Corry Rail & Industrial Legacy Society & Museum
We are working to gather funding for the next major step toward restoration of the A313...the boiler... We have found a shop that can handle recreating the boiler to our specifications in Maine. We need to raise $150,000.00 for that work and transportation. So, your contributions through Erie Gives and other fund-raising events will help …
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Carl sent out this update on the first work session for 2023, held on April 22/23: WORK SESSION NUMBER 1 FOR 2023 is in the bag!!! Our first Work Session of 2023 got us off to a good start with eight volunteers showing up... because it has been a few months since the weather took …
Corry RAILS & Museum has an online store for those who would like to show their support for the restoration of the A-313 Climax Locomotive. You will find t-shirts, polos, sweatshirts and hoodies, as well as hats and other items. Slate engraved coasters made by Board member, Kevin Amy are a recent addition. Please check …
On Saturday the 9th of July we had a group of 13 Volunteers show up for the work session on Saturday as well as 4 visitors... then 7 of us came in on Sunday morning for a few hours. Our timbers did not arrive on time to work on the Engine frame Mock-up, but more …
Corry RAILS 2022 Open House Review: On Saturday, June 11th, we welcomed several hundred visitors to our Shop on Mead Avenue to check out what we are up to. Along with our own displays and the inaugural presentation of the operating Climax "A" Vertical twin engines we were joined by a dozen or more vendors …
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Stop past the open house today! This is the beautifully restored AJAX engine which for years worked at the Corry, PA Waterworks supplying water to the the city's reservoir... it could be heard all over town when things were quiet in the middle of the night. One of our Corry RAILS' volunteers, Norm Thomas, is …
Report on last weekend's Work Session #2: 5/7/2022 Steve and Grady working on and welding arch-bars and number stamping the parts. More progress was made on the Trucks with Steve and Grady adding some material to areas of the Arch-Bars via weld build-up and then grinding, replacing some of the metal which has eroded over …
FIRST WORK SESSION OF 2022 Finally!!! the snow left us long enough for us to get in a very quickly prepared Work Session last weekend, April 23rd-24th.... but as I am writing this, snow is again falling... ever so lightly, but it is in the air... and the temps are back in the low 30's. …
NOVEMBER 2021 WORK SESSION - Finally Caught up on my Posts!!! After our return from a successful trip to Alaska where we were able to retrieve some more of the missing locomotive parts and receive the original Builder Plate donated by the Andersen Family along with working on research, photos and video for our Documentary.... …
In the area around Corry there are a large number of talented machinists and of them there are a few who have extensive knowledge in the workings of vintage steam and gas engines. One such man has been a volunteer helping us analyze the parts and pieces which have been disassembled for many years. Some …