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The Special Projects Committee is a group of volunteers organized in 1996 to restore the Grand Trunk Railway Station in Caledonia.  The group met every Saturday morning to complete the renovation work.  The group still meets every Saturday morning.  We have taken on many community projects and continue to pursue ideas.  Some of the finished projects include:

·         Building shelving in the food bank

·         Building  storage shed for Senior Support Centre

·         Building and maintaining of the Paterson Walkway and the walk under the river bridge connecting the two sides

·         Purchase and installation of lighting and benches on Paterson Walkway

·         Building and maintaining the extended trail along south side of the river

·         Building and installation of arch bridge over mill race in Kinsmen Park

·         Building and erection of nativity scene at Edinburgh Square

·         Building of steam engine and Thomas the Train for parades

·         Building of trash containers and planter boxes in the downtown

·         Grooming of river banks from bridge to fairgrounds

·         Renovating caboose from Kinsmen Park to train station

Current members include:

Tom Spratt, Ron Clark, Chuck Martin, Larry Fay, Paul Horton, Jack Banks, Dave Boyter, Jack Stubbs, Steve Peacock, Allistar McEachern, Julio Gamma, Rick Roberts, Bob Aitchinson, Ken Timson, Brian Hagan and Jack Dorr

We are self-funded.

The Water Tower, just as it once was, and an original Grand Trunk Caboose sit proudly next to the renovated Grand Trunk Train Station.  The Caboose started its days of service in June 1913 and was retired in July 1978. It came to Caledonia in 1979 and was used as a Pizza, a Fast Food outlet and and hotdog/ice cream booth at Kinsmen Park.  Special Projects/Grand Trunk Society moved the Caboose to the Train Station of a cold winter day January 28, 2003.  It has been refurbished back to its original Caboose days of service. The replica Water Tower was built by Special Projects/Grand Trunk Society in the winter of 2005.

The Grand Trunk Train Station was built in 1908 and renovated by Special Projects/Grand Trunk Society as a museum/Chamber of Commerce Office and Travel Information Centre in 1997.

The Grand Trunk Engine has been part of Caledonia parades since the Special Projects/Grand Trunk Society group built it around a car chassis in 2000.

Caledonia's Christmas season wouldn't be complete without the Manger scene.  The Special Projects group of volunteers crafted the animals, repaint the figures when needed and keep up the maintenance annually.  They make sure the Manger Scene is in place at Edinburgh Square in front of the former Town Hall building before Christmas in Caledonia the last weekend in November.

Caledonia's Thomas the Engine was built on a riding lawn mower chassis by the Special Projects/Grand Trunk Society group in 2005.  A popular feature of Caledonia parades, Thomas also is a hit with children where it resides at the Grand Trunk Train Station.