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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.

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.

Date8/4/1989
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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
A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
A Mall? The old CP roundhouse, at the foot of the CN Tower, where steam engines were repaired in the railway's heyday, would do well as museum of shop(...)
12/8/1992
Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
8/23/1982
A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
A head of steam at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society held its sixth annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill Museum Grounds on Sat(...)
8/28/1977
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.
8/9/1973
Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
8/27/1978
Oldtimer: David Stirk gives his son Iain, 8, a ride aboard his 1919 Sawyer Massey steam engine
Oldtimer: David Stirk gives his son Iain, 8, a ride aboard his 1919 Sawyer Massey steam engine
8/26/1995
Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
4/23/1979
Eric Clark explains his working model steam engine
Eric Clark explains his working model steam engine
11/8/1986
Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
2/17/1979
A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine
A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine
8/9/1981
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