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Color Photo Circa 1980 By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 9:32:39 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA Note shags engine in backround. WOw it wasnt even done yet!
A clear path! By: Steve  Claude	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 6:01:38 PM By: Steve  Claude - , CA Today I did some weeding with the diesel powered, hydraulically operated weed wacker. The infield is starting to look good again.   Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 9:19:46 PM  By: Phil  C - Torrance A manly weeding job by a manly weeder.
Serious Mark By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 2:42:46 PM By: Ken  Kovacs - Lake Villa, Illinois, USA looks like alot of fun, and expensive too.   Comment Entered: 4/10/2010 10:12:58 AM  By: Charlie   - torrance CA Lake Villa.. thats a small town
Boiler Inspection By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 2:40:22 PM By: Ken  Kovacs - Lake Villa, Illinois, USA Very Nice Mark, U are looking good also.
Mark's New Locomotive (Full Sized Version) By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 2:37:42 PM By: Ken  Kovacs - Lake Villa, Illinois, USA there it goes the pic just came up.
Mark's New Locomotive (Full Sized Version) By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 2:35:28 PM By: Ken  Kovacs - Lake Villa, Illinois, USA I was here Mark but no picture
Camel Back at LALS BLS meet 1975 By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 1:45:52 AM By: Phil  C - Torrance Charlie, is that the Camel Back that you are working on?   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 9:20:59 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA the lower one yes! you can see the name of the owner in the left hand corner, Richard Farmer, he posted a thing on here a while ago about building it.   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 8:43:25 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood I think there two different locos here. there are some things in the photo that are not the same as the one at the club,I think there where a few of this type of 1"loco built as the casting I would think came from LE   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 8:48:21 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA well the one on bottom im 99% sure thats r loco top isnt   Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 6:33:35 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood the one that the club has one boiler check valve on the left front of the boiler and none on the right side,the one in the photo has two on the right front of the boiler.the injector plumbing is lade out different.the cab sides and roof look different.the hand rail on the front look not the same.the guides on the valve slides look to be made in a different shape,maybe Phil can print out a copy of the photo and we can compare the two as I'm 70% sure there not the same loco   Comment Entered: 4/8/2010 11:31:16 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA hummmm??? I wonder.. I guess their were two Reading LE camel backs built. I tried to contact Richard Farmer but maybe he mistakened our loco for his old one?
A Santa Fe northern By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 8:42:40 PM By: Dean  Willoughby - Corona, CA Santa Fe Northern 2926, owned by Ken Casford
Steaming up the hill By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 12:52:58 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA You guys ready for this meet? its either here or Riverside but I think Howie wants to go so I guess we should go up here so the diesel guys can come too, haha. I would like to get Mark to bring his loco up. Would be a good place for him to get some open space and run. My dad and I will come out and maybe bring the RV. I am planning on going Friday through Saturday but Saturday & Sunday can work also. Tom can bring his loco and maybe Rory, Rod or Todd would be interested in bringing down there locos. Would be nice to go out with more people and have some fun.   Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 6:11:42 PM  By: Phil  C - Torrance We can bring the American again too. Maybe we can even talk Tim into taking his engine. Would be a lot of fun. I will be going out on Saturday unless you have room in the camper. Phil   Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 7:25:48 PM  By: Charlie & Todd  Giordano - Torrance, CA we will see. i relly want to bring it out so i will check with dad. if tim brough out jillie i would die haha. shes never left home rails   Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 7:46:40 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood a few years ago I ran at rivrside on saturday and OC on sunday.now that was fun   Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 9:30:50 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i was thinking about that haha .   Comment Entered: 4/6/2010 10:29:20 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo yes i went last spring, and had a blast!, but did not bring my stuff, sure wish i did! so i have been waiting a year to go back, and will bring my stuff to ride, we had many members last time, lets see how many we can have this time? should be great weather, april 23-25, lets have some fun in OC!   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 9:21:55 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA you sad it howie   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 4:40:45 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV We all need to bring engines out. Imagine the american, f-7, jille bell, howies engine, marks steamer, toms steamer and rorys steamer. It would be fun to have us all out there.   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 7:49:59 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA would Tim realy take Jillie out? Would be very cool   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 7:50:20 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i would personaly pay tim to.
THE FLASH By: Tom  Downing	Comment Entered: 4/5/2010 1:48:40 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA thanks Tom for yesterday. Hopefully that thing wont blow a side rod soon haha. Shes a great loco and boy what a blast. Everythings backwards! U got to hall ass to keep steam but hay thats perfect for some of us...haha   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 4:42:40 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Was doing some track work today and found some melted rail, any idea how this could have happened??? It was right before the tunnel.   Comment Entered: 4/7/2010 8:56:04 PM  By: tom  d - Lakewood hay you maybe should look after the tunnel.there maybe is some shorts laying the ground as I heard there where two members that got there shorts blow off when a speeding loco when by them