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“They watched it with numb lips and an empty hollowness of fear ... Then the locomotive drew in upon them, loomed enormously above them ... with a terrific drive of ... pistoned wheels, all higher than their heads, a savage furnace-flare of heat, a hard hose-thick hiss of steam.”
Thomas Wolfe, 1935

The South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corporation is a not-for-profit historical organization that is dedicated to steam era railway preservation. The corporation's collection of historic equipment includes a fleet of steam-era passenger coaches, freight equipment, and locomotives.

Steam train excursions are offered through the scenic rolling countryside between Tottenham and Beeton, Ontario for the months of May through October. The return trip takes just under one hour and is highlighted by the conductor's friendly and informative commentary.

The pride of the collection is historic Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive #136. Built in 1883, when Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada's first Prime Minister, #136 helped build Canada's transcontinental railway that joined the country together in 1885, and is unique in that it served the CPR from before it's completion right up until the end of the steam operations in 1960.

Old #136 has now entered a third century of indenture, and I am pleased to have captured some of that durability and faithful service in the image “Steam’n”.

Should you wish to learn more about this historic steam train, visit www.steamtrain.com.

Richard Brown
P.O Box 547
Midland, Ontario
Canada, L4R 4L3
E-mail: brown.baywoods@sympatico.ca Website: www.brownblackandwhite.com

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