Saturday was a fairly productive day at the shop. Rick has started getting the proper air lines for the Plymouth cut and threaded, and also worked on one of our new (used) weedeaters.  Our Miller welder is also now at the shop and being worked on to get it into operating condition.  The big job out there Saturday was putting the dome back on HEPC 46. It took 4 of us, Rick, Ken Sr., Ken Jr. and Aaron to get it set back on top of the water tank, and bolted down.  It?s currently in grey primer, and will receive a coat of flat black in the next week or so.  New end beams and running boards are being looked into, but the are not cheap.  The end beams are 12?x16?x9?4?, and need to be made out of hardwood. Price seems to be in around the $400/piece range.  Even the running boards, 2?x10?x16? are close to $100 each.  We are still pricing these out, but ideally, we would like to try to get the end beams back in place before the end of the year.  When the new running boards are installed, we will be able to reinstall the air tank and other appliances.  The cab will be the last repair, and we are also currently looking into that rebuild as well.  The cab rebuild is not just the deteriorated steel, but also all the wood windows and doors, which we do have patterns of.  We just need to find someone who an do the work for us.  46 is slowly starting to look like her old self again.

Rick lifts the dome in preparation to swing it over 46.

Aaron and Rick look on as Ken tightens the bolts on the dome.

HEPC 46 with the steam dome reinstalled.

Lots going on at the Museum. The shop is open most Saturdays, between 10am-2pm, so if you?re in the area, feel free to stop by and see what we are doing.  Admission is by donation.

It?s been a busy few weeks at the Niagara Railway Museum. 2 displays in Fort Erie on the Canada Day weekend, one being our open house, the other was the Friendship Festival. Restoration continues around the shop, with new work being performed on the Plymouth MDT 40t diesel, and HEPC steam locomotive #46. Work sessions are held at various times during the week, and members are usually out there every Saturday.NRM?s ex-C&O Fairmont M14 ?Dale?, was finally moved to the shop this weekend.

The NRM would like to congratulate the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre in Capreol for their successful acquisition of ex Temiskaming & Northern Ontario. 4-6-0 #219 from Ontario Northland. They are now working on moving it to their site. For more information visit www.normhc.ca

The Halton County Radial Railway, near Milton, also received ex-London & Port Stanley Railway interurban car #4, which came from the now defunct Ossawippi Express dining cars in Orillia. HCRY now has 5 pieces of L&PS equipment. Car 8 is operational, while box?cab L2 is displayed at the front gate. Trailer 3 and caboose C-2 are stored out of service. Info on the museum is at www.hcry.org

The Beiseker Railway Museum in Beiseker Alberta finally got the ex-CPR station from Bassano Alberta moved to their site this week after a very lengthy delay. This will allow them to continue the development of their museum site. Visit them at www.alberta2005rail.com

And on a sad note, the NRM?s close friends in the Southern Niagara Model Railway Club in Thorold suffered a loss of part of thier HO scale layout due to an electrical fire 2 weekS ago we wish them the best in rebuilding more than 7 years worth of work that was lost. Contact us for more information on this group.