Railpictures.ca - Unknown, J.Pittman collection Photo: Pinafore Park RR 0-4-0 saddle tank engines #1 and #2 at the engine shed in Pinafore Park, St.Thomas ON. 20 October 1979 was an autumn Saturday; this could be morning before rides begin. #1 is in steam, with 2 children visible in the cab. #2 named “Pioneer” is non-operational this day, with its left-side rods and smoke box door off. The engines were acquired from the Huntsville and Lake of Bays portage railway after it closed down in 1959.They were later re-sold, returning to Huntsville in the late 1990′s. More information with other railpictures.ca images, RL Kennedy’s “Old Time Trains”, or by web search. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Pinafore Park RR 0-4-0 saddle tank engines #1 and #2 at the engine shed in Pinafore Park, St.Thomas ON.
20 October 1979 was an autumn Saturday; this could be morning before rides begin.
#1 is in steam, with 2 children visible in the cab.
#2 named "Pioneer" is non-operational this day, with its left-side rods and smoke box door off.
The engines were acquired from the Huntsville and Lake of Bays portage railway after it closed down in 1959.They were later re-sold, returning to Huntsville in the late 1990's.
More information with other railpictures.ca images, RL Kennedy's "Old Time Trains", or by web search.

Caption: Pinafore Park RR 0-4-0 saddle tank engines #1 and #2 at the engine shed in Pinafore Park, St.Thomas ON.
20 October 1979 was an autumn Saturday; this could be morning before rides begin.
#1 is in steam, with 2 children visible in the cab.
#2 named "Pioneer" is non-operational this day, with its left-side rods and smoke box door off.

The engines were acquired from the Huntsville and Lake of Bays portage railway after it closed down in 1959.
They were later re-sold, returning to Huntsville in the late 1990's.

More information with other railpictures.ca images, RL Kennedy's "Old Time Trains", or by web search.

Photographer:	Unknown, J.Pittman collection [288] (more) (contact)
Date:	1979-10-20 (search)
Railway:	Tourist (search)
Reporting Marks:	Pinafore Park RR #1, #2 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Pinafore Park (search)
City/Town:	St Thomas (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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Stephen C. Host

May 5, 2020 at 9:47 pm

I don’t think many OSR fans know this is the ancestral birthplace of both OSR and PSTR… and many other rail preservation groups from the St. Thomas area.

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