Saturday was a very productive day at?the shop with 5 members taking care of a number of tasks. Wayne M. was working on the?sheeting?covering the windows on the top of the heavy repair bay. This will?go a long way to help keep some of the weather out. Ken was working in the office area, while John, Aaron and?Ken spent the day working on the yard track realignment. This work included leveling and preparing the area where the turnout will be moved to, and by the end of the day, the?south track was lined to a gentle curve and is now ready for the turnout. After that work was done the crew set about getting the new track panels?for the north track in front of the heavy repair bay.? This is necessary as the current flanger frame (ex-CNR 56452) will be moved outside to allow the coming flanger (56323) to go inside. The other new piece of equipment, which should be arriving soon as well (we hope to have an official press release on that soon), will also be going on the new storage tracks outside.

It was a great day, and a big part of the track project is complete.? The next step will be to move the turnout into position, and some final prep work on the storage track. In the spring the new north track will also be extended west, and eventually into a turnout to connect all 3 tracks. There is still so much going on before the end of the year.? 2 more pieces of equipment are coming to the Museum, and our 13th Annual Fall Niagara Model Railway Show in St. Catharines is just 2 weeks away.

The new north track for storage, in front of the heavy repair bay.

Looking east towards the shop, the middle and south tracks are ready for the turnout.