A bit more about Peter Mumby

CP London, Ontario. Peter Mumby railfanning with Peter MacCauley during November 2010. Photo by Peter MacCauley. 

Since mentioning the passing of Peter Mumby I got a few nice e-mail...here are two that I would like to share...George Dutka

I remember that Peter always had the first table on the right hand side as you entered Marritt Hall in the old Ancaster Fair Grounds site. Not sure if he requested that spot, but I have to believe that it served him well. Peter always had a great selection of kits, always reasonably priced. I usually found something that I needed, even if it was only a handful of photos. Peter was one of the rare photographers who shot freight cars.

Over the years we would compare notes and I was excited to tell him that I had secured a position working for Procor. I think that Peter was equally proud to tell me that his son worked for Canadian National. I've often wondered if Peter's interest in model railways served as inspiration for his son to pursue the real thing? Certainly true in my family!

I remember the handwritten sale slips he used. If I recall correctly, Peter was somewhat reluctant to embrace digital record keeping and the Internet at first. Being that he was a teacher, this seemed somewhat odd to me. I don't think that he had any interest in eBay.

Hard to believe how much time has gone by. Peter (my son) reminded today me that our first time selling was in 2011 at the then new Ancaster Fair location. For the last couple of years Peter, Mark and I have been helping Rick (the Ancaster show coordinator) set up the tables and clean up afterwards. Even harder to believe that Rick used to let both Peter and later Mark into the shows for free when they were very young. Boy, do I feel old all of a sudden!! Keith MacCauley

Hi George - Thank you for the post and the photos today on WRD about Peter Mumby. My dad and I really miss not seeing him at the shows anymore. Here is a photo I took in London in November 2010 with Peter at CP Quebec street; still one of my favorite days of railfanning.

Dad and I visited Peter at his house last year, I think in August. It was really good to talk with him again, and he had a lot of really cool RR memorabilia he was showing us. He told us that almost all of the HO models he painted he did using a Volkswagen spare tire as the air supply to his airbrush! I thought that was incredibly creative. We had known him for years from the shows, but I didn't realize he was that good a modeler. Cheers, Peter MacCauley.

An oldy goldy of Peter and I. This photo was taken of the Thames Valley Modular Railroad Club that both Peter and I where members of in the early 1980's. I had setup a visit to the CN shops in London, Ontario. We posed for a group photo...I think the shopman took the photo. Peter is in the red jacket under the number 7 and I am in the plaid jacket second from the right side next to the 7 in the number boards. That is Bob Hannah a good friend of ours standing next to me in the red jacket.