Canadian Rail_no539_2010 - Le musée ferroviaire canadien

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2010
283 CANADIAN RAIL • 539
location in Coronation Park, was secure from the weather
of the 2009/2010 winter. The work of MSCO volunteers
has continued through the spring and summer of 2010.
The station and its later extension are now on a
permanent concrete foundation. Included is a full
basement with washrooms, kitchen, and storage area. The
building was roofed with new plywood over the old boards
and new dark green asphalt shingles, closely matching the
originals. The work was generously donated by Viana
Roofing and Sheet Metal, a local firm located on Dundas
Street in Etobicoke, Ontario.
The exterior stucco walls have been repaired.
The stucco has been lightly scored to replicate the original
mock stone coursing lines. The tongue and groove
vertical wood dado around the exterior has been
completed. Approximately 50 per cent of this is new wood
milled to match original boards. New outriggers were
fabricated, and these and the wood soffit have been
installed. Volunteers are currently at work painting the
exterior.
Carol Fordyce
Where possible original window frames and
sashes have been removed, rebuilt, and restored to their
original appearance while new matching frames and
sashes have been made where required.. All of these have
been installed except the clerestory windows over doors.
Work is proceeding on the installation of doors and
frames. Some are restored originals and some matching
new doors.
As soon as the building can be made
watertight—by having glass installed in the windows and
all doors completed and installed—volunteers will start
stripping and finishing the tongue and groove boarding
on the interior walls and ceiling.
The City of Toronto LIVE GREEN program has
granted the station funds to install ground source heating
and ventilating and to undertake other energy efficient
initiatives. The engineering for this work is under way.
Over the next couple of years, more funds will be
raised which will allow the completion of the work already
underway, plus the land around the building rough
graded to final contours, and gas, water and sanitary
sewer services installed (gas, water, and sanitary sewer)’
Further information can be found at www.
mimicostation.ca. (Carol Fordyce).
Waterloo, Ontario extends operating agreement
with train enthusiasts
Waterloo council has turned down a group of
train enthusiasts who asked to take control of a historic
city-owned railway station. Instead, the city will extend its
operating agreement with the Waterloo Central Railway
for another year. The railway, a charitable venture, runs
historic trains to St. Jacobs from the station at Father
David Bauer Drive. Railway president Ron Dancey is
unhappy about aspects of the current agreement. But
council would not budge, citing in part uncertainties
about the future use of tracks owned by
regional government. (Waterloo Region
Record)
City to start cleaning up former CP
station in Owen Sound
Due to delays in buying the CP
railway station in Owen Sound, Ontario,
from the federal government, and work
that needs to be done, Mayor Ruth Lovell
Stanners said she has adjusted her
expectations as to when the building will
be ready to open up shop. "I'd love it if it
could be done by Christmas," she said in a
recent interview. "It all depends on what's
going in there and what work needs to be
done." City council approved a time-line
to clean up the building and start the
process of renovating it. Council has directed city staff to
groom the building's weed-infested grounds and remove
debris from inside. Staff will then apply to the Green
Energy Fund for 50% funding toward the cost of a study
that will determine the renovations needed to make the
east-side structure energy efficient.
The city also plans to apply to the provincial
green fund for a low-interest loan and grant to renovate
the shell of the building. Council also directed staff to
seek expressions of interest for the building from
businesses and individuals. Owen Sound purchased the
vacant station and its property for $153,500, which will be
paid over three years. The deal closed in late May, a yearand-a-half
after the city put in its offer. The city is working
to have the building designated under the Ontario
Heritage Act, which is a condition of sale. (Owen Sound
Sun Times)