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I know this is not CN but railway preservation concerns us all. Maybe
somebody in the can help out, in preventing this engine being
stuffed and mounted 50 years after steam.

John Spring
TH&B Railway Historical Society
Chairman
john.spring@...

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From: J & L Spring <john.spring@...>
To: TH&B Mailing List <thblist@...>
Subject: engine 40
Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:12 PM

Tonight I received some very disturbing news that at this very moment the
ex TH&B #40 0-6-0 steam locomotive switcher sits on a trailer in Lindsay
Ontario in preparation to move it to an outside park site. For those of

you

who are not aware of the history of this locomotive. This locomotive was
originally built for the TH&B railway in 1912 as TH&B #42. In 1947 this
same locomotive was re numbered to #40 by the TH&B railway. #40 lasted on
the railway along with 102 until 1959 when 102 was scarped and #40 was

sold

to Stelco. Stelco kept this locomotive in operating condition until 1969,
when it was donated to the Museum of Science & Tec. in Ottawa in

operating

condition. The engine had be moved to an inside display at the Museum

for

a number of years, until downsizing at the museum made the engine

surplus.

The engine was then moved to Lindsay, Ontario and kept in inside storage
until this week. The locomotive up to this point has been well cared for
and possibly could be restored to operation condition.
I can not believe that in the year 2000 a one of a kind piece that has no
historic link to the Lindsay area is going to be put outside for the
elements & the vandals to destroy as has happened to so many park
locomotives all over Canada & the US. The locomotive has not had the
lagging removed from under it's jacketing and the many of the important
artifacts and hardware remain in place on the locomotive for the souvenir
hunter and scrap dealer to steal. I find this all that much more

disturbing

when museums such as the Steam & Tec Museum in Hamilton and the

Smithville

Railway Station have both express an interest in properly preserving this
locomotive. John Vincent is attempting to contact somebody & offer to
properly prepare the locomotive for out side display which can only slow
the eventual distruction of this historic locomotive. If any body can

shed

more light on this or has any possible contacts to prevent the further
distruction of the historic Hamilton based locomotive. Please let us

know.

John Spring
TH&B Railway Historical Society
Chairman
john.spring@...