Photography by Doug McFadgen
Disposing of model railway and other train stuff
This is a question we get asked a lot.
It goes along the lines of:
- “I have found this track in the attic … ”,
- “there is this model railway in the basement that belonged to my (fill in relationship), and we have to get it out of there … ”
- “I have come across these pieces of … “
The Ties That Bind
The Ties that Bind – Final from McLellan Integrated & LTR Corp.
Canadian Pacific Railway along Lake Superior
The old IB&O – CNR 1401
Sign Up For The Pineridge Train Show
New Vehicles On The Layout
Kudos to Eric Potter. He has donated and placed many vehicles an other items on the layout adding to the realism and interest on our awesome scenery.
The Railway Heritage Centre
The Railway Heritage Centre has been included in the City of Kawartha Lakes 5-year capital budget projection for 2014 as item PR1419 Memorial Park Redevelopment and Railway Heritage Centre with an overall budget of $1,500,000.
Remembering the rails: The last steam train through Lindsay
The conductor of the last steam train through Lindsay and a train historian reflect on the last days of the rail in Lindsay Read the article
Last steam train through Lindsay

barbara-ann maceachern/this week – Tom Pasquino of Lindsay was the conductor on the last steam train into Lindsay on May 21, 1978. Here he stands in front of a similar steam engine at Memorial Park.
Tom Pasquino of Lindsay was the conductor on the last steam train into Lindsay on May 21, 1978. Here he stands in front of a similar steam engine at Memorial Park.Kawartha Lakes This WeekByBarbara-Ann MacEachern (LINDSAY) It was a Sunday afternoon 35 years ago that the last steam engine rolled through Lindsay.
On May 21, 1978, the CN steam locomotive 6060, nicknamed a “Bullet Nose Betty” for their cone-shape smokebox door cover, stopped in Lindsay on its way from Toronto to Belleville.
Lindsay conductor Tom Pasquino oversaw the trip, alongside Toronto engineer Bob Olson. The train had been hired out for the special trip by a group of Toronto Railway Clubs.
“They would like to have the steam locomotive to pull the train,” says Mr. Pasquino of the 300 or so enthusiasts on that final ride.
“The steam locomotive was almost a living, breathing thing as it stood in the station, snorting away at you.” Continue reading »