Home & Garden Television - Whistle Stop Gardens

[Charles W. Walters]

 http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/episode/0,1101,GALA_episode_14960,FF.html
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Chuck
 

Re: O.T. Garden Railway on TV

[David M. Cole]

At 1:43 PM -0400 4/12/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 01-04-11 22:02:34 EDT, you write:
>
><< If anyone has trouble figuring out which show it is I would be happy
>  to ask my sister. >>
>Please do and post it for us here.  My wife is addicted to H&G TV so I would
>have no trouble watching it as opposed to the old war movies that I like.
>Salty

i've been trying the hgtv web site all morning and it has been down 
... i finally figured out a way to get around the dead home page and 
here is the info:

Whistle Stop Gardens

Garden railroading is a hobby that mixes the beauty of a garden with 
the love of miniature trains. In this program, the viewer will see 
great garden railroads from all across America. Some of these 
railroads feature lush green forests, some are highlighted by 
spectacular miniature rock gardens, and some feature really cool 
trains. This is the fastest growing segment of the model-train hobby, 
with estimates indicating that participation has doubled in the past 
four years.

Air Times

>   Apr 15, 2001 5:00p EST

and hgtv has only one satellite feed, so that's 2 pm pacific time; 
it's an hour-long show. verducci has said that it 10 different 
railroads will be highlighted -- that'll be four minutes a railroad.

\dmc

-- 
^^^
Dave Cole
Gen'l Sup't:  Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co.
   Pacifica, Calif. USA  
List Mom: sslivesteam, the list of small-scale live steamers
   
Editor:   TRELLIS & TRESTLE, the newsletter of the
   Bay Area Garden Railway Society 
   
Webconductor: Pacific Coast Live Steamers 
   
^^^ 

Re: Fluted domes

[Keith Taylor]

- Original Message -
From: Trent Dowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   Did the engines that had the fluted dome(s) actually have both (steam
and
> sand) domes fluted or just the steam dome? I can't find a clear enough
picture
> at the moment that shows both domes. Thanks in advance for the added
> information.

Hi again Trent!
I've seen just about any combination you can imagine. The "Dover Books"
volume on Early American Locomotives, Edited by John White , of the
Smithsonian, has some great pictures of thse domes. Rogers Locomotive Wks.
was amongst the most prolific user of such ornate embellishments. There are
several good republished catalogues of Rogers engines, well worth finding.
Some may be out of print. I would think, though, that the hardest thing to
duplicate would not be the fluted domes, but rather the incredible gold leaf
striping, acanthas leaves, and oil paintings of scenery and personages that
also decorated these beauties!
Keith Taylor

 

Re: O.T. Garden Railway on TV

[SaltyChief]

In a message dated 01-04-11 22:02:34 EDT, you write:

<< If anyone has trouble figuring out which show it is I would be happy
 to ask my sister. >>
Please do and post it for us here.  My wife is addicted to H&G TV so I would 
have no trouble watching it as opposed to the old war movies that I like.
Salty 

Re: Ruby - How about a sight glass?

[Terry Griner]

Trent,
  The only thing I saw that is close to the idea of a sight glass on a Ruby is a set 
of articles in "Steam in the Garden" about additions to BAGRS loco. There was a 
description/ plan for installing a sight glass on the vertical boiler, could this be 
what you are thinking of?
Terry Griner
Columbus Ohio USA

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/11/01 10:16PM >>>
  I wish I could remember more about the sight glass setup, or at least
where I saw it. I have so many old magazines it could have been from 20
years ago.
  After reading Harry's post, I tend to think that he has hit the nail on
the head with his predictions (or perhaps past experience?) with the glass
filling with condensate and giving a false reading. At the same time I
think that there surely has to be a simple solution. But what is it?
  I have a pressure gauge on my Ruby but have not figured out as of yet how
to help predict water level with the reading. Maybe I'm not supposed to be
able to. Input anyone?

Later,
Trent


Harry Wade wrote:

>  Such a loop would eventually fill
> with condensate and show full all the time.  If the gauge had a lower
> blowdown valve and you purged the gauge, it would show completely empty
> (steam only) until it filled with condensate again.
 

Re: Ruby - How about a sight glass?

[Harry Wade]

At 09:16 PM 4/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>After reading Harry's post, I tend to think that he has hit the nail on
>the head with his predictions (or perhaps past experience?)

Trent,
 Not by experience, at least in the Failed Experiment sense.  The
installation parameters for water gauges were learned early-on and it never
occurred to me to question or circumvent those, although there are always
several ways to skin a cat.   The gauge must, by the most direct means
tolerable, form a continuous connection between an entry point beneath the
surface of the water with an entry point within the steam space.  If you
can find a way to do that you have it made.
 What will happen in this loop arrangement is a matter of
thermodynamics, with a little physics thrown in.  The loop will fill with
water because as steam replaces air in the boiler system and enters the
atmosphere of the tube it will condense (we assume the tube is less warm
than the surfaces of the boiler) and since the accumulating slug of water
is held captive and can't be moved up or out by inbalance in steam or
atmospheric pressures, it will remain in the tube as condensate.  As the
accumulated water rises in the glass, it will not except by the purest
coincidence reflect the level of water in the boiler.
 Also, water gauges with very small tubes, like ours, are quite erratic
due to the influence of capillary action on the height of the water in the
glass.  A small tube will tend to draw fluid in thus tending to give a
level reading that is higher that the actual fluid level in the vessel
being gauged.  But it's not unheard-of for a thin glass to resist fluid
also, giving a lower than actual reading.   A gauge installation solution
that involves a longish run of thin tube to get to the water or the steam
space is likely to suffer more than usual from capillary problems.
Cheers,
Harry
 

Re: O.T. Garden Railway on TV

[Chris wolcott]

This is the notice my local train club sent out:

HGTV will have a special on Sunday, April 15 at 5:00pm eastern time called
"Whistle Stop Gardens". The show will feature some of America's best
garden R.R.'s.(I don't see how this is possible as I don't think any of
our club members layouts are featured!) I think it would be worth watching
or taping(or both!).

Trent Dowler wrote:

>   My sister informed me that this coming Sunday, HGTV (Home and Garden
> Television?) is airing a show at 5:00pm that will highlight garden
> railways.
 

Re: O.T. Garden Railway on TV

[Kevin Strong]

The show is called "Whistle Stop Gardens" or something to that ilk. It
features somewhere around 8 garden railroads throughout the country,
including those belonging to Jack Verducci in San Francisco, and Jim Strong
in Maryland. Above and beyond that, I don't know too much.

As a side note, "Tracks Ahead" was also working on a program about garden
railroads, but I don't know where they are in production right now. They too
shot last summer.

Later,

K
 

RE: SWAMP acquisition

[Charles W. Walters]

Walt,

Congratulations on the acquisition!  I look forward to Sat morning steaming
reports which include the new (used) engine!

Chuck

Chuck Walters - President
Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
http://home.twcny.rr.com/cnylsrs
"Ten-foot modelers rule"

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:23 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: SWAMP acquisition


Mr. B. W.  Lunkenheimer has announced that he has approved the purchase of a
used Aster Western Maryland three truck shay to supplement the SWAMP RR's
Cypress Stump salvaging operations. An initial deposit of 'ernest money' has
been made and Mr. Lunkenheimer has authorized his associate to beg, borrow,
or steal the balance due.
The locomotive is currently housed in Colorado, having been unused for a
number of years. It was reportedly assembled from a kit by a person of
dubious
reputation residing in a town no more than a wide spot in the road (I-10) in
the state of Mississippi. Rumor has it that the builder practically
destroyed
the machine while running it on the roof of a parking garage at a hotel in
Reston, VA some 10 years or so ago. While looking for some personal libation
he allowed the locomotive to go thirsty resulting in the necessity or
replacing the boiler. Apparently a pair of nefarious brothers from the state
of Pennsylvania were involved with boiler problem. The machine has
reportedly
been used very little since the builder traded it to the present owner in
Colorado.
Judging by the marginal revenues of the SWAMP RR, this will probably be
the last locomotive to be purchased by the RR unless revenues take a very
decided upward movement. This addition will remove much of the demands
placed
on the ABJOCO RR (ABe & JOan COhen) shay that currently uses the SWAMP
trackage.
Keep your steam up!
Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate.