At 4:55 PM -0800 12/9/02, Geoff Spenceley wrote:
right. allow me to say: on this list, only people from australia can call it "oz." all others must use the term "antipodes" (which i've always loved).Let this be the finish--right Dave??
actually, i know of no narrow gauge full-scale live steam in the bay area -- niles canyon is standard gauge, as is the golden gate railroad museum. the narrow gauge stuff is down in santa cruz county, which is almost as far away as northwest northern california.My local steam friends run all NG stuff--including shays and heislers, just as the local timber industries used yesteryear. We have a few old prototype ones lying around here and there. None running- if someone says there are some running, I would clarify that I am writing about rural Northwest Northern California, 100 miles below the Oregon border.--not the opulent Bay area!
but doesn't the northern counties logging interpretive association have an engine that is run at fort humboldt? i can't find a specific reference to a specific engine, but it appears that in may through september, the group had something it called "steam-ups" where "train rides will be given." maybe the steam that gets up is on a stationary engine and the rides are on something of a gasoline or diesel variety.
\dmc
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