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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.

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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!!!

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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!

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2021 in Review

Corry RAILS Update ~ Dec. 2021

Here is a quick update Tom VanTassel and Donnie did for you a week or so ago to give some more perspective on just what we have going on with the restoration as we go into Winter. If you are interested in participating you can contact us through our Facebook page either by a note on a posting or through messenger… or go to our Website at corryrails.com and there are links there as well… or even Email us a corryrails@gmail.com. You can also send us a “Snail Mail” at Corry RAILS, PO Box 313, Corry, PA 16407. We appreciate your support whether it is moral support, actively participating, becoming a Financial Donor and Supporter, or through In-Kind donations of applicable services or supplies ( we can use a lot of different services and suppliers of consumables ) … or even donations of shop equipment and tools. Join in on all of the fun in seeing this project come to life and learn some history in the process.

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Check out the Video Updates

Workdays at the Restoration Building and trips to Alaska have kept progress moving along over the last few months. We have installed shelving, sorted parts, begun the process of refurbishing the engine and located parts that eluded us in the first trip to Alaska in 2020.

Check out these video updates from Fall, 2021

Progress Update with Tom

Corry RAILS Update ~ Dec. 2021…and here is a quick update Tom VanTassel and Donnie did for you a week or so ago to give some more perspective on just what we have going on with the restoration as we go into Winter.  If you are interested in participating you can contact us through our Facebook page either by a note on a posting or through messenger… or go to our Website at corryrails.com and there are links there as well… or even Email us a corryrails@gmail.com.  You can also send us a “Snail Mail” at Corry RAILS, PO Box 313, Corry, PA 16407.  We appreciate your support whether it is moral support, actively participating, becoming a Financial Donor and Supporter or through In-Kind donations of applicable services  or supplies ( we can use a lot of different services and suppliers of consumables )  … or even donations of shop equipment and tools.  Join in on all of the fun in seeing this project come to life and learn some history in the process.

Fall 2021 Trip to Alaska with Carl and Norm

As you have seen in the previous posts, we covered a lot of territory in Alaska just a few months ago, in the Fall of 2021.  One of the primary goals was to get several interviews shot for our upcoming Documentary and at the same time to capture background shots of the area where our engine ran.  We had Donnie Rosie fly in for just three days while we ere in Nome and Council just for that.  With all of the videos he shot Donnie and his crew created a short update video piece to give our Friends, Fans, Donors and other Team Members a better idea of just what the area where Climax A-313 ran was like.  So kick back and enjoy the next 6 minute short video from back in August and early September 2021.

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Video from Alaska Trip and Following

As you have seen in the previous posts, we covered a lot of territory in Alaska just a few months ago, in the Fall of 2021. One of the primary goals was to get several interviews shot for our upcoming Documentary and at the same time to capture background shots of the area where our engine ran. We had Donnie Rosie fly in for just three days while we were in Nome and Council just for that. With all of the videos he shot Donnie and his crew created a short update video piece to give our Friends, Fans, Donors and other Team Members a better idea of just what the area where Climax A-313 ran was like. So kick back and enjoy the next 6 minute short video from back in August and early September 2021.

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A Note from our Documentarian

Well I left these two in Alaska. My job was to document only part of the trip. This was in Nome and Council.

We interviewed, photographed, filmed, explored, picked on each other, and they even shared a bed!

Carl and Norm are doing amazing things in Alaska for the history of Corry, Pa. They have worked hard, skipped meals, hiked, visited, and figured out things no one knew. True discovery.

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First Alaska Rescue Trip Video

WELCOME to “Rescue Team 313” and Hello to all Friends and Fans of Corry RAILS, Climax, and Geared & Articulated Steam Locomotives.

It has been 4 months since Climax A-313 arrived back home in Corry, Pa. and our Videographer, Donnie Rosie and his team, have been busy working on a short video of the rescue trip and Climax A-313’s return to Corry after 118 years in Alaska.

Three years to the month from the Corry RAILS group making the decision to pursue bringing the last complete Climax “A” home, and to complete its restoration, the Rescue Team left for the “Land of the Midnight Sun” (the third trip to Alaska by Corry RAILS) to finalize the purchase, reload and ship A-313 on her 4000 mile journey back to her birthplace and new home in Corry.

The Team left Corry on August 23rd, 2020, and arrived back home on September 2nd – Mission Accomplished!! On October 16th, 2020 the Container bearing all the parts arrived at our new Corry RAILS Restoration Shop in Corry.

On our 2020 trip, we had originally planned to spend time doing more research, taping interviews, and shooting footage for our planned two-part Documentary on Climax A-313, however COVID restrictions prevented most of that from happening. Our plans are still moving forward for this Documentary and we are hopeful that a fourth trip to Alaska will occur later in 2021 as the A-313 Project moves fully into Phase II.

Here is a short 15-minute video of our trip and the arrival home in Corry, Pa. Please enjoy the film… Your comments and questions are always appreciated. Stay tuned for more updates as they happen… liking the Facebook page will assure you of getting notices of future postings.

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