Jason Shron
News
Train rescuer, historian slams $4B one-stop Scarborough subway plan
Train rescuer and historian slams plan to build $4b one-stop Scarborough subway. Jason Shron, of Rapido Trains Inc., also believes LRT is more important in Scarborough, not subways or streetcars.
Features
Train ride leads Toronto man to live his dream
Jason Shron’s obsession with trains began back when he was just two years old. He spent it crying on a train ride from Toronto to Montreal, after feeling lost while wandering too far away from his parents. Ever since, his life was placed on the right track.
Arts & Life
Toronto man’s love for trains being passed along to his children
Jason Shron recalls exploring and building model trains with his own dad and brother; memories which helped shaped his passion and current career.
Shron, of Thornhill, Ont., is the owner of Rapido Trains Inc., a model train manufacturing company. He is famously known as the Guy with the Train in his Basement, but it was his father, Van Shron, who started his obsession.
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