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Retired Railroader, Alfred Bunker, who died this week, built and ran a 9-foot scale model of the engine he operated as an engineer and fireman for Canadian Pacific for 44 years. He started out cleaning engines 11 hours a day.
Retired Railroader, Alfred Bunker, who died this week, built and ran a 9-foot scale model of the engine he operated as an engineer and fireman for Canadian Pacific for 44 years. He started out cleaning engines 11 hours a day.

Retired Railroader, Alfred Bunker, who died this week, built and ran a 9-foot scale model of the engine he operated as an engineer and fireman for Canadian Pacific for 44 years. He started out cleaning engines 11 hours a day.

Date8/9/1973
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0125680F
Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
8/4/1989
Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
1/14/1982
Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
11/14/1977
Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
8/16/1989
Modern Falconer: Wildlife control officer Keith Everett subdues a wild red-tall hawk at Pearson Airport. His company is hired to keep birds and wild animals off the runways and out of aircraft engines.
Modern Falconer: Wildlife control officer Keith Everett subdues a wild red-tall hawk at Pearson Airport. His company is hired to keep birds and wild animals off the runways and out of aircraft engines.
7/5/1991
A grade six education didn't stop Harry Graham from rising to the top in Cummins Diesel, North America's leading manufacturer of diesel engines - or from prospering in his own firm, IDMD, which makes sales-promotion kits
A grade six education didn't stop Harry Graham from rising to the top in Cummins Diesel, North America's leading manufacturer of diesel engines - or from prospering in his own firm, IDMD, which makes sales-promotion kits
10/1/1985
One-Plane Gararge: Most people have cars in their driveways, but Neil Kruiswyk of Brampton keeps his single engine light plane in his father's garage, where he built the plane
One-Plane Gararge: Most people have cars in their driveways, but Neil Kruiswyk of Brampton keeps his single engine light plane in his father's garage, where he built the plane
7/16/1988
Up, up and away: The day is near for veteran pilot Brian Summerfeldt's flight of a lifetime - aloft in the single engine Thorp T-18 airplane that he's jigsawed together for about $15,000 in his Oshawa garage
Up, up and away: The day is near for veteran pilot Brian Summerfeldt's flight of a lifetime - aloft in the single engine Thorp T-18 airplane that he's jigsawed together for about $15,000 in his Oshawa garage
1/27/1993
Morley Sproule: MOdel railroader used his 66 locomotives and 745 feet of track to raise money for charities and to delight the many schoolchildren who visited his Scarborough home over the past 25 years
Morley Sproule: MOdel railroader used his 66 locomotives and 745 feet of track to raise money for charities and to delight the many schoolchildren who visited his Scarborough home over the past 25 years
n.d.
Backing the future?, Entrepreneur Stuart Butts, above, sees potential in Richard Armstrong's clean-air engine, especially since it won two U.S. patents.
Backing the future?, Entrepreneur Stuart Butts, above, sees potential in Richard Armstrong's clean-air engine, especially since it won two U.S. patents.
4/9/1991
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
11/28/1980
AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
9/19/1984