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The little engine that could, Douglas Schlenker (right, a 27-year-old tool-and-die make from Port Elgin, wanted a quarter-size model of an 1880 steam (...)
The little engine that could, Douglas Schlenker (right, a 27-year-old tool-and-die make from Port Elgin, wanted a quarter-size model of an 1880 steam (...)

The little engine that could, Douglas Schlenker (right, a 27-year-old tool-and-die make from Port Elgin, wanted a quarter-size model of an 1880 steam (...)

Date9/19/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: The little engine that could; Douglas Schlenker (right; a 27-year-old tool-and-die make from Port Elgin; wanted a quarter-size model of an 1880 steam engine - but he found he'd have to buy it in the United States for $40;000. So his firm; headed by his father; Helmuth Schlenker (left); built one and has it on display in the Queen Elizabeth Building in a metalworking exhibition that ends today. The oil-fired locomotive has pulled 6;000 passengers; most of them children; in its four cars on a half-mile track in Port Elgin. The company plans to build more and sell them.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009626F