As mentioned in another thread, my family & I have visited a few live steam events recently. This past Saturday, we went to the Richmond Hill Live Steamers which is located in the country on a beautiful wooded property on the Oak Ridges Moraine, about 45 minutes north of Toronto.

I took some 65 pics but here are are few to start with. There are at least 3 gauges of track there. There are the really large locos where you climb into a car to ride on and the much smaller ones where your legs straddle the track (I'm not familiar with these outdoor gauges!). Of course, we love the live steam models and even tolerate the odd diesel. :mrgreen:

There was a really nice larger-gauge Mikado that was a real treat to ride on as well as a (a Mogul, IIRC). There were several in the smaller gauges, a few tank engines and a really nice British City of London Pacific.

So these pics show two shots of the large Mikado, one of the City of London Duchess Class and one showing a Chessy diesel. This was an open house event so there were several other locos there that day.

Rob

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Here's another shot of the Mikado that I liked so much!

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WoW....Those are some great models..!!! I'd love to see a set up like that....What do they use for fuel..??

Steamtrains Wrote:WoW....Those are some great models..!!! I'd love to see a set up like that....What do they use for fuel..??

Thanks! Well, the steamers actually burn coal, and apparently the club has an abundant supply. Many of the diesels have small gasoline engines while a couple others are powered by electricity (i.e. batteries).

Rob

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Hi All:
We have a group down here in Southwest Florida (Ft. Myers) doing some net things with steam. I would like to invite you to take a look at their website and enjoy their work. They are known as Buckingham Central Rail Road.

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dwight77 Wrote:Hi All:
We have a group down here in Southwest Florida (Ft. Myers) doing some net things with steam. I would like to invite you to take a look at their website and enjoy their work. They are known as Buckingham Central Rail Road.

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Thanks, Dwight -- those are awesome steam locos! I especially like the shot showing them all parked in the roundhouse. It seems that you have several steamers located on the site and operating at the same time, whereas our club might only have 2-3 of the larger ones running at one time. Looks like a great place to visit! Rob

sgtcarl1 Wrote:Gr-r-r-eat!! Show and tell..us more!!

Thanks! I'll see what I can do over the next day or so. Rob