| Superior-Garratt, built by Dave Hottman. I guess the crew left the roof open to enjoy the sun... |
| Rob and Steve ran some beautifully detailed and weathered Colorado narrow gauge equipment. |
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| This event marked the first time the new table extension was connected to the layout, enabling us to setup a logging scene. |
| We brought four donkeys: two of them were run (one setup for yarding using a North bend configuration and one setup for crotch line loading). |
| All the rigging was attached to two spar trees custom made for this use. |
| The four donkeys are visible on this picture. From left to right they are: - The first prototype donkey, currently awaiting its transformation into a pile driver. - A brand new one, arriving on a flat car (notice that the smoke stack is folded down) - The loading donkey. - The yarding donkey. |
| This is the loading donkey. |
| Ready to move! This donkey is loaded on one of Eric's heavy duty flat car. Notice the logging disconnect on the right, used as a spacer between the flat car and the locomotive. |
| Here is one of the spar trees. They are made of a closet rod covered in Magic Sculpt, expertly shaped by Eric. |
| The base of the tree: this area hides a short section of steel pipe welded onto a two square steel plate with a half inch threaded rod extending through the table. This heavy duty construction was required as there is no room on the table for guy wires. |
| A small extension was added on the outside of the layout to mount the second tree. This enables us to load cars on the siding. |
| This view shows the base of the tree, the table extension, the bottom two inch square steel plate, the wing nut and the half inch threaded rod. |
| A log being loaded. |
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| The yarding sheaves: there are made of white metal casting bodies with turned brass pulleys running on steel axles. |
| The large sheave used for the haul-back line of the yarding setup. Its pulley has not been blackened yet. |
| This buldozer started as a 1:25 scale die-cast model. Eric rebuilt the cab, the operator controls and the seat to turn it into a 1:20 scale model. It still need a paint job... |
| Henner brought is fine scratch-build A-Climax. |
| It was used, among other things, to pull a string of brand new gravel cars. |
| This is an Argyle 4-4-0. |
| I am not sure how this picture ended up looking like this. It is certainly an interesting effect. |
| This Mimi ran very well. |
| This was the first run for this Willi. After a few hesitations, it ran like a clock. |
| This complete Fort Wilderness train added a colorful touch to the day. |
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| This was the first public appearance of Gary's live steam Wienermobile. It is built on two Ruby chassis powered by a Shay boiler. It is radio controlled. |
| The bun is made from a sculpted piece of wood. The wiener is a 22.5 degree angle connector used for industrial electrical conduit. The boiler is mounted inside the wiener with its backhead facing forward. |
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| This was an expensive meeting for me: I bought a Tiny Power H2 mill engine. Eric's Konrad on the left gives an idea of the size of this thing... |
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