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Derek Firth, volunteer station manager at Westfield, fall 200717 October 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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Since the rededication of the 103 in May 2005 the restoration crew has made additional improvements to the engine: repairing the whistle, installing an air compressor, and finishing off the Cab's gauges. From here it turns into a continuing maintenance program, trying to hold the gains that have been made in the restoration.3
Window to the past.21th Century, Circa 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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Engine 103: Restoration 199820th Century, Circa 1998
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Charles Doubrough
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When asked, the guys on the crew almost all say that the next big effort will have to be to tackle the 103's tender in a serious way. The baffled water tank at the rear of the tender has suffered the most. The largest of the holes in the sides were patched in the initial registration but the metal was so thin in places that there was almost nothing to weld to. A few more years and these weak areas will begin to fail. The floor of the tank is as bad or worse, not to mention inaccessible. It's going to be a big job and call for some heavy steel fabrication work. It looks like we've still got a lot of work ahead of us.6
Jerseyville Station, Winter 200721st Century, Circa 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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Winter at Westfield21st Century, Circa 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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There are, of course, big plans for the future. Ultimately the weather will win and the engine will rust away unless some kind of sheltering building is incorporated into Westfield's Railway Station area. The constraints of money and physical space are yet to be overcome but the willpower to see it happen is unwavering.9
103 at Westfield, lit for our Halloween program27 October 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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Westfield is seeking volunteers to join the restoration crew. As well as the tender our TH&B caboose #58 is in line for a serious retrofit. Enthusiasm is required as much as historic knowledge or metal working skill. Learning through experience is the greatest learning of all and what makes volunteering the rewarding choice it can be. Visit westfieldheritage.ca to see what we have to offer.11
103 looking good as new.21st Century, Circa 2007
Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada
Credits:John Overmeyer
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