>Vickieand John. Jefferson Livesteamers yet to be!
Thanks for your reports! John, next time I assemble a structure, which always looks like an earthquake hit it I'll use the "an imaginary 8.2 earthquake". Vickie, I understand what you mean by your description of the live steamers versus the the visitors who are not familiar with live steam operation. We have to be very careful when we have club meets at our homes and guests and their children are not knowledgeable of live steam,-so I turn into an impatient and nagging host. Of course with our club, all members, sparkies and steamers learn to get along- between eating and drinking! I will try and find out who the steamer hereabouts might be. Geoff > Hey John and Lord Geoff, > > We were there late on Sunday. It was Glen's first "outing" since >shoulder reconstruction surgery last week. Had a nice chat with >fellow Master Gardener and RR buff, Hayden Lee, at the G layout. >Loved the "junkyard." The earthquake scene was pretty fantastic and >well done. John Powell's work was very good, but Clark Lord's >bridge is still superior. > > As for small scale live steam at this type of train show, you may >want to know that it doesn't work out well. I understand that at >some of the big shows (Queen Mary comes to mind), there is a secure >set-up for live steam. But at smaller venues, Paso Robles is an >example similar to Medford, it becomes a scary ordeal. Little kids >(and many of their parents) tend to ignore warnings that the steam >is real, not to touch the locos because they don't just "look" hot >and not to stop in front of steamers carrying hot, spitting >locomotives. And a lot of the electric folks object to being >anywhere near the greasy, wet rails that many of our live steam >machines leave in their wake. It is also very difficult to hear >what's going on with your loco due to the excessive crowd noise and >bells, whistles and clanging created by some of the electrics. And >the smell from one coal burner being run indoors could almost cause >a lawsuit from someone unawares. Been there, done that. Not > fun. > > Please do let me know if either of you figure out who was the >North Coast live steamer who ran on coal at Medford's RR Park. I >know that his lordship has a coal burner, so, of course, Ld. Geoff >was my first thought. > > Vickie-Marie > >"John R. Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry I missed you Vickie. I was present at the G-gauge layout for >awhile, and over at the craft table late Saturday afternoon with my >Accucraft Mogul and John Powell's amazing 1:20 bridge work and >logging cars. I understand Saturday's paid attendance broke all >previous records. > >We also had some new displays this year, including a fantastic >diorama featuring an LGB yellow Mogul on a trestle damaged by an >imaginary 8.2 earthquake. The HO club from Klamath Falls also >brought their modular layout over for display. Maybe next year, we >will have some live steam engines actually running, if only on >static blocks or rollers. > >John Page >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061127/7ac36a54/attachment.html >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > > > > >Vickie-Marie Ward >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061127/9d7692e6/attachment.html >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
