In the early hours of Dec. 6, a group of 30 U of T Engineers, who go by the name of the Brute Force Committee, erected their own version of Mayor Rob Ford’s “gravy train” at Nathan Phillips Square. In an effort to raise a public food drive this holiday season, the “U of T Gravy Train,” left parts of the train empty for donations. Their plot was foiled, however, when a security guard spotted the train soon after its set-up. The train is now reassembled and safely parked on the lawn of King’s College Circle at U of T, where the students hope to collect more food donations. Though the train may not have been as welcomed at Nathan Phillips Square, Dean Cristina Amon was proud to see it make a stop at U of T. “On behalf of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, I congratulate you and your “train engineers” who installed the donation train on front campus. Not only an appropriate use of our students’ creative energies, the train draws support of our community members’ need for food – at a time when it is most keenly felt – and draws attention to how engineers respond to global issues such as hunger.” Read more about the Gravy Train in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Torontoistand 680 News .