Rex Smith

Dave Pottinger wrote:

I took two photos of a live steam engine sometime in the summer of 1965. I had just got my first 35mm camera, a Minolta. As I recall, the man lived on the road that goes off to the northeast of the main street in Port Rowan, somewhere along the bay, but not actually out of town. It could have been Front Road, I don’t remember too much about the layout or the models, but I had just wandered in off the street and Mr. Smith showed me around.

Monte Reeves replied:

The gentleman that you are looking for did live on the Front Road. His name is Rex Smith. He had an outdoor live steam circular layout and 5 live steam locomotives. He called his railroad the Route of the Whistling Swan. Rex has been gone for some years now.

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  Rex Smith's 3/4 inch scale 4-4-4 Jubilee. Photo taken by Dave Pottinger in 1965 with a 35mm Minolta camera. Used with permission.

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  Photo by Dave Pottinger, used with permission.

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  Rex Smith standing next to his 1/2 inch scale President Washington. Mrs. A. W. Leggett is seated. Photo by A. W. Leggett, posted by Steve Bratina on Chaski.org

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  This photo was taken at Rex Smith's home track at Windsor in 1958. This is the 4-4-4 built by Rex, and owned at the time by Jack Lilbourne Jr. Photo by A.W. Leggett, posted by Steve Bratina on Chaski.org

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  A 2-6-6 tank engine in 1/2 inch scale built by Rex Smith. Photo by A.W. Leggett, posted by Steve Bratina on Chaski.org

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  A photocopy of the invitation to the 5th Annual BLS Meet held in 1937 at the Purinton residence a Marblehead, MASS. This copy was in a collection of photos of Rex Smith of Port Rowan, Ontario, posted on Chaski.org by Steve Bratina

External Links

• Harry Gerrie runs at Rex Smith's track, Chaski.org
• Rex Smith box of photos, Chaski.org
• Rex Smith's 4-4-0 running on corn, Chaski.org
• Color Photos of Rex's 4-4-4