photographer: Scott Reedy |
"A.T.&S.F. 2-10-0, #989"
Mid-South Live Steamers' track in Columbia, TN. Made using LE wheels, cylinders,
& valve gear in 1-1/2" scale 7-1/2" gauge, about 900 pounds. Note the working
headlight, number boards, cab lights, and marker light on the caboose. The
safety valve just popped, and fire freshly stoked when the picture was taken. I
laid on the ground to get the shot. The picture was taken using a Pentax 35mm
camera. |
photographer: Dale Day |
"The Daylight and the Giant"
It's a 275 foot giant going to work on a GS-2 Daylight 4-8-4! Nope just builder
Dale Day and his 1/4" Live Steam Southern Pacific GS-2 #4412 Daylight. Little
Engines castings were used in the build. The loco is butane fired. Run time
about 35min , 26.25"
long, 14lbs with tender. Loco #4410 is in the shop under construction.
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photographer: Jennifer Palanuk |
"Tyler Takes Charge" Tyler,
age 1, waits for his next load of passengers aboard the "Mom Said Yes" Express,
with his dad, Josh. Tyler loves to drive around for hours and knows how to put
the engine in gear, sound the horn, ring the bell, and turn on the lights. You
won't see us in Indiana anytime soon! Engine is a Rail Systems, SW-7 Taken
August 2, 2003 at Willowcreek Railroad, Brooks, OR.
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photographer: Deborah Hustace |
"Curtis at the Throttle"
Curtis at the throttle of Scott Reedy's (riding) newly refurbished 2-10-0
DecaPod. It started out as a Little Engines 0-4-0. Valve gear & wheels
are LE, the rest freelanced by Scott Reedy. Taken at the Mid South Live Steamers
Fall Meet 9/27/2003.
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photographer: Russ Steeves |
"Maine 2' Double Header" The
Maine two foot engines were built from scratch ( no castings ).
Submitted by Russ Steeves.
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photographer: William Mikko |
"A First" Zachary's first
time at the throttle and whistle. Submitted by Tim Mikko. Photo taken at the
Mid-South Live Steamers Track in Columbia, TN on 9-27-03/ Locomotive
is a 2-8-4 "Real Trains" Berkshire. The happy engineer is Zachary
Mikko, age 2-1/2. The back-up engineer/owner/Dad is Tim Mikko.
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photographer: Bill Van Lenten |
"Tired? I'm not tired PaPa"
Submitted by Bill Van Lenten Photo taken at the Largo Central Railroad
Park, Largo, Florida in February, 2001 The locomotive is a "Thomas the
Tank Engine 0-6-0" electric. Pictured is my Grandson Dylan, age, 3
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photographer: William Mikko |
"Engineer Mikaila" Photo
taken at the Mid-South Live Steamers Track in Columbia, TN on 9-28-03.
Submitted by Tim Mikko. The engineer on the 0-6-0 is granddaughter, Mikaila
Mikko and backup engineer is my son, Tim.
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photographer: Carl Baskin |
"Holding Position" Photograph
submitted by Carl Baskin. Taken in the summer of 2003. The
Rutland #730, 4-6-0, is in a holding position in Sklenar's Pass at the
Illinois Live Steamers, south west of Chicago.
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