City mulling $6.3 million for new train barn at Fort Edmonton Park

A report heading to city council’s executive committee Monday recommends spending $6.3 million on a new maintenance barn to house Fort Edmonton Park’s 99-year-old steam train.
The current 40-year-old structure that houses the train is a described as a pole-supported shed that was deemed unsafe for regular maintenance of the locomotive after safety inspections were conducted in fall 2017.
As a result, the Baldwin steam engine was parked for the entire season this year.
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