'Cross Town - SAVING THE TRAINS, Published 21 March 1960 Peter
Ackroyd of the National Capital Commission, says he has the authority
and also the plans to get an old locomotive from either railway and
place it somewhere on federal property. Mr. Ackroyd says the railways
have given him a choice either of an old timer from the 1890's or even
a modern high wheeler built only in the 1950's. Ottawa has stumbled and
stalled on this historic project; now the get-up-and-go NCC has really
started on a popular scheme. |