Engine Houses & Turntables on Canadian Railways 1850 - 1950

Engine Houses and Turntables on Canadian Railways was written for the information of the Historic Sites & Monuments Board of Canada, as a guide in determining the historic significance of these rapidly disappearing structures, with the demise of the steam locomotive. once a common, if little regarded, feature of railway yards across Canada, the railway roundhouse has merited attention from historical associations and municipalities as a relic of an age that has gone.

Edward Forbes Bush, reared in Toronto, served with the RCAF during the Second World War, returning to England for several years thereafter. On his return to Canada he eventually found his way to the National Archives in Ottawa, where he was on the staff as an archivist for a number of years, thereafter serving with Parks Canada as an historical researcher. He lives in Ottawa with his wife.