PRESS RELEASE
For more information, contact PCLS at (916) 447-5433.
January 2, 2001
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Pacific Coast Live Steamers, a loosely organized
group of practitioners of the art of small-scale live steam train
operation, has announced that the National Summer Steamup will be July
27-29, 2001 in Sacramento, Calif.
Small scale live steam engines are modeled in scales from 1:13 to 1:32 and
run on tracks that are either 32mm or 45mm wide. They are propelled by
steam generated in small, safe boilers, using butane, alcohol or coal for
heat.
Called the "Sacramento 49er Special," the cost of attending the event will
be $49 and the room rate at the hotel will be $49 a night, including
continental breakfast.
The National Summer Steamup will be held at the Canterbury Inn in
Sacramento, which can be contacted by voice at (916) 927-0927 or by fax at
(916) 641-8594. The hotel is located at 900 Canterbury Road. Room
registrations are separate from event registration.
Featuring three live steam tracks -- a newly built 110-foot portable track
with 10-foot radius curves and one 45mm track and one 45mm and 32mm
dual-gauged track, a second 50-foot dual-gauged track with eight-foot
curves and a 50-foot 32mm track -- the steamup will include workshops,
visits to the nearby California State Railroad Museum, optional trips on
local prototypical steam railways as well as a Saturday night pool-side
barbeque.
This event replaces the National Spring Steamup organized over the last six
years by Richard Finlayson. At last year's event, Finlayson -- a San Jose,
Calif., hobbyist, supplier and the web master of STEAM IN THE GARDEN
magazine's web site -- passed the responsibility for organizing a West
Coast steamup to the PCLS group, of which is he a founder.
The general superintendent of the event is Kevin O'Connor, a longtime small
scale live steam hobbyist who is based in Sacramento and considered a top
authority on the hobby. The track superintendent and raffle manager is Mike
Martin, a Redwood City, Calif., resident who is the designer of the Project
Loco, an inexpensive "starter" small scale live steamer that uses readily
available parts to introduce people to the hobby.
For more information on the National Summer Steamup, contact PCLS at (916)
447-5433, write P.O. Box 161631, Sacramento, Calif. 95816, send e-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit the group's web site at www.p-c-l-s.com.
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Dave Cole
Gen'l Sup't: Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co.
Pacifica, Calif. USA <http://45mm.com/> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
List Mom: sslivesteam, the list of small-scale live steamers
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Editor: TRELLIS & TRESTLE, the newsletter of the
Bay Area Garden Railway Society <http://www.bagrs.org/>
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Webconductor: Pacific Coast Live Steamers <http://p-c-l-s.com/>
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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