OCTOBER 14, 1998 Bright Lights Business Classifieds Crossword Foes North Share Alert Sports Table Hopping 64 Pages Steam train revived Catherine Barr Contributing Writer AL Broadfoot is busy rebuilding Canadian history With over 26 years of expert enee, Broadfoot knows past about evervthing there is to know about locomotive steam engines, He is the caretaker for BC Rail’s fnous Koval Hudson, Bre pot is also the periver man tor Canadian Pacitic Railway's (CPR) latest project. This sumuner, nan ettort to find part. ter another engine, CPR stumbled across the find ef the cen tury, A second Canidnin Hudson Steam engine way found in a private railvard in Scranton, Pennovi ant The owner had acquired the engine same veary back and: was unwilling to sell just the parts. He did, however, offer CPR the cnure engine for a song. CPR called Broadtoot and can vince) him to travel tes Seranten See Dategrity pam 3 Bob Mackin Comribiting Writer NORTH Shore Liberal MLAs Jeremy Dalton and Daniel Jarvis will break a promise to taxpayers unless they refuse their “gold-plated” pensions, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). West Vancouver Capilane MPA Dalton and North Vanvouver Seymour Mi faris are ceiefating the seventh anniversary of tie Ostober 199 Pb clecuion. Beeasuse they sc served seven vears, thes wall be claible to receive a pension when they retire. But, on their wave tore clestiga a 1996 they signed: a to voters to melish: pensions, doppesiiien is not to say veahy veah, Tubs fales 013 Doug Collins takes on the CBC network The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 AL Broadfoot is busy testing the condition of a Hudson steam engine recently brought to North Vancouver f by Canadian Pacific Railway. If it proves to be sound, the train will be refurbished. Canadian Taxpayers Federation tests Liberal position on scheme inst it, but to opt out” said the CTE Ss BC. diree niga. The taxpayers’ Jebby group sent questionnures LAs. inchiding 19 NDPers and 12 Paberals. Gordon Wilson, the lone Progressive we're a Trav 4 dated Qet 2 10 cach of the 32 pension chyibl Democrane Alunve MEA, is also cligible. As of Tuesday morning, the CTE had received no replies Pensions were amended by the NDP vovernment in ity Jub 1YYS Miscellancots Statutes Amendment Act (BH SS). “Fabled Is then-tinanee minister Elizabeth Cull, the law said any ATLA whe hadi't served seven vears or two paciaments betore the neat clee No secrels g: ndo’s Chickenland Paulas on success Room te learn at BC Heine Show Renovaiion ideas for Fail 025 FREE NEWS photo Terry Peters the United States non was out ot tick Tangyan said Opposition letdee Gordon Campbell proposed a private members’ bili July 1995, making MLAs elected in F991 inclible. Campbell chailenged all) MEAs to “cut the strings of their milhan dollar pensions... New leusiation in duly 1997 restored the pension plan. It said MILAs necded seven sears of service to quality for benefits. CTT ligures estimate Dalton will receive SE8A23 a year when he retires. Tle becomes cligihte t1 2000 at ag By the ume he’s 75, he will have recenved S431 308. farvis will carn $18,423 in his first sear on te pension payroll, By the time he's 75, he will have collect 235 YAU. Dalton told the News the Liberal response to the CFF cam paign would come trom Campbeli, “Nothing ele will be forth: commng from individual MEAs.” he said. “He's the leader. | think is appropriate.” “The North Shore's two orher Liberal MILAS, first clected in 1990, are inchgible tor peasions.