Jim Turnbull
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Jim Turnbull (left) and Ernie Grow. Photo by A.W. Leggett.
Jim Leggett posted on Chaski.org:
- The photo is Ernie Grow visiting my grandfather Jim Turnbull, my mother's father, in his basement shop on Patricia Avenue in N.D.G. (Notre-Dame de Grace), Montreal. They are inspecting the new copper boiler that was built by Boot Caulder (sp?) for one of his freelanced 10-wheelers. You can see the chassis to the right. The Boot Caulder company were coppersmiths for the major breweries in Montreal such as Molsons, Dow and Labatt.
Obituary
From Modeltec, June 1984:
- JAMES TURNBULL of Montreal, Quebec, passed away on February 29th, 1984, at the age of 95. Jim and his brother, Harry, often built a Live Steam locomotive each year and the 1-1/2 inch scale 2-6-0+0-6-2 Beyer-Garratt was possibly the most "famous" of their efforts. Jim's passing takes another pioneer from the circles of Live Steamers.
Harry and Jim Turnbull, taken at the Pioneer Valley LS in Southwick, MA on May 21, 1967. That's one of Jim's loco's, now owned by a good buddy of mine at WLS. Photo by Jim Leggett.
