Estate Auction for Don Hudson

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Dec 142023
 

Just to let you know so that you can spread the word, Don’s train collection/model boats/model planes/ pictures, etc will begin to be auctioned in January.

The online auction will start on Saturday, January 27th, 2024 at 12:00 noon. Soft closing on Thursday, February 1st, 2024 at 6:30 pm. Pickups will be on Friday, February 2nd, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Saturday the 3rd. Shipping may be available, I’ll let you know if this comes about. I will let you know as soon as they post it on the website. chemongauction.ca

You must register to bid on any of the items. This can be done at any time before January the 27th. The auction of Don’s estate may not be under his name but rather under a generic description.

We will keep everyone apprised of any changes to auction details as well as when the items become listed before the bidding starts.

L&DMR at The Whitby Train Show hosted by PRR

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Nov 202023
 

Thanks to the members for their help in dismantling the layout, loading the layout on the trailer, setting up the layout on Friday night, working the show on Saturday and/or Sunday, and bringing the layout back to the clubhouse. We would especially like to thank our Junior Members, Benji and Jakob Muller, for all the crawling under the layout connecting cables and adjusting levelers, thus saving the backs of us seniors.

Without the team working of our members we would not have had a very successful showing at Whitby. 

There was very good attendance at the show and they all expressed their love for the club’s effort in the detailed work on our layout. Many said it was the best at the show!

Don Hudson : January 15th 1942 to October 26th 2023

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Oct 292023
 

May be an image of 1 person and smilingIt is with great sadness that we share that a charter member of the L&DMR, Don Hudson, passed away suddenly on Thursday October 26th, 2023, at his residence in Lindsay.

Currently, the club has no further details as to what happened nor funeral arrangements. He was a great musician. Back in the day, he played the same venues as Ian & Sylvia Tyson, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Gordon Lightfoot, and others. He was a retired banker. He modeled R/C boats, R/C airplanes and trains.

For many years he was treasurer of the L&DMR. He was a gentle man with a great sense of humour. He will be extremely missed by his close friends at the L&DMR club.
On behalf of the club
Alan Fennell.

New Vehicles On The Layout

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Jul 202017
 

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.

Remembering the rails: The last steam train through Lindsay

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Oct 222013
 

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 »

Temporary Accommodation

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Jul 242009
 

The Club is currently in temporary quarters just outside of Lindsay, pending its eventual relocation to permanent accommodation in Lindsay. We are located at 710 Cameron Rd, (County Rd 34), in the former Fenelon Twp municipal building, on the east side just south of the Glenarm Road (8). Between Victoria Day (May) and Labour Day (Sep), email us first. Go round the back to the rear door.

July 24, 2009 – Heritage In Its Rightful Place A Lindsay Daily Post article about how we’re putting our community’s heritage first. Click here to find out more.