed in 1963!
Caledonian Railway Breakdown Vans	Jim Summers adds a postscript to the article in The True Line 149.
Tom Hatton	A personal view of firing on the C&O.
Pilrig Halt’s Role in The Royal Volunteer Review 1905	John Young uncovers details of the short-lived very intensive military role of this never-opened station.
Working Timetable Wanderings	John Paton looks at the summer 1907 passenger services on the various lines south of Hamilton.
Below the Bowling Swing Bridge	Jim Summers gives an insight into the workings of this impressive structure.

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.

The True Line Digital Archive

The quarterly Caledonian Railway Association Journal from Issue 1 to Issue 120 has been digitised as a searchable pdf and is available as a CD. Full Details available here.

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