All he wanted to do was build a model of his local railway.
But with little information available, author Rod Clarke’s hobby of model building turned into a five year quest for research on two of Ontario’s most elusive pioneer railways.
Narrow Gauge Through The Bush is the result, a history of the Toronto Grey & Bruce and Toronto & Nipissing Railway lines.
The Toronto Grey & Bruce (TG&B) is of particular interest to Wellington County readers. Originally built as a "narrow gauge" railway, its tracks and trains were smaller than current rail lines. After 1883, it was converted to standard gauge and became the CPR rail line passing through Arthur, Mount Forest, and Harriston.
Clarke has put together a wealth of information on the railway’s planning and construction.
The book is available at Roxanne’s Reflections in Fergus and the Bookshelf Café in Guelph, at www.cvrco.com or at 1-800-464-1730.
