Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 28, 1972, p. 11

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N nety Seventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Second Sun breaks through to spotlight opening of Halton radial museum REMEMBER WHEN the Toronto Suburban Railway passed through this area Joe Watson does He is on the right of this picture token when the electric cars were part of everyday life here Born in this district he joined the Toronto Suburban when it was flourishing and then shifted to the CNR Now he lives in Toronto after a lifetime career of railroading memories of which brought him back to the home district Sunday for the opening of the museum Jim Colbourne and Jim Hamilton arc the other two railroaders In the picture which Mrs Watson loaned the Free Press OFFICIAL PLATFORM at the opening of the candidate Norm hidden behind Halton County Radial Museum Sunday speaker John Mills and representatives of included Whiting Halton MP the CN and TTC reeve Anne McArthur liberal Coles Photo Heres a coupon towards making the best jam in the county It s so easy with Certo the natural fruit pectin Certo makes your jams jellies and preserves taste so much better because you boil for only one minute It good to know the fruit s fresh flavour doesn get boiled away You can also get a bigger yield and a perfect set Get a good start on the season Clip the coupon and buy your Certo now Bleak skies cleared and shafts of sunlight came beaming down on the official opening of the nearby fa I ton County Radial Museum afternoon Hundreds of railroad buffs from all over this part of Ontario the curious and the Sunday drivers turned out to the site off the jne in northern township There the old station sits at the terminus for the unique hie which bisects Iit from east to west from the Third to the I Jne Instead of the usual ribbon cutting of the Ontario Railway Historical Association which is responsible for preserving an historical era to let an open air car a reproduction of an model built in tut a ribbon across the track by running through It The car performed admirably but the maiden trip experienced a slight disaster leaded with officials and guests the car derailed at the first switch In a mishap which veteran railroaders described as a sprung frog Human freight was unloaded the car put back on the rails within minutes and the inaugural ceremonies were complete Tolled feverishly that members of the Association had tolled feverishly to put the finishing touches on the project which began IB years ago was everywhere Four days of rain had virtually disrupted the schedule and it took a real effort to have die layout ready for bun day pointed out of John Mills this track and the grounds around the station were a wilderness Intention of the museum says official literature is not merely to display interesting old street cars but to demonstrate what might be called a total railroad experience It is not enough to took one must ride Hundreds of those at the opening took the literature at its word and took the opportunity to ride on two of the venerable radial cars provided for a look at the railroading past ESTIMATED at close to 1 attended the official of the Halton County Radial Museum The museum will be open on the weekdays and the cars available to give patrons through the forested strip of track that traverses terrain between the Third and Fourth Lines C are at the Fourth Line side while the station is locited on the Line Third side Coles Photo I the project had been eulogized by M Whiting who pointed out a federal government grunt bad put the museum on its feet and made the opening possible Reeve Ann M Arthur spoke on the easy way museum officials had taken out of and put It in At a time when regional government appears everywhere look this indeed is a unique manifestation of that power she Tripped Norm I candidate for Ha ItonWent worth spoke wards of praise representative Mr Watson promised the would be taking a real interest in the project Mr of the Toronto Transit Commission told the rapt audience his organization now had a place to keep thtir relics Nostalgia Nearby two old rail way men who plied their trade on the defunct Toronto Suburban Railway also listened with twinges inspected the old cars which would run on the roadbed they had run over many tunes Bill who drove the last radial car from to Toronto swapped stories with Joe Watson an now living In Toronto about the pigeon Ihcy kept on one car which will be open Sundays and operating cars A fee is being charged for stepped out at every station and then rcbonrded when it was time to leave Joe Watson left the radial and worked on the steam trains when It looked like the project was doomed by modem highways flit railroad made money for a couple of years but the highways hastened its end he said was a way of life for Joe Watson and the high light was when he was picked to be the conductor of the royal train which conveyed the Queen throughout the country Opening con monies were performed from the flit bed of an Id working crane and tilt thunt preserve ran like a id through all remarks A Johns was master of ceremonies cars the Hilton 1 1 Museum is 1j ears on the r only three of are inopirmvt Hi oldest car op was built in 1911 for the iorontu is a list of the cars wh re were procured List of cars CMC ton pickup Wide I long box icy I automatic j I naw paint maroon and whila owner j I excellent condition Lie I Andrew Murray Motors Limited Road Georgetown Ontario From Port Manic Montreal Southern Railway TFt i Reproduction of Toronto Transportation Commission Toronto Transit Commission Toronto Transit Commission Toronto Transit Commission Railway I line car Toronto Transit Com icranecnr River Riilway I bonding ear I Carudi in Wcstinfjiouse Trackmobile Grand Railway I line truck New York Central I speeder Toronto- Transit Commission I grinder Your Oldi I 6944 loronto to Guelph VETERAN RAILROADERS Joe Watson left and BUI I were very interested visitors at the opening of the i railwa museum Sunday afternoon Both worked on the defunct Toronto Suburban Railway when it fanned out from H Coles Photo STRAWBERRIES PICK YOU 30 TwalHytnMMM J WEEK DAYS SAT SUN to 12 noon to m All Day to BR0BAR FARMS R R 3 MILTON or at Hie Milton THERE WAS SOME embarrassment when the official open air car slipped off the track on its maiden run but the trouble was soon rectified and the museum officially opened Coles Photo

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