Hi Dave and Listers.
Count me in.
This is going to work out really well for me as it immediately
precedes the NGRC in Seattle one week later.
Coming to the USA from halfway around the World is always expensive
and to be able to "kill two birds with (virtually) one stone" is great
news.
Congratulations on well planned timing.
Best wishes,
Tony Walsham.
Remote Control Systems.
P.O. Box 1118 Bayswater,
Vic 3153 Australia.
www.rcs-rc.com
Tel - North America: 1 800 490 6945
Tel - Elsewhere: ++ 613 9762 7785
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:07:28 -0800, you wrote:
>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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