Sir Geoff, Look forward to the entertainment! I know the S2 has wheels, but can't wait to see the carrier that David made for you. Is it like a sedan chair? If so, it would be just what's needed to convey one properly from the hotel to the Grand Ballroom. And Mr. Schindler's got himself a coal-fired loco? Wow.
For the GWR crowd I'll bring to the NSS a book I found yesterday at a used book store: "The Great Western Railway - 150 Glorious Years", by Patrick Whitehouse and David St-John Thomas. In it are photos of Castles and Kings, which is about as close as I can get to having an Aster one. Also found a copy of George Dow's "London, Tilbury, and Southend Album", with many excellent photos of the 4-4-2 Tilbury Tanks. I'll even let the GWR guys peek at it. Steve On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]>wrote: > >Firstly Sir Rob, > > Don't worry about me elbowing Steve away from the track, watch for > Kevin Schindler with his new coal fired loco- he has gone absolutely > ape! > > You are right about the weight of the S2. Fortunately David Leech > made a carrier for me and the engine can be wheeled off on to the > track, at the same time knocking off any GWR locos ( Castles for > example) that are in the way. > > I am really looking forward to seeing your "show and tell" GWR- since > we seem to steam our locos together we can do it with the KGV. I > hope Tony has his Castle built too, we can have a competitive run on > power and duration with the KGV! Dave Stick's review was not fair > to the KGV in my humble and very biased opinion. I have assembled > (fiddled together) many Asters since 1979 and I believe the ones > offered in the 80s & 90s were of the highest quality. Of course, I > was just a young stud then and my eyesight and fingers had youth. > > See you at the NSS- Steam on! > > Lord Geoff - Hey, note that three of those letters spell "OLD" > That's me, so in the future it is now "OLD GEOFF" - Don't you forget > it! > > >Geoff, > > A little birdie told me that in order to be able to lift > >the S2, you have taken out a subscription to the Gym! Do bring the > >KGV, Tony is building an Aster Castle and I too will have a Gwr loco > >for show and tell. Ah the suspence-ly! > > > >Rob > > > >--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >From: Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] Just now registered for NSS 2009 > >To: "Small-scale live steam discussions" <[email protected]> > >Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 8:44 AM > > > >>Congrats Steve! > > > >Hope it all continues to go well and we see it steaming and polluting > >at the NSS. I registered so long ago that they put my room is in moth > >balls waiting for me and my table at trackside is reserved. I could > >rent a portion to you we get too crowded! > > > >I expect to bring my GN S2- you know, just allky fired, Perhaps my > >KGV too to make Mister Dixon drool. > > > >Geoff > > > > > >>Good evening List, > >> > >>Just finished registering on-line for the NSS. And I made my hotel > >>reservations yesterday. To top that off I've actually made progress on > >the > >>coal-fired Billy. In the past two days the grate and lower portion of the > >>firebox got fabricated. The lower portion is a stainless steel box that > >>attaches to the copper part of the firebox and attaches to the loco frame > >to > >>support the aft end of the boiler assembly. Now I can install the boiler > >>onto the frame properly and start working on the piping for the axle pump > >>and on the steam plumbing. 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