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Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities.

Mike Filey brings Toronto’s history and the stories of its people and places to life.

Explore Ontario’s rich railway heritage — from stations and hotels to train rides, bridges, water towers, and roundhouses.

Mike Filey's "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper's most popular features.

Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.

Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

Follow Rails to the Atlantic through eastern Canada’s railway heritage.

Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life.

Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railways, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries through