Stanley Park Junction, a painting by Brian Croft, 2011. Happy Christmas, everyone! Brian writes on his website: The beginnings of this little railway can be traced as far back to 1904 when Park Board meeting minutes record a note stating “Application to establish miniature pleasure railway in Stanley Park turned down”. As chance would have it, in the 1940’s, Provincial Chief Engineer, John Armstrong built a miniature steam engine and train in his basement in Victoria. Cutting a hole in the wall of his house to get it out and onto 7 1/2 inch gauge tracks all around the neighborhood, the railway soon became too big an attraction for his community and as events unfolded, it was announced by the Vancouver Parks Board in April of 1947 that a location in Stanley Park was to become the new home for Armstrong’s railway…. Read the complete post on Brian’s site.

Stanley Park Junction, a painting by Brian Croft, 2011. Happy Christmas, everyone! Brian writes on his website:

The beginnings of this little railway can be traced as far back to 1904 when Park Board meeting minutes record a note stating “Application to establish miniature pleasure railway in Stanley Park turned down”. As chance would have it, in the 1940’s, Provincial Chief Engineer, John Armstrong built a miniature steam engine and train in his basement in Victoria. Cutting a hole in the wall of his house to get it out and onto 7 1/2 inch gauge tracks all around the neighborhood, the railway soon became too big an attraction for his community and as events unfolded, it was announced by the Vancouver Parks Board in April of 1947 that a location in Stanley Park was to become the new home for Armstrong’s railway….

Read the complete post on Brian’s site.

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