THE TWAIN MEET AGAIN - When Harold R. Pellow was a machinist apprentice at Angus Shops in Montreal 40 years ago, he helped build Locomotive 3100, so it was a happy occasion for him recently when he was called away from his job as assistant foreman, motive power and rolling stock, at North Bay, Ontario, to prepare the engine for permanent display in the National Museum of Science and Technology at Ottawa.

When the famous old locomotive, a Northern type, only two of which were built for the Company, was deadheaded from Winnipeg to Ottawa, the driving rods had to be removed for safe handling. Putting them back in place without the aid of proper machinery called for the work of an expert, which is why Mr. Pellow was given the job. As expected, everything worked out neatly.

This pleased Harold Pellow no end, because he has a soft spot for steam power, although admitting that diesels have their place in today's world.

What pleased him even more was the thought:  "By golly, this probably makes me the last Canadian Pacific man to work on a steam engine."