FORT ERIE HISTORICAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������   P.O. Box 1064 Ridgeway Ontario, Canada��� L0S 1N0�� (905) 894-8451
	We Are The Friends of CN 6218! �Help us Preserve this Locomotive!
			Why Do We Care?   It�s all about People and our National Heritage!�   This locomotive lets us literally touch the lives of the people who went before us, and is a tribute to them and their many accomplishments. �       This country was developed� into its present form by people using the railways.� The prairies were settled by rail.� The urban areas developed and were supplied by rail.� Even the Lake Erie cottage areas were enabled and shaped by available railroad transportation. �       Canadian Confederation was driven in part by railways.� The Confederation agreements included provisions for railways throughout the country. �       Canada was (and is) defended by railways.� Since 1867 they have moved troops and supplies for every one of our nation�s wars. Even before Confederation,� the Canadian militia who engaged the Fenian invaders were brought to Ridgeway by railway train, on one of the routes this locomotive later operated on. �       At the turn of the last century Fort Erie, like many others,� was a rail town and over half of the people here depended on the railroad for their livelihood.� Today, almost everyone here has an ancestor who was a� railway man.� This probably includes members of your family, regardless of where you live.   �       CN 6218 is a symbol of all of the railway workers who shaped our community and our nation. �       We need to honor their commitment today so that our symbol of Canada�s rail history will� be preserved for future generations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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