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Hallo Tony et al, I keep missing these steamups--Clark's too--It's my wife's fault for being born--the family comes from far and near on her birthday to sympathise over her marriage! It wasn't MY dog that bit me and I'm still infected--more so than my normal state! I haven't started barking and foaming yet, I only manage to get my locos to do that. It was lovely firing the Britannia with good Welsh coal--no clinkers, light on the smoke, hi on the steam Dam the antiboitics and dack to a hot poltice! Geoff. >Hi Geoffrey, >I hear you gave your dog a serious injury, but you had to take the >medication for it?. >Do you even begrudge your dog a taste of the good stuff. Shame on you!. > Steve was correct about Gary's steamup, however I think he mean't to say >"most of us maintained steam, and all maintained dignity and cordiality". >Even during the re-enaction of the mid west cornfield meet!. > Please relay my sympathies to your dog. > "Rule Britannia". > Tony D. > >At 06:15 PM 4/11/02 -0700, Geoff Spenceley wrote: >>Steve, >> >>I really wanted to attend GaryB's steamup but we had all the family from >>the four corners. >> >> Glad you all had a good time--Cordiality--yes--but dignity?? Are we >>turning into Brits??--now we have our National Summer Steamup to look >>forward to-- Of course, there are others before then.- this weekend and >>the next. >> >>Steamingly, >> >>Geoff. >> >> >> >> >>Geoff, >> > >> >Seriously, I am glad to hear that your convalescence is proceeding >> >positively, and that you have retained your sense of priorities. >> > >> >Regarding the weather and seasonal activities, a bunch of us enjoyed a >> >wonderful steamup at Gary B's last Saturday. All locos steamed >> >magnificently. All participants maintained dignity and cordiality. >> > >> >Regards, >> >Steve >> > >> >-Original Message- >> >From: Geoff Spenceley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:00 PM >> >To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam >> >Subject: Re: List Down? >> > >> > >> > Walt of the Swamp, >> > >> >Reference the Lab--enclose an extra ten bucks with his get well card--for >> >his solicitor!! --yers knows yer Limey law--dontya! >> > >> >Geoff >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. >> >>Keep your steam up! >> >>Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO >> >>The SWAMP RR >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >
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Hi Geoffrey, I hear you gave your dog a serious injury, but you had to take the medication for it?. Do you even begrudge your dog a taste of the good stuff. Shame on you!. Steve was correct about Gary's steamup, however I think he mean't to say "most of us maintained steam, and all maintained dignity and cordiality". Even during the re-enaction of the mid west cornfield meet!. Please relay my sympathies to your dog. "Rule Britannia". Tony D. At 06:15 PM 4/11/02 -0700, Geoff Spenceley wrote: >Steve, > >I really wanted to attend GaryB's steamup but we had all the family from >the four corners. > > Glad you all had a good time--Cordiality--yes--but dignity?? Are we >turning into Brits??--now we have our National Summer Steamup to look >forward to-- Of course, there are others before then.- this weekend and >the next. > >Steamingly, > >Geoff. > > > > >Geoff, > > > >Seriously, I am glad to hear that your convalescence is proceeding > >positively, and that you have retained your sense of priorities. > > > >Regarding the weather and seasonal activities, a bunch of us enjoyed a > >wonderful steamup at Gary B's last Saturday. All locos steamed > >magnificently. All participants maintained dignity and cordiality. > > > >Regards, > >Steve > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Geoff Spenceley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:00 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam > >Subject: Re: List Down? > > > > > > Walt of the Swamp, > > > >Reference the Lab--enclose an extra ten bucks with his get well card--for > >his solicitor!! --yers knows yer Limey law--dontya! > > > >Geoff > > > > > > > > > >I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. > >>Keep your steam up! > >>Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO > >>The SWAMP RR > > > > > > > > >
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At > least you were hauling coal--any left for us?? > > Geoff. Hi Geoff, A very small portion of it did manage to "fall" out of the cars and into a waiting plastic garbage can! Well, actually TWO plastic garbage cans of 30 gallons apiece. It wasn't anything special just peas sized Pocahontas bituminous, not Welsh Dry Steam coal. But it keeps Maisie hot when required! Keith
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Hey Keith and List, That's an amazing story of trains you experienceed as a driver--whoops-ENGINEER! I almost needed clean underware as I read it. At least you were hauling coal--any left for us?? Geoff. >> >Geoff, >While I was VERY lucky, you can't compare the sinking feeling of actually >being on a train that's running away to watching it on TV. I had an >"experience" while running unit coal trains where we had to make an >unscheduled stop with a 12,000 ton coal train on a 4% descending grade. I >instructed the train crew to go back and tie down handbrakes on at least ten >of the cars to hold us back when I released the train brake, needing that >many to hold the train on the grade while the locomotives compressors >recharged the air brake lines. It was freezing cold and snowing, the crew >decided they knew more than I did about what was required to hold the train, >so they tied down brakes on three! count them, three cars! Needless to say, >the instant I released the hand brakes, we started to move down to mountain >towards the Town of Portland , Pennsylvania at ever increasing speeds! It >was one of the few times I descended that grade that I was NOT in control! I >had to avoid trying to apply the brakes until enough air pressure had built >up for them to be effective. Bear in mind that the speed limit on this grade >is 10 mph, due to the steepness and ineffectiveness of air brakes to slow a >train on that sort of gradient! By the time I had enough wind to even think >about trying the brakes, we traveling at better than 60 mph, over that 10 >mph track! I managed to stop the train lesss than 20 car lengths from a >series of extremely tight radius cross over switches! Had we reached that >point, I would not be here today writing this note! But would have joined >the fishies in the Delaware river! New underwear was in order for all on >board that coal train that day! From then on, the crew also gave me whatever >number of handbrakes I asked for! >Keith > >
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- Original Message - From: "Geoff Spenceley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Some interesting train wrecks you fellows have!!--and I watched a TV > documentary last night about a bloody awful train crash in San Bernardino! > Geoff, While I was VERY lucky, you can't compare the sinking feeling of actually being on a train that's running away to watching it on TV. I had an "experience" while running unit coal trains where we had to make an unscheduled stop with a 12,000 ton coal train on a 4% descending grade. I instructed the train crew to go back and tie down handbrakes on at least ten of the cars to hold us back when I released the train brake, needing that many to hold the train on the grade while the locomotives compressors recharged the air brake lines. It was freezing cold and snowing, the crew decided they knew more than I did about what was required to hold the train, so they tied down brakes on three! count them, three cars! Needless to say, the instant I released the hand brakes, we started to move down to mountain towards the Town of Portland , Pennsylvania at ever increasing speeds! It was one of the few times I descended that grade that I was NOT in control! I had to avoid trying to apply the brakes until enough air pressure had built up for them to be effective. Bear in mind that the speed limit on this grade is 10 mph, due to the steepness and ineffectiveness of air brakes to slow a train on that sort of gradient! By the time I had enough wind to even think about trying the brakes, we traveling at better than 60 mph, over that 10 mph track! I managed to stop the train lesss than 20 car lengths from a series of extremely tight radius cross over switches! Had we reached that point, I would not be here today writing this note! But would have joined the fishies in the Delaware river! New underwear was in order for all on board that coal train that day! From then on, the crew also gave me whatever number of handbrakes I asked for! Keith
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Hi Geoff Pictures are available,,, for a price! HeHeHeHeHe LOL Larry Geoff Spenceley wrote: > Well, > > Some interesting train wrecks you fellows have!!--and I watched a TV > documentary last night about a bloody awful train crash in San Bernardino! > > My Merlin Hunslet overturned on a friends s/b station a few years ago, > catching fire. No stiff upper lip there--lots of panic! The loco has since > been repaired and the passenger on the platform skin grafted and repainted. > > Geoff. > > Are we turning into Brits?? > > > >Well, there was one amazing display of aplomb and stiff upperlips when a > >collective couple of decades of live steaming experience demonstrated the > >effects of setting a switch the wrong way when two stoutly-constructed locos > >were sharing the track - from opposite directions. Both locos came through > >the demonstration well. But that's all the info I will allow myself to > >reveal. > > > >Steve > > My favorite video I have shot at our club functions is when our illustrious > Yardmaster was monitoring all turnouts and electric locos while a Frank S > zipped around one oval. Of course the ovals crossed at two points to make > things interesting. Well the towering hulk owner of the Frank S stood up in > front of the Yardmaster at a critical junction. My video camera was on a > flat car being pushed by my LGB Forney and the camera caught the Frank S > blindsiding the flat car with a real satisfactory "whomp!" that made all the > HO fellows roar with sympathy pains. Latter they laughed at our spectacular > crash. No damage despite the significant speed of the Frank S. Gerald and > myself remained somewhat composed but reserve the right to razz Yardmaster > Ron for the rest of the time we have memory. This segment of tape is > wonderful to edit into any train tape as a transition piece. For real fun > the tape cycles through 3-4 crashes within 12 seconds just to satisfy that > primitive delight we all take in watching a crash. It is easier to be > delighted since no damage was evident! > Gary - Eugene, Oregon > PS - Were any of the "aplomb" decked with ties? If yes, I expect the steamup > was East Coast not West! > >
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Well, Some interesting train wrecks you fellows have!!--and I watched a TV documentary last night about a bloody awful train crash in San Bernardino! My Merlin Hunslet overturned on a friends s/b station a few years ago, catching fire. No stiff upper lip there--lots of panic! The loco has since been repaired and the passenger on the platform skin grafted and repainted. Geoff. Are we turning into Brits?? > >Well, there was one amazing display of aplomb and stiff upperlips when a >collective couple of decades of live steaming experience demonstrated the >effects of setting a switch the wrong way when two stoutly-constructed locos >were sharing the track - from opposite directions. Both locos came through >the demonstration well. But that's all the info I will allow myself to >reveal. > >Steve My favorite video I have shot at our club functions is when our illustrious Yardmaster was monitoring all turnouts and electric locos while a Frank S zipped around one oval. Of course the ovals crossed at two points to make things interesting. Well the towering hulk owner of the Frank S stood up in front of the Yardmaster at a critical junction. My video camera was on a flat car being pushed by my LGB Forney and the camera caught the Frank S blindsiding the flat car with a real satisfactory "whomp!" that made all the HO fellows roar with sympathy pains. Latter they laughed at our spectacular crash. No damage despite the significant speed of the Frank S. Gerald and myself remained somewhat composed but reserve the right to razz Yardmaster Ron for the rest of the time we have memory. This segment of tape is wonderful to edit into any train tape as a transition piece. For real fun the tape cycles through 3-4 crashes within 12 seconds just to satisfy that primitive delight we all take in watching a crash. It is easier to be delighted since no damage was evident! Gary - Eugene, Oregon PS - Were any of the "aplomb" decked with ties? If yes, I expect the steamup was East Coast not West!
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Are we turning into Brits?? Well, there was one amazing display of aplomb and stiff upperlips when a collective couple of decades of live steaming experience demonstrated the effects of setting a switch the wrong way when two stoutly-constructed locos were sharing the track - from opposite directions. Both locos came through the demonstration well. But that's all the info I will allow myself to reveal. Steve
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Steve, I really wanted to attend GaryB's steamup but we had all the family from the four corners. Glad you all had a good time--Cordiality--yes--but dignity?? Are we turning into Brits??--now we have our National Summer Steamup to look forward to-- Of course, there are others before then.- this weekend and the next. Steamingly, Geoff. Geoff, > >Seriously, I am glad to hear that your convalescence is proceeding >positively, and that you have retained your sense of priorities. > >Regarding the weather and seasonal activities, a bunch of us enjoyed a >wonderful steamup at Gary B's last Saturday. All locos steamed >magnificently. All participants maintained dignity and cordiality. > >Regards, >Steve > >-Original Message- >From: Geoff Spenceley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:00 PM >To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam >Subject: Re: List Down? > > > Walt of the Swamp, > >Reference the Lab--enclose an extra ten bucks with his get well card--for >his solicitor!! --yers knows yer Limey law--dontya! > >Geoff > > > > >I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. >>Keep your steam up! >>Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO >>The SWAMP RR > > >
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Geoff, Seriously, I am glad to hear that your convalescence is proceeding positively, and that you have retained your sense of priorities. Regarding the weather and seasonal activities, a bunch of us enjoyed a wonderful steamup at Gary B's last Saturday. All locos steamed magnificently. All participants maintained dignity and cordiality. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Geoff Spenceley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: Re: List Down? Walt of the Swamp, Reference the Lab--enclose an extra ten bucks with his get well card--for his solicitor!! --yers knows yer Limey law--dontya! Geoff I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. >Keep your steam up! >Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO >The SWAMP RR
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Walt of the Swamp, Reference the Lab--enclose an extra ten bucks with his get well card--for his solicitor!! --yers knows yer Limey law--dontya! Geoff I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. >Keep your steam up! >Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO >The SWAMP RR
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Thanks Trent, Actually, like Steve, the main concern of my family was for the doggie!!-- 'tho the wound has some infection, it's not enough to curtail my steaming and at least I am retired and don't work like you. Thanks too, Steve, the family enjoyed your support! "Get Well" cards to the Labrador can be sent with a ten dollar bill (for Tanqueray medication) to "Max"--- care of me, and I'll -Hic- make sure he gets it. Yap, Yap, Geoff. Hello Geoff, I must admit, I started to take my turn at poking a little harmless fun at your expense, but I really didn't foresee my being able to top Steve's response. Seriously, I hope your wounds heal quickly. Nothing worse that having an ailment with such beautiful spring weather coming up. (But, a job that takes most of one's daylight hours has to run a close second. ) Later, Trent Shyvers, Steve wrote: >Could you post the address of the Labrador so that we could send "get well" >cards?
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I would like to recommend my solicitor for the Labrador. Keep your steam up! Mr. B. W. Lunkenheimer, CFO The SWAMP RR
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Hello Geoff, I must admit, I started to take my turn at poking a little harmless fun at your expense, but I really didn't foresee my being able to top Steve's response. Seriously, I hope your wounds heal quickly. Nothing worse that having an ailment with such beautiful spring weather coming up. (But, a job that takes most of one's daylight hours has to run a close second. ) Later, Trent Shyvers, Steve wrote: >Could you post the address of the Labrador so that we could send "get well" >cards? >
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Hello Kevin, Glad to hear that you've arrived safely at your new residence. Sounds as though your packing arrangement was properly planned. Steam articles get packed last, and therefore have to be unpacked first. Everything else is just details. Right? Later, Trent >No steaming yet, but I have to >unpack my steam-up supplies first, anyway. >
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Geoff, Could you post the address of the Labrador so that we could send "get well" cards? Steve
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Well, we're alive and well out here in Denver, after pulling up stakes from the frozen confines of Rochester. No steaming yet, but I have to unpack my steam-up supplies first, anyway. Later, K
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OK up here in the Northern California redwoods, too. Except that I banged up my leg badly on my bicycle -dismounting!!-then, after a month, as soon as I was able to bike again, a lovely labrador (I love dogs!--except that one) took a chunk out of my leg. So treatment on that--most people who know me are more concerned about the dog catching the pox!! Gee, life is tough for an old fart!! I steamed on Monday--a 3/4" Britannia, but that's a properly required no-no with this group. Lovely Welsh coal purchased from my old stamping grounds--Southern California. Did you know that in the last century Welsh coal was imported to the West coast by boat and then hauled overland to some RRs in Arizona --as I recall.--wish I could remember where I read that! HELP!! Clark will probably know. I hope the Aster Flying Scotsman arrives before the rabies developes. --on the dog, I mean!! Life Steams, so steam on! Geoff. Alive and well in Texas! > >Jim Crabb >Seabrook
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In a message dated 4/10/02 2:50:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Alive and well in Texas! Jim Crabb Seabrook >> And..on your way to Vegas, I hope! Bob
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Ok in CT too. This past winter (sic) was our warmest and dryest on record. The PVLS club in Southwick MA has several meets planned this season. If anyone plans to be in New England this year, let me know and I'll send the schedule. They run engines in 1.5", 1" and .75" scale. Dick Griffith, New Britain On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:48:55 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Alive and well in Texas! > > Jim Crabb > Seabrook GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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Alive and well in Texas! Jim Crabb Seabrook
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Terry It does not appear that the list is down, only the contributors. The improved weather through out the world, even Australia, must mean everyone is boiling water. Mike --- Terry Griner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why, the list of the kind people out there who talk > about steam engines > in there many forms. > Those same fellows who know more than I ever will > about the little > "dragons" :-) > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/10/02 02:09PM >>> > What list > > Ray Bell > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Terry Griner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:59 AM > Subject: List Down? > > > > Has the list gone down? > > Terry Griner > > Columbus Ohio USA > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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Why, the list of the kind people out there who talk about steam engines in there many forms. Those same fellows who know more than I ever will about the little "dragons" :-) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/10/02 02:09PM >>> What list Ray Bell - Original Message - From: "Terry Griner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: List Down? > Has the list gone down? > Terry Griner > Columbus Ohio USA
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What list Ray Bell - Original Message - From: "Terry Griner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: List Down? > Has the list gone down? > Terry Griner > Columbus Ohio USA
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