When Doug Angle looks closely at a steam engine train, the mechanical parts look like a work of art. Doug, appreciates, like his family before him, the design, construction and operation of a train. “My grandfather was a telegrapher for the Toronto, Hamilton, Buffalo Railway,” confirms the 59-year-old process improvement consultant from Sydenham, who is also the President of the Frontenac Society of Model Engineers (FSME) “My father fired on steam engines in the 1950s.. He shovelled four tons of coal every day.” Familiar with that hot and heavy work, Doug talks about his father’s accomplishments with pride. “On a full-sized locomotive, it takes two people to keep it running,” he explains about the fireman (person who shovels coal) and engineer (person who operates the…
