About the Author

Russ Nicholls was born and raised in the Niagara Peninsula. He is married with three grown daughters.

In 1949 he joined the New York Central System as a railway telegrapher, and was a member of the Order of Railway Telegraphers.

In 1970 he moved his family to Huntsville Ontario and later opened his own General Insurance Brokerage. In 1992 he sold the business and retired.

Since that time he has devoted hundreds of hours to the restoration process of the Portage Flyer.