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the FLLS requires a current , for 2019, boiler hydro test and locomotive safety inspection including working brakes

I have a Chevy Bolt, not the volt, and at 215 a month it is the best car I've ever had with a range of almost 250. Go try one out....if you dare

the FLLS requires a current , for 2019, boiler hydro test and locomotive safety inspection including working brakes. FYI

We just relaunched the website so excuse the dust while we mop up the last few items.

Gene, My dad has an 0-4-0 built in the 60's and a George the Fifth built in the 30's and he wouldn't trust anyone other than Marty to work on boilers for them. Do you have a picture of 1173? is it a reading engine? We are trying to track a reading 1173 built by a group in the 60's as a camelback and...

300px-LNWR_locomotive_No._2663_George_the_Fifth.jpg I'm planning a couple of special treats for the 50th at FLLS. We are trying to get our 1930's George the fifth running by then. It's a Bassett Lowke 4-4-0 English engine that was the first engine to introduce superheating in the early part of the ...

300px-LNWR_locomotive_No._2663_George_the_Fifth.jpg I'm planning a couple of special treats for the 50th at FLLS. We are trying to get our 1930's George the fifth running by then. It's a Bassett Lowke 4-4-0 English engine that was the first engine to introduce superheating in the early part of the ...

Dave,
Did you ever get the info you needed.? I'm not sure ours counts but I could check for you.

I'm buying the boiler print because we need to rebuild it. It's in the Greenly Archive....

My dad told me when Ben bought the Royal Scot, my grandfather Bud Kremers bought the George the fifth that came over with it from Mr Rinek. Well, I should say Rinek sold it to someone who sold it to my grandfather shortly after.We are going to rebuild the boiler. I'm getting the drawings from the Gr...

Hello to the Camelback lovers of the world....well I hope that is who is reading this. I'm sorry my side of the story has been silent for so long but I believe we are the only surviving family of the original four. The good news is that we still run little 1172 that my grandfather built. He died whe...