William H. Baird - Editor

Founder of the (Canadian Railway) Observations newsletter in 1989 and a fan of trains since birth, William H. Baird has lived in Montreal and London, England and works in the computer industry. William is also an avid HO scale model railroader and has been a member of the NMRA  since 1988.

William founded CRO for the first time in 1989 which was then called "Observations" and mailed out. William is well known in railroad industry.

After collaborating with Will Baird for several months, Jody Moore joined the CRO team in August, 2008. He is a lifelong railfan and long-time rail industry worker, having worked as a conductor for the Port of Tillamook Bay railroad, and more recently, technical writer for the now defunct Colorado Railcar Manufacturing. Following the collapse of CRM, he moved back to his home state of Washington, where he is now living on the Kitsap Peninsula. In addition of CRO, Jody's 21-year writing career has included several articles for Trains and Railfan and Railroad magazines, and has been a staff writer for the Tri-City Herald newspaper. He's done various freelance writing jobs for several other newspapers as well. He is the webmaster of several railfan websites, including the Genset Rosters, Green Goats Rosters and the POTB Railfan's Guide.

Don McQueen - Collaborator (EMCC Diary)

Don McQueen, born in Toronto in 1938, was raised in Brockville, Ontario. His interest in Canadian railway history developed at an early age, and his articles, and contributions have appeared in a number of Canadian books and publications, including Branchline, CN Lines (SIG), Canadian Rail, Extra 2200 South, Kingston Rail, Locomotive Notes II, and Upper Canada Railway Society's Newsletter/Rail & Transit. He is also the author of "Constructed in Kingston" which is Don's premier Canadian railway history reference to date. With co-author Bill Thomson that volume chronicled the history, in text and image, of the Canadian Locomotive Companies of Kingston from 1854 to 1968. His book remains a standard source in Canadian locomotive railway history. Living in London resulted in a keen interest in locomotive production at General Motors' Canadian locomotive manufacturing facility. After becoming one of the charter members in the creation of the Forest City Railway Society in 1968, he continued his commitment as one of the editors of the organization's monthly publication, Tempo Jr., and created a daily electronic digest, Froth.

Tim Hayman - VIA Rail East Coordinator

Mike Robin - Ontario Northland News - CRO Webmaster

Michael Robin was born and raised along the Ontario Northland Railway. He's photographed happenings at Cochrane Yard since his early teens. Now at the age of 42, Mike still takes time from his busy schedule as a Homeless Shelter Coordinator to venture out to his favorite photography hotspots to catch ONR action and visits regularly with the friends he's made at Ontario Northland. Mike has worked in conjunction with Ontario Northland on many photographic projects throughout the years and was even featured in a special article which appeared in the Corporate Newsletter O.N. News in 2005.

Dan has had an interest in rail and transit for many years. This interest spans many rail-related aspects including operations, technical and historical details, model railroading, roster information, photography (featured in a number of magazines, books, historical groups, and corporations) and volunteer work. He works with the CRO team consulting on various issues and as a source of information on various subjects."
 

Roman has been submitting material to the CRO since 2003, when he became an active railfan, long before the website came about. Same age as SOO SD60s, he like many young people got interested in trains through Microsoft Train Simulator & Railroad Tycoon.
Roman is an active railfan residing in Saskatoon, SK – regularly photographing trains throughout North America when given a chance. http://tinyurl.com/Railfan-Roman
When not trackside he's busy working as an Accountant in the Waste Disposal Industry.

Mike Pebesma - Modeller's Corner

Mike's interest in trains stretches back many years, both as a railfan and a model railroader. Starting with "train sets" and shake the box kits, he began kit bashing, scratch building and custom painting in his teens and has been model building for close to 30 years. He particularly likes modelling locomotives, and also enjoys going trackside to chase and photograph trains. Mike is from a "train family" with a father, brother and nephew who are also model railroaders and railfans.

Sean Graham White - US Coordinator

Sean has been studying diesel locomotives and locomotive technologies for over 20 years. With 60+ articles and 2 books under his belt, he continues to study the effect emissions, gensets, and other improvements are having on Class 1 fleets.

Michael was born in 1979 and has resided in the Montreal West area ever since, thus heightening his interest in trains. A rush hour spent at the Montreal West stations is a favorite activity of his, though he wishes The Canadian and The Montreal Limited would still run through Montreal West. He is an active photographer and is always anxious to check out new tourist railroads and museums, as well as to be present for any special railway events (i.e. last runs, holiday trains, etc). He is a member of the CRHA and the RLHS and can be found at Exporail at least once a month.

EXPORAIL       R.L.H.S.

© CRO January 2012