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Toronto - TSME track - Aug 26/27 1955
Harry Gerries driving his engine.

Neg. 1863

Just to stay on topic, here are some 3-1/2" gauge suppliers: Roger Cooke has castings for the Kozo A3 Pensy switcher (0-4-0). Cast iron cylinders, covers and drivers. Since 3/4" scale was so popular in the 30's thru 70's many builders made their own patterns. Some were lost in the pattern...

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Toronto - TSME track - Aug 26/27 1955
The long bridge. Carl and Vesta Chase

Neg. 1859

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Toronto - TSME track - Aug 26/27 1955
Carl and Vesta Chase.

Neg. 1858

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Toronto - TSME track - Aug 26/27 1955
no engineer or loco info

Neg 1857

I'm curious, is there a Catalog scan with some pictures of there models? Who has the patterns if they still exist, and could someone give me the Company History. I have a catalogue here somewhere. If I find it... My friend Dick Boucher owns what remains of Friend's Yankee Models' patterns, plans an...

I hope your club and all clubs, preserve old photos like that. Even better if you can identify the persons in the photos. Some of those guys were the founding fathers of many of our live steam clubs. Here's an idea. Why not post heritage photos by club with captions if possible. If there is no id m...

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Toronto - TSME track - Aug 26/27 1955
Charlie Montgomerie and his engine.

Neg. 1865

Caption:

Toronto - TSME track Aug 26/27 1955.
Jake Schieb at right.

Photo by
A. W. Leggett
39 Hickson Ave.
St. Lambert, P.Q. Can.

Negative 1866

livesteam5 wrote:what sort of head end power is that?

I don't have a clear shot of the loco but here it is behind a 4-6-6T chassis.

Good picture! Pictures like that make you wonder where all the locomotives are that were around back then. If it was taken at TSME, I'm pretty sure that was at "TSME acres," which was in the Humber river valley. That whole installation was wiped out in hurricane Hazel in 1954, so the pict...

I just used this image in our latest newsletter and thought others might be interested. This was taken at the 1955 Toronto Society of Model Engineers' meet by my grandfather A.W. (Bill) Leggett. He shot 4x5 negs with his trusty Speed Graphic camera. This is an increasingly rare sight, passengers on ...