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Check out https://woodsvalleyfarm.com/ for more information. Wow, that IS a spectacular place! No, I will not be asking the price but I will continue working on a national railway preservation society with an endowment to purchase and preserve such things. As I said on a post on another forum 'what...

Thanks Glenn!

Beautiful setup Glenn!

Glenn Brooks wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:05 am Russell, I’ve talked to Merriman. Their agent is at a trade show and will be replying on Thursday.

Glenn

Great Glenn.

I sent you a PM...

Two insurance options have already been listed in this thread. One currently insures lots of railroad interests (museums, clubs, etc) and the other is trying to put together a program for live steam clubs. If you haven't already, I would suggest reaching out to those two first. Though I haven't tal...

Thus far, response from insurer is frustratingly useless 'you need a minimum of 100 to start a pool and you wouldn't see a significant reduction in premiums for 5 years'!?! I think I will take the week and do some research into this before I proceed as a hasty, antagonistic response to him will be o...

For excellent safety practice and extremely low risk, we can draw on affiliation with the more than 100 live steam clubs around the US that have developed exceptional safety inspection and operating guidelines. Also the live steam hobby has a very supberb safety record and extremely low risk profil...

Here is what I wrote to one insurer and plan on sending to 3 others, any tips? I have been discussing this with several other railroaders and now have at least 5 interested in starting some kind of group. We are all over the US and each have different private operations but would having such a group...

I replied earlier but it looks like it didn't take... Yes, excellent idea, group coverage usually lowers rates if there are few claims. Even if joining the group requires rigerous safety rules, I think that is totally manageable, I am used to FRA rules and except for the volumes of compliance paperw...

Lets look at it another way.... My opinion on the risk level of riding a large scale train: From highest to lowest risk... Motocross-Dirt bikes Skiing/Snowboarding Riding Horses Quads River rafting/Kayaking Mountain biking Roller coaster ride Contact sports Boating Driving your car Kart Racing Hiki...

I'll ask this to those of you that have been in the hobby for a long time, how many injury accidents have you heard of or seen? The difference in how things run between the US and Canada is also very interesting. For instance, a go kart track opened up nearby in 2011 and has to have a very rigorous...

Insurance companies have lots of data about cars, houses, businesses, but not a lot about miniature trains or Solo II. You talk miniature trains, he thinks you are running a rogue amusement park rides. You talk Solo II and he thinks you are bunch of NASCAR wannabes running into each other. If they ...