description: | Photo taken at the occasion of the Acquisition of Locomotive #2747 (built in 1928 in Transcona Canadian National Railway Shop, one of the first 2 locomotives built west of Toronto) by the Kiwanis Club. The locomotive was moved to a park built by the Kiwanis Club, on Plessis Road, Transcona, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Left to right: Bernie Wolfe, Donald Gordon, President of Canadian National Railway; Ross Preston, President of the Kiwanis Club of Transcona with Mrs. Preston Behind (Centre); Hy Margolis, owner of Dominion Lumber, member of Kiwanis Club; Jack Willis, Metro Council Chairman (left of Mrs. Preston). |