Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Trent Dowler
Steve, After my inquiring about a piece of rail at the local railroad maintenance office, one of their men torched off a 4-foot long section and gave it to me. They acted like it was no big deal, but the crew in your locale might not be as friendly, or under other restrictions. Of course

Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Steve Shyvers
Yup. Walking the branch line has been a favorite Sunday morning activity while the family is still squabbling over who gets the Sunday funnies and the local burghers aren't yet out and about. One day there was a pile of old rail that had probably been dug out by the crews who were refurbishing

Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Anthony Dixon
Hi Gary, Did Tom pass on my message about trying Indian Motorcycles for a "real job". I heard a distant friend of mine started there 2-3 weeks ago. Also they were advertising in the San Jose Mercury news on Sunday. I am also working 2 days a week part time and still looking for a 40+hr wee

Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Gary Broeder
Steve, Sounds like you have been walking the branch line. I saw a 4 unit train with 34 cars going up to the cement plant a few weeks ago, mostly all coal cars. Look forward to seeing you. Gary - Original Message - From: "Steve Shyvers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of ssl

Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Steve Shyvers
Gary, I'll be there, too, and am looking forward to it. I plan to bring a 5-gallon bucket of locally-harvested coal. The coal connoisseurs can sample it. Others can take some to make prototypical coal loads. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We will be hosting a steamup as part of the annual M

Re: Strange Mogul

2003-06-09 Thread Cgnr
Well, I will tell you guys this! Accucraft had the prototype of this loco at my steamup at the QM this weekend and to me it is probably as beautiful as can get! I am trying to recover this morning from the weekend, which was an awesome success, and will post some pictures soon. It ran like a

Re: Steamup June 21

2003-06-09 Thread Tony
G'day Gary. I fully intend to go to the steam up. Just that I haven't actually told them yet.. I plan on arriving back in Sacramento from LA on the Friday and also stay Sat. I hope we can catch up at the GR Convention if you can make it. Best wishes, Tony Walsham. Remote Control Systems. P.