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Oops! Wayne Godshall's 2-10-2 at CSPPRY back in the spring. The switch in the background had a worn out frog and wheel flanges were riding up over it. If I remember, it took three of us about 30 minutes to re-rail her. springMeet052012_02.jpg I bet, that really came off there. Thanks for sharing!

Once in a while things go wrong- it happens to all of us.

Here are some brief clips of Little River Railroad Co #126;

Enjoy

Here are some videos I shot at the Hesston Steam Museum. The first one was shot on Labor Day of this year. The rest are older short clips. Enjoy

don't need to see how it was packed in the trailer, only want to see the locomotive as it is being pushed by to the steaming bays. Stuff like that. I'm not sure I agree. These presentations can serve well as learning tools for some folks, which might be lost if your recommendation was to be followe...

I went to the first convention at the Mill Creek Central, and I got to say, I think that was the most well attended and organized. Maybe I am just being one sided though, as I live near the Mill Creek Central and visit pretty often. Yeah, from what I've seen in videos, the Mill Creek convention loo...

Here are some videos of Jim O'Connor's "Discover Live Steam" regional conventions. The first four were shot at the Hesston Steam Museum in 2011; the next two were filmed this summer (2012) at the Milwaukee Light Engineering Society. I filmed the final video at the Milwaukee Zoo before we h...

Tamper84 wrote:Awesome videos. Didnt watch them all yet...but I did subscribe!!!!

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed them

Did you use a SLR for video? Down the road a camera stabilizing rig will add greatly to removing the camera shake. I like the quality of the videos, very crisp and detailed. May I suggest you use a heavier hand in editing out the non interesting stuff. I found myself skipping all around the videos....

For anyone interested in watching some Live Steam videos online, check out my channel on YouTube. (youtube.com/thesteamchannel). Here are some videos of a GS-4 Daylight & various other locomotives in operation at the Illinois Live Steamers. If anyone else wants to share some good videos from the...