by lipwak
Hi,
My grandfather built 3 live steam engines, in his NYC apartment. One has been donated to the NY State Historical Association which hopes to have it on display at some point. The other two are with my cousin. (One was like this one. The other was similar to the type that were common in opening up the West (and were seen at the driving of the Golden Spike. I don't have any pictures of either of them unless I'm confusing the one in the video for the other one.)
I finally found some home movie footage of my grandfather using his train. I narrated it uploaded it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o2BaBQHW1Q
I also have some pics which I will upload if anyone is interested.
Can anyone tell me what scale this is? I have seen pics of him and probably this engine at Pioneer Valley Live Steamers so it seems to be a "standard" gauuge of some sort.
I hope you enjoy this footage. It is priceless to me since I got to ride the trains too.
Cheers,
John L
My grandfather built 3 live steam engines, in his NYC apartment. One has been donated to the NY State Historical Association which hopes to have it on display at some point. The other two are with my cousin. (One was like this one. The other was similar to the type that were common in opening up the West (and were seen at the driving of the Golden Spike. I don't have any pictures of either of them unless I'm confusing the one in the video for the other one.)
I finally found some home movie footage of my grandfather using his train. I narrated it uploaded it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o2BaBQHW1Q
I also have some pics which I will upload if anyone is interested.
Can anyone tell me what scale this is? I have seen pics of him and probably this engine at Pioneer Valley Live Steamers so it seems to be a "standard" gauuge of some sort.
I hope you enjoy this footage. It is priceless to me since I got to ride the trains too.
Cheers,
John L