The third annual model steam engine show at the Sukanen Ship Museum Spring Fling prominently featured a display of models by the late Tom Leschinski.
The intricate models, built over years by the Alberta steam engineer, were donated to the museum by the family.
Other exhibits came from Deadwood, South Dakota, Valemount, B.C., Estevan, and Saskatoon.
Former logger Richard James of Valemount worked two years to build a scale model threshing machine with wagon. His stationary engine models take three or four months to build.
Age 85, he made the trip from Valemount as there are only a few shows to display his hobby.
“There used to be one in Portland, Oregon, There’s one in Pennsylvania and one in Estevan.”
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
