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04-06-2007 07:30 AM #1
Looking good Don---Henry---speaking of trains---When I was a kid, about 1955, Canadian National Railways still ran steam locomotives thru a nearby village, Detlor, which was about 3 miles from where I lived. The old stationmaster, Herman Shneider lived in the station, which at that time had the station office in the front part, and the stationmasters living quarters in the back half. when CNR closed the station, old Herman boutht it from them, and continued to live there with his wife. Herman was a real model train nut, and he converted the 3 rooms which used to be for station business into a giant model train set. I can remember going to his house when I was about 11 years old, and being fascinated by his trains----he had everything built to scale, and there were "tunnels" cut thru the walls---the trains would exit out of the room you were in, ans you could hear it whistle at the crossings in the other rooms. It was like magic to a young boy. I don't remember now if Hermans trains were electric or steam, or a combination of both. Sadly, the station burned down when iwas about 15, and Hermans trains as well.---BrianOld guy hot rodder
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