Went to a small invitational meet at Portola Valley & Alpine, my "club away from home" when I'm visiting the Bay Area. This month we invited Bitter Creek Western and Joshua Tree regulars to come on up.
Which means it ended up being the narrow gauge regulars, Peter Moseley with Ron Schmidt's #278, The Salinas boys with RGS #41, Bill Bolller with #268 bumblebee and Jimmy Booth of P-B-L with his D&RGW #223. All four of the prototype engines survive today, btw.
On Saturday it started pouring rain at about 9am, and didn't much let up till 2:30, but we got going again after that and ran into the evening after having an on-site BBQ dinner. Mid-day we hid out in the clubhouse for a while and had lunch, the burgers being cooked under an umbrella.
I brought a camera instead of a train and got some throttle time on other people's engines once the weather had cleared.
Full picture set at: http://mikemassee.com/gallery/v/liveste ... itational/
A weekend of steam and rain
A weekend of steam and rain
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Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Aaand night photos were requested, so I obliged. Jimmy's #223 and a group shot.
Highly unlikely that there was ever an oil fuel tank on a siding on narrow gauge D&RGW but we'll let it pass.
Some more random photos, see descriptions. Thanks for looking!
Highly unlikely that there was ever an oil fuel tank on a siding on narrow gauge D&RGW but we'll let it pass.
Some more random photos, see descriptions. Thanks for looking!
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Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Hi Harlock,
great pictures , it looks like you and your friends have always
a lot of fun playing with your trains, awesome. Thanks for showing...
All the best Chris
great pictures , it looks like you and your friends have always
a lot of fun playing with your trains, awesome. Thanks for showing...
All the best Chris
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Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Great photos! It seems like you had a great time despite the rain
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Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Always love seeing your pictures Mike!
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Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Beautiful photos as usual, Mike. Thanks for sharing them. 2.5" scale narrow gauge is my ultimate.
Re: A weekend of steam and rain
Hey Mike, Great pics as always. I was just wondering though. I need the use of your services. I want to find a fantastic girlfriend and want to have you to take a picture of me so I can post it out there..... Cause your photography, you can make anything look fantastic!