My fianace took me and our daughter down to the East Broad Top RR on the 8th of august. I was not expecting this ad was shocked once I found out where I was. We all enjoyed the trip down and got some nice pictures of the equipment.
Sand Tower, Farmhouse & Shop Area
We had our 2010 Gauge trip there, it was a very cool place to visit. Did you notice how little room is in the cabs of there steamers? The crew almost runs the thing from the tender. Glad you had a good time. Theirs a lot to see in a small space there.
I did get to see inside. I knew that there was not that much room but you really get the whole deal when you see it in person. I did miss out on the meet this year though.
A few more photo's from our trip.....
Here is a video of Mikado #15 coming back into town. While I was there she was wearing #12 whistle for that time being.
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Great picture's and thanks for sharing the video
Looks like you had a great dayout.
That's a great little railroad, and fine photos.
Most narrow gauge steam locomotives had very little room in the cab. Quite typically, the firebox doors were about even with, or even stuck out further than the back of the cab. As I understand it, this was done to keep the locomotive shorter. US potash #3 is a good example:
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Most US built narrow gauge 2-8-0s were similar. The engineer sat beside the firebox, and fireman split duty between the gangway and inside the cab. The larger Rio Grande 2-8-2s had roomier cabs, but keep in mind some of those were standard gauge boilers and cabs placed on narrow gauge frames, and were much bigger than the EBT 2-8-2s.
I can tell you from personal experience, the people who would have been in Mt. Union working the two shifters there, #3 and #6, would have had a much better time. Again, it's because of the cab size. Both were/are standard gauge engines and are a good bit roomier inside the cabs.
I sat in the engineer's spot and had some pictures taken of me looking like I was about to back the loco out of the roundhouse. I had my hands on knobs, wheels, levers, and anything else the engineer would have used and I even got a couple from outside the enginehouse looking in with me sticking out of the engineer's window with my hand on the throttle.
That was a lot of fun. I don't think I ever put my pictures from the Fall Spectacuar up, now that I think about it. Nothing too terribly interesting. Most of them never got send to me
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I just noticed that RTR versions of those hopper cars will be coming soon to HOn3 scale:
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nachoman Wrote:I just noticed that RTR versions of those hopper cars will be coming soon to HOn3 scale:
http://www.blackstonemodels.com/rolling/.../index.php
Wow! Pricey!!!
I think I'd just as soon build my four Quality Craft wood craftsman kits that I bought in 1975 for $7.95 each. It'll take a bit longer, but if I take my time and do my absolute best model building, there's a chance they might look just as good ... maybe.