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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
Charlie with hands on a 15" By: Tom  Downing	Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 9:25:57 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA it says this is 5 inch scale. wasnt jacks #9 5 inch scale???
Being Turned By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 3/31/2010 6:43:33 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA Steve likes to push the locos with his hands on the smoke box   Comment Entered: 4/1/2010 7:31:36 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Keeps the hands warm on cool days.
Toms new By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 3/21/2010 7:46:08 PM By: Steve  C - RPV That gon is never going to look the same when I start hauling ballast with it!!!   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 2:46:31 PM  By: Phil   - Torrance, CA I can add some graffiti too. That will add to the authenticity! Break out the spray cans.   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 5:13:48 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA their wasnt grafitti in the pennzy days??   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 7:03:00 AM  By: tom  d  - lakewood ca IM NOT A BIG FAN OF GRAFITTI.I might do some on one of my cars to remember a friend of mine.but I think in the real word we need to do more to hammer the lower life forms that do graffiti.I think Steve would back that up.
Terrorist Tom By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 3/21/2010 12:04:31 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA powwer gate opener???? what that for!   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 10:50:50 PM  By: Phil   -  opening the power gate :)   Comment Entered: 3/23/2010 11:58:42 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood and closing the power gate ?   Comment Entered: 3/23/2010 5:48:41 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA wheres the power gate?   Comment Entered: 3/24/2010 3:35:57 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood it will be at the club   Comment Entered: 3/27/2010 7:13:29 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA for wat? the entraCE GATE?   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 6:28:27 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood no not the drive way   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 4:17:26 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo now its back to you charlie.   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 7:21:13 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA where than???   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 8:50:22 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood in a place over the track, so we dont have to take a lock off to use   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 7:07:15 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA o the gates on tunnel! i see. that would be cool. we need some of those little things u hit at LA to so the train behind u knows were u r n stuff   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 8:29:22 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood Hum,Which end of the tunnel are you thinking of charlie   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 3:40:14 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA well im thinkin u only need to open the first gate and then we can gain enough speed to punch through the other one. then we will be green   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 6:00:16 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood no its not going on the tunnel,at this time we only have one power opener that will be going on a door or a gate, but where charlie   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 8:18:01 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i dont know? i think it would be cool to have it on the front gate   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 2:08:59 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood wrong end of the club   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 6:32:12 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i tlking about car gate?   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 8:30:52 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood OK Charlie lets go over the clues:one power gate opener for the club from Rudy and to be installed by tom and others hopefully:its not going on the driveway,tunnels,main station,club house,or one of the containers HUM? the gate its going on is over the tracks and you have to get off and unlock it to continue HUM? OK here's some new info for you   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 9:09:56 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo think charlie, think!, take all the time you need.   Comment Entered: 3/31/2010 6:40:04 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood we know its hard as its almost all up hill from here   Comment Entered: 4/1/2010 6:29:08 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA crenshaw????   Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 7:23:56 AM  By: tom  d - Lakewood YOU GOT IT and how appropriate you did it on April fools day ! This project has bin put on the back head for a bit as other project need to be done first and the cat thing.I think a lot more off time runners would go down Crenshaw if the gate just opens up as you pulled up to it and then closed after you passed on run days it would just stay open all the time and it cost the club O $ as we have most of the stuff needed on hand   Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 9:29:05 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i see! well would be cool and make the club look fancy haha. but being "fancy" isnt economical fo are club. willl u b down tomorrow? Phils going down and i have some cousins that might show up for a ride on the american if its in working order. do we need propane?   Comment Entered: 4/3/2010 7:06:39 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood the plan is to work on the track on the truns replacing bad rail. so maybe hard to run a round but you can go back and forth on crensaw   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 9:23:12 AM  By: Steve  C - RPV Crenshaw closed, rail replaced.   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 4:12:14 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Happy easter.   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 4:12:48 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Good run day, Tom set record.   Comment Entered: 4/5/2010 12:42:28 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA ur lucky u werent with him. im gonna go see doctor for mental trama after that one!