I am dedicating this book to my grandfather Charles C, Butler.

It was reasons I wrote the book about St Thomas Ontario's history of the railroad and the history of the Heritage building in St Thomas Ontario because of my mother's father who worked for the fire department and on the railroad on the New York Central Railroad. Charles Butler was an engineer on the trains, also known as a locomotive engineer. Charles C, Butler was responsible for operating the train and driving it safely between stations. I did not know my grandfather Charles Butler because he died when my mother was ten years old on October 25, 1959, in the Elgin General Hospital in St Thomas Ontario by Denise Michelle Pinch on March 07, 2024