[lace-chat] Locomotives (steam)

2008-06-14 Thread Jean Nathan
There's a steam railway in Dorset at Swanage. It's only a few miles long, but it attracts huge numbers of visitors each year. The trip out and back on it is about an hour. If they were allowed to do it, it could be connected to the main lines that go all over the country. It's run by

Re: [lace-chat] Locomotives (steam)

2008-06-14 Thread Thurlow Weed
As long as we're venturing from adjectives as nouns into steam locomotives (locomotors? vbg), I'll have to put my two cents in. When I lived in South Florida, I was quite active with the Gold Coast Railroad, which operated several locomotives, including a steamer. For about five years I

Re: [lace-chat] Locomotives (steam)

2008-06-14 Thread Janice Blair
All this talk about locomotives reminded me that we have a railway museum near Rockford. http://www.irm.org/ The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest in the U.S. according to Wickipedia so it would be a good outing for anyone coming to convention if they have train interests. I have never