Jay Underwood

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19??-January 9, 2014

Railfan, newspaper editor, publisher, journalist, author and amateur historian.

Jay was one of the founders and the president of the Nova Scotia Railway Historical Society from 19?? to 2013.

Author Biography from Railfare - DC Books

Jay Underwood lives in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, and has had a life-long connection with the military and the railways. Born in Changi, Singapore in 1958, son of a Royal Air Force non-commissioned officer, he earned his diploma in journalism from Holland College of Applied Arts and Technology in Charlottetown, PEI. He was city editor of the Truro, NS, Daily News, and served for several years as the information officer for 1st battalion, the Nova Scotia Highlanders (North), Canada’s largest militia infantry battalion.

He joined the Halifax Daily News as senior copy editor and a member of the editorial board. His books include Ketchum’s Folly, a history of the Chignecto Ship Railway in Cumberland County (Lancelot Press 1995), Full Steam Ahead, (Lancelot Press, 1996), a biography of Nova Scotia born Alexander Mitchell, the designer of the 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive that went on to become one of the leading designs of the steam era.

Underwood is currently president of the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society, and is a contributor to Canadian Rail, the journal of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. His article “Fruit of a Poisoned Tree,” an examination of the adoption of standard gauge on Canadian railways, won the association’s award for best article in 2002. ^[1]

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• http://www.novascotiarailwayheritage.com/objectives.htm