The True Line

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NRM Photographs Project	Jim MacIntosh gives an outline of a 7-year project to scan and catalogue the Scottish Railway photographs held at the National Railway Museum
Carfin Halt and Excursions	Arnold Tortorella has extracted information from the LMS Northern Division Minute Book and local press reports.
Photo Spotlight: Motherwell	Images mainly from the collection of Sam Leishman
8-Coupled Engine Operation in Scotland	Contintuing his series, Donald Peddie considers matters realted to the introduction and operation of the CR 492 Class 0-8-0T locomotives
St Rollox, The Rhondda – and Wembley	Michael Dunn unravels the unlikely tale of a 3 ½” gauge ‘Dunalastair’

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 normally about 44 pages, as an A4 format glossy magazine, with full colour covers 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.