I remember when the U.P. Daylight was making a supposed "last run" years ago. I had forgotten about it as I had to work during the hours it was to be visible. I was at my desk working on a computer program when I heard that big Northern rumble by the back of the office. No camera at work, no time to run down to the tracks so grabbed the telephone and called home. Asked my wife to grab the camera and rush down to the railroad tracks and get some photos. She did grab the camera and our dog, jump in the car and rush down to the crossing at Nogales and Valley Blvd. Got some great photos. But the interesting part of the story is how she told me the tracks were lined with railroad fans all with cameras, sound recorders etc that she had to crowd her way into the mass to get some photos. A common sight at the Los Angeles City Live Steamer track in the park is the model of that Northern run and owned by Dick Priest. At 1-1/2 inch scale that is still a big locomotive, makes my 3/4 inch scale 4-4-0 "American" look like a toy (which it is of course) But Dick can not pick up his engine and put in the back of his car which I can do (two trips, one for the loco, one for the tender and riding car) John **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20090422/fcd80f23/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
