MY RECOLLECTIONS

By G. Burgess
Published on March 1, 1973
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Picture is a steam locomotive ''made over''.
Picture is a steam locomotive ''made over''.
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Shot is a steam calliope.
Shot is a steam calliope.
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Bucyrus Erie Steam Shovel. Courtesy of G. Burgess, Apt. 1, 1991 St. Laurent Bvd., Ottawa KIG 1A3, Ontario, Canada.
Bucyrus Erie Steam Shovel. Courtesy of G. Burgess, Apt. 1, 1991 St. Laurent Bvd., Ottawa KIG 1A3, Ontario, Canada.
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Last double header steam excursion in 1965. Courtesy of G. Burgess, Apt. 1, 1991 St. Laurent Bvd., Ottawa KIG 1A3, Ontario, Canada.
Last double header steam excursion in 1965. Courtesy of G. Burgess, Apt. 1, 1991 St. Laurent Bvd., Ottawa KIG 1A3, Ontario, Canada.

Apt. 1, 1991 St. Laurent Bvd., Ottawa, KIG 1A3, Ontario,
Canada.

My first recollection of steam power was when my father took me
to Hampstead (London) Fair in 1939. All the electrical power for
the midway rides came from a Foden Showmans traction engine that
drove a generator mounted in front of the smokestack. After the

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