Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 17, 1988
• Invested on: April 12, 1989

One of Canada's pioneer railroad historians, he is a writer, editor, photographer and former corporate archivist and historian for Canadian Pacific. in addition to his many books, he has written shorter works on a variety of railroad-related subjects, some two hundred magazine articles and served for many years as editor of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's magazine, "Canadian Rail".