A railway expert and librarian, Victoria-born Ian Baird collected photos and text for Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. and an earlier contribution to the Heritage Architecture Guide Series, The E&N Railway. He has operated Empire Books, specializing in railroadiana, Canadian history and 19th century British historical fiction.

BOOKS:

A Heritage Guide to the E&N Railway, Including Notes on the CNN (Heritage Architectural Guides, Sono Nis Press, 1985)
Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. (Orca, 1990)
Historical Guide to Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. (Heritage Architectural Guides, 1997)
Ghosts on the Grade: Hiking and Biking Abandoned Railways on Southern Vancouver Island (Empire, 2001). With Peter L. Smith.

[BCBW 2003] "Transportation" "Architecture"