There’s been a lot of activity around the shop this week, and it’s continuing into Friday and Saturday. Wednesday Wayne G, Jim and Ken spent a few hours scraping down the north wall in the office, and giving it a base coat of white paint.? A second coat will be applied the next time we get a decent day weather wise. The east wall will also get scraped down in preparation for?a coat of white paint.? All this will improve the appearance of the display area, and help brighten up the new LED lighting.

Wayne and Jim working the north wall.

The first coat of white.

Thursday saw the crew from Easily Moved Equipment?back out at the shop doing some load testing with a brand new crane.? This one of a kind 10ton?Aluminium gantry crane is?testing on our 25ton GE diesel. This is the second time out for EME as they work out some of the unique challenges with this new product. We thank EME for coming out and involving us in this very unique opportunity and welcome them back anytime.

Setting up the gantry.

Blocking the back end.

The gantry over the front of the engine for the lift.

close up shot of the crane and diesel.

The Niagara Railway Museum has many different opportunities for the community, and industry.? We have a facility that can be used for film and video shoots, and some special events. For industry, our equipment can be available for non destructive testing of industrial equipment, such as the crane from EME. If you would like more information on some of the opportunities we have, please contact the Museum.