Kevin O'Connor (Sacramento, CA), Dick Wyckoff (upstate NY), Dave Conroy (Matlacha, FL) and Bob Root (Long Island, NY) spinning some tall steam tales.
Steamup guests enjoying the warm summer sunshine as the steamup getsunderway.
August 25th, 2001
What an excellent day for a steamup. The weather was perfect and the turnout was surprisingly high. We didn't take a head count, but our neighbor counted 60 cars here at noon. Attendees came from near and far, with Kevin O'Connor winning the prize for longest distance traveled, coming all the way from California to upstate NY.
The variety of steamers was wonderful to behold. Aster Grasshopper & Lion, Catatonk Shays & Heislers, an Accucraft C-16 in Bumblebee paint, several Roundhouse engines including their Fowler & new Forney, and many others too numerous to list them all. There were at least 3 steamboats running on the pond across the road, which drew a good crowd of onlookers.
Carl Berg brought some of his fascinating creations for display, including a one-truck Heisler, a steam powered V-8 marine engine and a propellor driven Zeppelin rail car. Only one mishap occurred all day. A Roundhouse Fowler driver pulled out of a siding into the path of an oncoming train. The Fowler suffered a broken crankpin, which should be easy to repair.The food was good and plentiful and the bugs apparently all left town for the weekend. What more could we ask for on such a beautiful day?
Kevin O'Connor (Sacramento, CA), Dick Wyckoff (upstate NY), Dave Conroy (Matlacha, FL) and Bob Root (Long Island, NY) spinning some tall steam tales.
Steamup guests enjoying the warm summer sunshine as the steamup getsunderway.
The Moser boys, Nathan & Bradley, came with their dad, Bryce (Endicott, NY), to see what steam railroading is all about.
Bob Root (NY) prepares his C-16.
Bob's C-16 pulling a train of coaches built by Harry Treiber (Canada).
Frank Ulman (Williamsport, PA) and Doug Smith (Long Island, NY) look on as Kevin O'Connor (Sacramento, CA) tweaks one of his steamers.
Donna and Steve Siegel are obviously pleased with the fine performance of their steam launch.
Carl Berg's one-truck Heisler.
Two of the ladies soak up some sun while Doug Smith (Long Island, NY) checks the switches on the passing track.
