Saturday was a decent day weather wise at the shop, and Ken and Wayne M took advantage of that weather to get caught up on a few more small items. The new lighting in the office display area is

New paperwork on Harbour Draw and the International Bridge.

now about 80% complete, with just a couple more fixtures to be put in place.? The wire has already been run and is ready to go. Wayne M scraped and painted the one wall inside the door that needed to be done, which is?a great improvement as we continue to keep the display area clean and fresh.

The 3.5″ gauge live steam Pacific is now on display in a temporary location inside the office area. Once the equipment is moved around in the shop and put into the proper position, the engine will likely go on display inside the boxcar.

Our new 7/8″ scale live steam Pacific.

A new donation came into the shop on Saturday as well from Pierre D’Entramont, from his father Walter’s collection.? The majority of items have a focus on the International Bridge and Harbour Draw over in Buffalo, as that is where Walter worked. These are all items that are completely new to our collection and include many plans and drawings of the bridge, as well as the bridgetenders operating manual for Harbour Draw. We thank Pierre for passing these documents along to us, they will make some great additions when telling the story of the history of the bridge crossing.

There is still so much happening out at the shop. We’re?planning to get some equipment moved around before the end of the month which will put everything where it needs to be going into our open season. New feature displays are being planned for the new display car including some railway family history from some recent donors, as well as displaying some of our vast HO scale model railway collection, which is primarily centred around the railways that ran in the Niagara Region.