Open House Report and Happy Birthday A313

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 and displayers. It was a beautiful day and we had folks come from as far away as a 6 hour drive to celebrate the 120th Birthday of Climax A-313 with us. Here is a short video that Donnie Rosie and his assistant Kerrie Hunt of Rosie Productions put together for us of some of the highlights of the day… Thanks guys! (‘n girls). In the Video, that’s Steve Niederriter, a member of our Alaska Rescue and Restoration Team operating the engines. We hope you will come out next year when we have our Open House again… or watch for dates for our Work Sessions and come by then. Thanks to all attendees and our wonderful vendors and displayers for helping us celebrate another year.

Stay posted, in the future there will be some new exciting “Finds”, Projects and Events to announce, but we are a ways out on making them public right now… but, believe me, They Are Pretty Neat!!! New History to be reborn!!!

Open House at the Restoration Building

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 the current owner and the restorer of this historic piece, built by Ajax Iron Works here in Corry. Thanks for bringing her Norm… people always enjoy seeing it operate.

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She is alive!… at 120 years old!!! Check out this demonstration of the engine from Corry RAILS Open House Day June 11, 2022. Happy Birthday, 313!