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.