Mike,
Coastliner has been very good in the past. 2 hr departures make for
reasonable wait times. Always prompt. My only issue has been that the
red-eye flights that I take going that way arrive too late to catch
their last shuttle out (10PM by recollection, not reliable info).
Much better t
Hi Geoff,
Who do you think you are kidding?.
I think the reason you have all the different scales, engines
and fuels is to confound
and confuse the young-uns and more of the old-uns in live steam.
It has nothing to do with your age or memory. You
can,
I have been using the Coastliner service now for the past 5 years. I
used to rent a car which cost around $250 for the week. I didn't seem
to use it much after arriving at DH. The Coastliner's round trip fare
from the New Orleans airport to the Ramada Inn in Diamondhead is $54.
The run several
I'm planning on being there. The big disadvantage to the shuttle has always
been the price, IMO. For two of us, the cost was about $100, last time I
looked, while a week's car rental was about the same. With the car, we can go
to the surrounding towns to eat, sightsee in NO, etc., so I always g
At 10:53 PM 11/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Harry,
>You might enjoy the livesteam chat on thurs. nights at 9 your time..
Eric,
I'm maxed out on on-line participation these days and have to draw the
line somewhere, but I did go look up that exchange. The wicks in my
Pannier are looking a bit sc
Hello all,
How many list members are planning on attending the
Diamondhead Steamup (aka International Small Scale Steamup
and Arts Festival 2002) this January? I'm curious if anyone
has used the Coastliner airport limo service? Good/bad
experience? Pricey? Tip required?
Thanks in advance,
Mic
Hi Harry,
You might enjoy the livesteam chat on thurs. nights at 9 your time.After
Ken's article there was some discussion on the chat, and Phil Paskos was
able to obtain the proper firebrick, which he kindly shared among us. Robb
DeVries(you remember him from St. Louis?) developed the tool me
Harry,
There was some discussion on this topic in the SitG On-Line Chat room in the
middle of October, the 11th to be exact. It's still there! Just go to the
chat section, once inside, where it says Scroll Back 20 messages, put in
999. The discussion is back some ways with pictures of the cera
Has anyone yet tried replacing wicks with the ceramic/firebrick plug
as described in Ken Parkinson's article in the last SitG? I'm keen to try
this, and I've seen what I think is exactly the material he's using, but
can't find it locally and don't know what to call it. "Firebrick" around
he
Not meaning to further the confusion (or discussion), but most of the
time the book is written far in advance of any movie that might come of
it. With that in mind, could it be possible that the book was based on a
"generic" locomotive and the movie portrayed a specific one? Perhaps one
of
I've seen articles on how to make simulated "flickering" kerosene
caboose marker lamps. I had always assumed that the flickering effect
was caused by wind whipping the flame. Later I was told that the only
time the flames flickered was when a cheap grade of kerosene was used
and the water c
Rode on an excursion train behind NW 602 some 15+ years ago. Beautiful
engine.
Sincerely
Steve Ciambrone
Sr. Test Engineer
L-3 Ocean Systems
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Hogwarts Postscript
> After all the discussion last week about the Hogwarts
> Express loco, I headed off to England for Thanksgiv
I think he was refering to the way that all hydrocarbon fuels (even
butane) produce water vapor as they burn. Part of the combustion process
causes the fuel to give off hydrogen which then combines with the oxygen
in the air, giving off heat in the process. This part of the fire I know
burns blu
Trent et al,
Whoops, wrong scale but I attempted to fire an OS Porter- 3-1/2" gauge with
wood stove pellets. I couldn't find harwood so had to use softwood--bad!!
I'd get pressure up for a short while but the loco and I could not be
seen--lovely smoke screen, spectacular! Caught my hat afire with
Kerosene, well the good stuff does not have water in it. Used the K1 grade
for years in a workshop heater in my old house. Once I was sold the regular
grade and the heater stopped working within a week. When I took it apart
the wick was soaked with water. I assumed the regular grade kerosene
a
After all the discussion last week about the Hogwarts
Express loco, I headed off to England for Thanksgiving. On the escalator at Kings
Cross, what do
I find on the adverts for "Harry Potter and the
Philosphers Stone" but a magnificent head-on picture
of a steam engine.
But wait - it looks fam
> I need to do some lettering on a Class A Climax I'm completing. My penmanship is
> appalling, but I have been able to generate what I need on computer. Are there
> any companies offering a computer file to decal type of service? Ideally I'd
> like to email the file and get back the decals by Fed
I tried to show it to her, but she wouldn't look...next time, by golly!
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Stainless steel mesh for radiant burners
Great work, Kevin. Thanks also for posting the results from your studies i
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Stainless steel mesh for radiant burners
> I purchase all my stainless steel mesh for use in my radiant burner
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