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6 Wed Aug Haltons Radial Railway No Job is too big or too small for members of the Halton County Radial Railway There are about of them with their eyes and ears open to find old electric rail cars and their latest acquisition is a Hamilton street car they re taking down and rebuilding a barn to get The old car has been a tool shed in a farmers barn outside Hamilton for a number of years and the barn was built right around it The aareed to let the have the car if they lefy him a whole bam This rolling museum is in now Milton just south of Rockwood on the Line It has 24 electric railway cars from all over Ontario and Quebec some rescued from the scrap dealer and others retrieved from such things as storing sailboat masts One was even used as a home near There are line cars flat cars doubleend cars a crane car and a number of other names that boggle the mind of someone new to the railway business But the museum members know and call them all by just like old friends They can tell you when and where a car was built where it was used and for how long Older members are apt to tell you about just how wild a ride it used to be going down Hog s Hollow in one of the Toronto cars before the first world war Each vehicle is representative of technological advancements in the car building art president Bob Johns points out and is restored as close to mint condition as is possible by members The museum is a non profit association run by its members simply because they love electric railroads and hate to see them die The group now celebrating its 20th anniversary supports itself entirely from admission fees gift shop proceeds and donations We re a great bunch of dollar stretchers here says Bill Houston we can make one go about three worth The time and talents of members is used for everything from moving the old CNR station to the museum s acres to repairing the mile of track they are hoping to add to If a museum grant from the Secretary of State is approved in the new year the members will be able to begin work on a new car house to keep the humidity from burning but the motors MUSEUM MEMBER John of demonstrates how a muscle power moves a handcar along When the same model Is run by gas rather than elbow grease its called a jigger THE OLDEST CAR at the museum is No built in 1893 and used in Toronto until 1915 It may be the only one of its kind still in operation since its manufacture ended before the turn of the century INSIDE THE STATION Bill Houston sells tickets to passengers The station was the 1912 CNR station formerly at Rock wood and the inside wickets are ones the stopped using in the 1920s DAVID JOHNS son of the museum president helps out on weekends by taking tickets on the mile ride Passengers board at the station to the end of the line Where they make a stopover at the car house and return on the next trip back