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Volume 30 Number 1, Winter 2011 COMING NEWS EVENTS

Put these dates on TH your calendar! 76 Annual Dinner Annual Meeting & Election of Officers Monday, January 31, 2011, 50 Bay St., Suite 1400, 5 pm Valentine’s Dinner-Dance & Fun Casino Saturday, February 5, 2011, Imperial Room, Fairmont Royal Hotel. Annual Golf Tournament Friday, June 17, 2011, Glen Eagle Golf Club, Bolton, Ont. Other Events: CANADIAN RAILWAY CLUB - 103rd Annual Dinner Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal Info & tickets for Canadian Railway Club events: Jean Corbeil at 514-636-4269 or email: [email protected] View of the Canadian Room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Close to 800 members and guests attended the 76th Annual Dinner.

In this issue...

Annual Dinner...... pages 1 - 3 First Fall Social...... page 4 News Briefs...... page 5

For news and updates on events, check our website: www.torontorailwayclub.com MAILING ADDRESS: Railway Club 200 Bay St., P.O. Box 64039 Toronto, ON M5J 2J0 (L-R) Carol Wilding, President, Toronto Board of Trade and guest speaker at the Annual Dinner, Greg Percy, President, Toronto Railway Club and Judi Cohen, Vice President - Transportation, SNC-Lavalin Inc. th 76 Annual Dinner Thank you to our Annual continued... Dinner sponsors! The Toronto Railway Club celebrated its The Toronto Railway Club would like to 76th Annual Dinner, attended by close to 800 express its gratitude for the generous support of the following Annual Dinner members and guests, on Friday, December 3 sponsors: at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Head Table Reception - Greg Percy, Vice President - Operations, GO Hatch Mott MacDonald Transit and President, Toronto Railway Club, Program Sponsor - welcomed everyone and then called upon the Hallcon Corporation audience to raise their glasses in a toast to the railway supply companies. Judi Cohen, Vice Past President’s Table - Bombardier Transportation President - Transportation, SNC Lavalin Inc., responded with a toast to the railways. Head Table - PNR RailWorks Inc. Rubina Krestinski singing1 the American and Before introducing keynote speaker, Carol RailAmerica Inc. Canadian national anthems Wilding, President and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade, Greg thanked the an- nual dinner sponsors (see box Past Presidents - Toronto Railway Club at right) as well as the annual dinner organizing committee headed by club Vice President, Susan Sherman, ably assisted by Dennis Ryan, Kirk McDonald and Randy Pocrnick. Greg then proceeded to introduce keynote speaker Carol Wilding. A précis of her remarks can be found on the following page. Shortly after Carol Wildings remarks, Greg introduced well- known Canadian comedy star and Timmins, native, Derek Edwards who wrapped up the seventy-sixth annual dinner with his outstanding comedy routine. Derek is a veteran performer at Montreal’s Just For Laughs fes- tival and has numerous television (Back row L-R): Chris Jones (2005), Ken White (1992), Richard Bell (1995), Jim Presley (2001), Jed Drew (1996). (Front row seated L-R): Sam Spares (2004), Barry Bahm (1994), Susan Reid Tanaka (2008), Paul appearances to his credit. Kerry (2009), Richard Chorkawy (1998) and Frank Peters (2003). The Head Table at the 76th Annual Dinner

2 th Toronto Railway Club News 76 Annual Dinner continued... Published by the Toronto Railway Club for its members The aims and objectives of the Toronto Railway Club are the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of railways and other Précis of the remarks by keynote forms of transportation, together with the equip- ment and supplies used therewith for the benefits speaker Carol Wilding, President of the members and the companies they represent. and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade Editorial Committee: Greg Percy President at the 76th Annual Dinner, Dennis Ryan Secretary Friday, December 3, 2010. Mary Proc Director Editor/Publisher: John Glatzmayer E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Wilding began by saying, “It is the future that all of us here tonight are striving to improve. Address correspondance to: The Board believes the success of both Intra- Dennis Ryan, Toronto Railway Club, 200 Bay Street, region rail and Inter-region rail are key to the P.O. Box 64039, Carol Wilding, President and CEO, economic success of our region, our province and Toronto, ON M5J 2J0 Toronto Board of Trade our country. It will boost our economy through E-mail: [email protected] 3 the creation of jobs associated with the projects and will also ease gridlock and the flow of goods and people across the1 Toronto region.” 2 “The Board strongly believes,” she said, “that a seamless regional transportation system is essential to attracting investment and growing this regional economy. We continue to sup- port the Pearson Link, a renewed Union Station, and of course the Metrolinx plan.”

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Peter Schrum, Bombardier, Greg Percy, President, Raffle prize winnerDominic Bonaldo, Canadian Toronto Railway Club and Talha Riaz. Pacific with Greg Percy.

Golf bag winner Nicole Jagos with Prizewinner Wayne Duncan and Greg Percy Prizewinner Florin Meruta, Hatch Mott MacDonald Greg Percy and Greg Percy 2

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Zee Zaid of TTC receives Steamwhistle gift basket from (L-R: Ian Crisp, Hydra-Nor International, Dan Jagos, AECOM and Henry Wasylyk of VLS. Greg Percy 4 N E W S B R I E F S A roundup of news highlights in Canada’s railway industry Products that Enhance Safety and Productivity for the Rail Industry MEMBER DUES NOTICES KIRK MCDONALD TO RETIRE • Electronics • Freight & Locomotive Pneumatics HAVE RECENTLY BEEN Longtime member and • Freight & Locomotive Brake Shoes • Accessories MAILED mainstay organizer of Standard Car Truck Company - Club events for over A division of Wabtec Corporation By the time you receive this newsletter Barber Springs, Barber Brake Beams, Truck Castings, twenty-five years, Kirk Zeftek Engineered Polymer Railcar Parts members will have received their 2011 dues McDonald has an- notice. Please take a few minutes to fill in TEL. FAX nounced his retirement as Montreal - Sales Office (450) 458-0063 458-0064 the info essential to updating our database Treasurer of the Toronto Montreal - Global Serv. (514) 636-3115 636-8740 and returning the notice together with your Stoney Creek - Cust. Serv. (905) 561-8706 561-8705 remittance. To cut printing and postage costs Railway Club effective Winnipeg - Sales Office (204) 982-6031 982-6035 we only send out this one notice, so please January 31, 2011 at our Passenger Transit Div. (905) 561-8700 662-6616 help us out by returning your dues payment Annual Meeting. Prior to promptly. As the Toronto Railway Club will his appointment as Treasurer in 2003, Kirk move into the electronic age, we ask that you held the post of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer fill in the form and supply your current email for close to ten years. He has been a member GlobalGlobal ProviderProvider of address. of the Club since the mid-seventies when he TORONTO RAILWAY CLUB joined Toronto Terminals Railway. The ex- Transportationof Transportation ecutive, the board of directors and your many Solutions ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTION friends in both the railway and the supply in- Solutions OF OFFICERS dustry wish to express their gratitude for your The club’s annual meeting and election of many years of dedication and contributions officers for 2011 will take place Monday to the Toronto Railway Club. All the best in January 31, 5 pm, at theAir Canada Place, your future endeavors. 50 Bay St., Suite 1400. Members are wel- come to attend.

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