Hey SooToday - don't let them take my grandad's train!

SooToday.com received the following e-mailed message in response to last night's article about a City Hall suggestion to move the little train from Bellevue Park:

************************* This is in reponse to the article 'Oh no - City considers moving the little train'.

The train in Bellevue Park is the train my late grandfather Thomas Wilson engineered.

He ran that train for 25 years and the train was retired with him.

They asked him what he would like to do with the train because after 25 years the train is retired also.

So he and his fellows said weld it up and put it in the park for the kids to play on.

Every kid loves trains.

My father played on that train, I played on that train, and my kids have also.

If it is all about the safety of the kids.

Then it is up to the parents to keep an eye on their children and for them to make sure they do not get hurt.

That train is a landmark and I do not think they should take it out.

Parents keep an eye on your children or this landmark is going to be ruined for the coming generations.

When I was a kid the only reason why I wanted to go to Bellevue park was to play on the train.

Please let the train stay!

I would really like people to know that the train means more than the steel industry makes it.

My grandfather was a great man and loved his job, family and his kids and taking that train away would be a real heartache for my family.

It's up to the parents to watch their kids.

Maybe putting a sign beside saying 'use at own risk' or something would be just as good.

Please publish this so the public knows about the train and what it means to the people of the Sault.

Thank you,

Chris Allen

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