Although it is my intention to focus on as many photographs of steam engines that I can, my first post is just to recognize the person who made it possible, my Father Earl W. Avery. He was well known by many of the crew members and other personnel at Symington Yard in Winnipeg where he worked in Administration until taking early retirement in 1975. Our Family moved out to Vancouver, B.C. that year and he lived on the West Coast until passing away in 1999 at age 74.
The picture above of him was taken in 1960 - the engine, No. 3525 - was a favorite type of his and was awaiting the scraper's torch in the Fort Rouge Yard. As for the CNR locomotive gracing the title of this blog, it is a "Mountain"type Class U1e 4-8-2 built in 1929-1930 by the Montreal Locomotive Works. It was eventually scrapped.
The internet has now made it much easier for almost anyone to create personal blogs and many are very informative. I hope those with an interest in Steam will derive as much pleasure as I have had in viewing the photos to come.
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