Maybe "New" Hobby - Operating/Repairing a Model "B" Erie Steam Shovel & Stea
Maybe "New" Hobby - Operating/Repairing a Model "B" Erie Steam Shovel & Stea
(OP)
This past Friday and Saturday I had the pleasure of messing around with some old / historic construction equipment at the Simcoe County Museum north of Barrie, Ontario, Canada, in preparation for and at the 2016 season's "Last Blast."
One of the museum's several partners is the one Canadian chapter of the Historic Construction Equipment Association, which is ideal considering the museum's land holding is 315 acres, much of it in the form of abandoned / disused quarries - which make for an excellent old boys' playground.
Since hopes of my continuing to volunteer aboard an old legacy steamship are rapidly fading away, I've been considering joining up as a volunteer / member with either the museum itself or HCEA Canada, specializing in working on steam equipment, which will involve obtaining a Steam Traction Operator certificate.
Should be fun...
One of the museum's several partners is the one Canadian chapter of the Historic Construction Equipment Association, which is ideal considering the museum's land holding is 315 acres, much of it in the form of abandoned / disused quarries - which make for an excellent old boys' playground.
Since hopes of my continuing to volunteer aboard an old legacy steamship are rapidly fading away, I've been considering joining up as a volunteer / member with either the museum itself or HCEA Canada, specializing in working on steam equipment, which will involve obtaining a Steam Traction Operator certificate.
Should be fun...
CR
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." [Proverbs 27:17, NIV]





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