THE ASSINIBOINE VALLEY RAILWAY
3001 ROBLIN BLVD. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
ENGINE HOUSE PLANS
PETER NAILS IN THE FINAL MAIN DOOR TRIM
THE AVR GROUP KNEW SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT A LARGER MACHINE SHOP AND ENGINE HOUSE WAS NEEDED AS THE CLUB GREW. BILL NEEDED TO FIND SOME SPACE NEAR THE STATION THAT WOULD WORK. THE OLD DOG KENNEL AREA CAME TO MIND AND TRADING STARTED BETWEEN BILL'S WIFE ABOUT SWAPPING THE SPACE. THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT SHE WOULD GET MORE SPACE IN THE GARAGE STORAGE BUILDING AND A NEW SMALLER DOG RUN BEHIND THE HOUSE AND THE CLUB COULD TAKE DOWN THE DOG KENNEL RUNS AND SMALL STORAGE BUILDING. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE PROJECT STOOD STILL AS THE CLUB DECIDED THE BEST TRACK ACCESS TO THE BUILDING. ONCE DECIDED PETER DREW UP A FULL SET OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THE PROJECT WAS UNDER WAY WITH THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE OLD DOG KENNEL. THREE OF THE PLANS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
THE DOOR SHOWN ON THE EAST END OF THE STORAGE WING HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO THE END OF THE SOUTH WALL AROUND THE CORNER AS BEING MORE APPROPRIATE.
THE ROOF WAS A WORK OF ART TO HANDLE THE SNOW LOAD AND HAVE NO INSIDE SUPPORT.
Page last updated on Jan 29th, 2005 by Bill Taylor of Winnipeg
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