1999

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The First North America Railway Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony, August 19, 1999
The inaugural Induction Ceremony for the North America Railway Hall of Fame took place on Thursday, August 19, at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Thomas Art Gallery. At the ceremony eight awards were given for Canadian and North American inductees. The categories for the inductees include Railway Workers/Builders, Technical Innovations, Rolling Stock, and Facility/Structures. The Induction Ceremony was part of the annual Iron Horse Festival held during August in St. Thomas.

Final Selection Committee
The awards were given by the Board of Directors of the North America Railway Hall of Fame on the recommendation of the Final Selection Committee.
Members of the 1999 Final Selection Committee were:
Russell Allison, Retired President of CP Rail
Robert Bondi, President of the National Railroad Hall of Fame in Galesburg, Illinois
Wes Kelley, Vice-President-Public Affairs and Advertising at Canadian National Railway
Ken Verell, North America Railway Hall of Fame board member
Steve Peters, former Mayor of the City of St. Thomas and
current Speaker of The House

Category	National Awards (Canada)	International (North America)
Railway Workers/Builders	William Van Horne	Cornelius Vanderbilt
Technical Innovations	Standard Time	Westinghouse Air Brakes
Rolling Stock	The Dorchester	Box/Freight Cars
Facility/Structure	Union Station	Grand Central Station

2001

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The Second North America Railway Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony, August 16, 2001
The 2001 Induction Ceremony for the North America Railway Hall of Fame took place on Thursday, August 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the historic Canada Southern Railway Station in St. Thomas, Ontario. In addition to awards for North America and Canada, a series of awards were given to recognize achievements at the local level. The awards were given by the Board of Directors of the North America Railway Hall of Fame on the recommendation of the Final Selection Committee.

Category	North America
Railway Workers/Builders	Sir Sandford Fleming
Technical Innovations	The Automatic Coupler
Rolling Stock	The Mail Car
Facility/Structure	Niagara Suspension Bridge, 1855
Railway Art Forms and Events	The Last Spike Ceremony (USA), 1869

Category	Canada
Railway Workers/Builders	Sir John A. Macdonald
Technical Innovations	Rotary Snowplow
Rolling Stock	The Toronto (steam locomotive), 1853
Facility/Structure	Connaught Tunnel, 1916

Category	Local
Railway Workers/Builders	Perce Hankinson
Technical Innovations	Jordan Spreader
Facility/Structure	Canada Southern Station, St. Thomas
Railway Art Forms and Events	The Poetry of J.A. Killingsworth

2007

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The Third North America Railway Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony, 2007
The 2007 Induction Ceremony for the North America Railway Hall of Fame took place in the historic Canada Southern Railway Station in St. Thomas, Ontario. In addition to awards for North America and Canada, a series of awards were given to recognize achievements at the local level. The awards were given by the Board of Directors of the North America Railway Hall of Fame on the recommendation of the Final Selection Committee.

Category	National
Technical Innovations	Oil Electric Locomotive

Category	Canada
Railway Workers/Builders	Robert Angus Bandeen
Community/Business/Org.	Int. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers/Trainmen
Art Forms	Gordon Lightfoot - 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy'
Railway Workers/Builders	Chinese Workers
Facilities & Structures	Banff Springs Hotel

Category	Local
Business & Organizations	London Port Stanley Railway
Railway Art Forms/Events	Sinking of the 'Marquette and Bessemer'
Community	St.Thomas - Railway Capital of Canada
Facilities & Structures	MCRR St.Thomas Car Shops
Railway Workers	Alton V. Johnson