The work is non stop at the Museum. Saturday saw a crew of 3 out working on a few projects.? Ken and Wayne were working in the display area with some of the new lights and waterproofing.? Ken Jr. worked in the GE cab and started cleaning off one of the old locomotive ditch lights. When the trolley was moved from the Hobby Shop, the headlight was not included. We found that a standard ditch light would be a fairly close fit to what was on it. The ditch light had the old paint wire brushed off and a coat of grey primer applied. The temperature was fairly mild in the shop and the primer coat dried quickly, allowing a coat of gloss black to be applied. The light will have an opaque lens installed with a low voltage LED light for power. There will be little power draw and no heat. One more coat of black will be applied before the light is installed on the trolley coffee bar.

The ex-ONR ditch light cleaned up ready for paint.

With the warm temperature inside, the coat of primer dried quickly.

First coat of gloss black applied.

On Saturday night, Ken and Ken were invited to the Toronto Railway Museum volunteer dinner at the John St. Roundhouse in Toronto. An evening of food and fun, with discussions with members of the TRHA, and a chance to see some of the work they are doing there.? Behind the podium stood the cab of?CN F7 #9159. We thank the TRHA for their generous invite, and look forward to working with them in 2016.? On Sunday the NRM had a table at the Woodstock Model Train Show at the Woodstock Fairgrounds.? A very well attended show, and a very good presence for the Museum.

The cab of CN F7 #9159 stands behind the podium.

The Museum display at the Woodstock Train Show.

There is just so much going on every weekend during the winter months. Restoration work continues on equipment at the Museum site, and we will soon be starting to rebuild the 3rd boxcar into the new display/store car.? There are other wheels starting to turn on a number of future expansions, 2016 is just the start of a very exciting time for the Niagara Railway Museum Inc.

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