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Model Railroad cars burn

Three men sort through twisted metal. A fourth wheels a wheel barrow.

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Ken Ovington’s first reaction to the ruins was one of heartbreak.

“I don’t have enough time to rebuild,” Ken said with his hands on his hips.

“So much was destroyed that it is hard to know where to begin,” said Gary Hazell as he helped with the clean up. “You really have to see it to get an idea of the devastation done to Ovington’s work.”

Salmon Arm Observer, August 26, 1998

Photo credit:
James Murray, Salmon Arm Observer, c. 1998

Ken Ovington was an R.J. Haney Heritage Village connection to the fire. He was a board member and a member of the Shuswap Model Train Club. He was building a model train to have on tracks at Haney Heritage Village. Ken’s shop and model rails were burned in the fire, so the project was abandoned.

Doug Adams, President
Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village

Group of men sort through metal. One holds a wheel. Two others carry a large metal box. Twisted metal in foreground.

Sifting through what is left after the fire. (l to r) Roger Fowler, Ken Ovington, Al Wilson and Gary Hazell gather what they can from Ovington’s burned-out shed.