It was a cool damp day but there were no fewer than seven locomotives in attendance. And there was a steady stream of (150 or so) passengers hauled by Vince Bradley's Santa Fe diesel with, as usual, the Pedicini gang filling in. Here Brian is readying their 'Scott'.

Making its first appearance was Harvey Bond's ten-wheeler. This engine was built, but not quite completed, by the late Joe North. Harvey and Ed Habel have given the engine a thorough going over, adding the missing and replacing the needed parts. So it was great to see it ready for service.

There was no shortage of steam but, evidently, between the test run on blocks at Harvey's workshop and this debut something happened to the throttle linkage. Harvey pushes on the throttle but no steam is getting to the cylinders, a problem which I'm sure will be quickly corrected.

Harvey has really done a good job dressing the old gal up. Check out the boiler jacket, the red wheels, the polished brass and Southern valve gear.

It was great to see Bob Maynard and E.G.B. & Pacific #4.

Here Steve Chromik is at the throttle as he heads onto the main.

Then later, as Steve follows #4 back to the turntable, Jon Payne is ready to polish the 4-3/4" gauge rails with his one inch scale Alco RS-3.

We were honored to have Ken Hemmelgarn from Dayton and his 2.5" scale Mich-Cal Shay, which as you can see is a genuine hard working wood burner.

The Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad was well represented with a train here piloted by Joey Koehl.

Sorry guys, I just have to check who is riding on that caboose

7-1/2" gauge railroading is all about hauling passengers. Here, Mike Pedicini is doing his share.