|
Preparing for locomotive construction: Hand chipping casting from patternmaking class; making castings, machining and assembling 1-hp model engine; blacksmithing..
Link to videos of blacksmithing and Sumpter Valley Railway: http://www.youtube.com/biofueltrains
We have steam history, preserved in memories, photographs, books and on the internet, with tiny bits contributed in steam stories and my steam stories pages.
Chuck Turner firing the Heisler at the SVRy.
We have historical railroads such as the Sumpter Valley Railway, with its wood-burning Heisler, the Golden Spike National Historic Site, with its new reenactment locomotives, the Niles Canyon Railway and its Robert Dollar No. 3 (the last US woodburner made), the Durango & Silverton cold firing up on wood briquets.
So far I have received SEVERAL emails!!! Thank you!
cturner (at sign) darewehope.org
Copyright © 2011 Charles Turner
Sept. 14, 2011