This time it's the Canadian Railway Hall of Fame, honoring Gord with a special award for CRT. Excerpt below:
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2003 Inductees to Railway Hall of Fame Announced
EDMONTON, Oct. 15 /CNW/ - Historical and contemporary railway industry
leaders, singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, communities, tunnels and
bridges where the steel wheels roll have been selected for induction in this
year's Canadian Railway Hall of Fame.
The annual Industry Achievement Award will go to Serge Belzile who
recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec
Railway Corporation. He grew it from one small short line in the Charlevoix
Region of Quebec to a major regional railway in Ontario, Quebec and the
Maritimes.
Gordon Lightfoot, whose Canadian Railroad Trilogy fired the imagination
of a generation, will receive the Hall of Fame's Special Award this year. The
original ballad tells the tale of the building of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and is one of 400 songs that he's written and recorded, said Bill
Rowat, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada.
Public nominations are made in four categories: Leaders, Heroes,
Communities and Technologies, through the Internet, and an annual selection
process, said Les Kozma, Chair of the virtual Hall of Fame. The project
originated with the Canadian Northern Society, a registered charity
incorporated in Alberta and based in Big Valley. It has been implemented with
the support of the RAC's 60 freight and passenger railways, communities,
museums, corporate sponsors and the public at large.
The complete article is at
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/Octo.../15/c1040.html