Thursday Coverage
Photos and Captions by Richard Finlayson
(Posted when I finished steaming on Thursday, not necessarily posted on Thursday!)
Sonny Wizelman and Bill Turkel sign off on the track setup.
Dave Hottmann gets some help putting some tweaks on Bob Starr's nice track.
We put John Porter to work setting up track accessories.
Tom King had the official first run of the event with his Accucraft Shay.
Tom readying his Shay for the first run.
Behold, the BR03!
Trackside banter.
Jim Crabb got in a very late run with his coal fired "Project Loco". Nice and odiferous...
Charley Lix arrived on Thursday with his track...
Jim Crabb, live steamer!
Busy sidings all afternoon and evening long.
John Porter likes loading 'em up with coal...
Lots of action mid-track.
Richard Murray waves his magic wand over a Shay.
Geoff Spenceley's A3 put in a nice, long run.
A Southern Mikado, Pennsy K4, and coal fired Mikado all in steam at once.
Bob Oliphant's sky crane.
Working the yard on Bob Starr's large track.
Dan Pantages is FINALLY able to run his Daylight on the PCLS track. Dan put in an hour long run Thursday evening with this locomotive.
You'd think I'd get tired of taking photos like this. Not.
One of the great aspects of a large steamup are the variety of locomotives, many with prototypical trains.