Live in Cuba…

Live Steam in Cuba I don't know what the glitch was but the third photo is now in this second send out - and relates to the description of the Simon Bolivar. The Sugar Mill that houses this steam locomotive museum and operating trains is a popular reference on the internet.  Here's one site that shows an extensive overview of pictures of the mill and locomotives:   http://web99.login-23.hoststar.ch/CubaN/Salado/Salado.htm I thought I'd find out about the locomotives and found this description and thought you might enjoy it:  "Simón Bolivar (Mill 448)  was one of a pair of mills of unusual 2'3½" gauge, east of Caibarién. While its locomotives were invariably scruffy, the 'bank at Bolivar' was one of the stiffest tasks on the narrow gauge in Cuba, a steep climb for empties up to the plateau south of the mill."

Train Day

Hi everyone,
It is a train day today, and these are pictures from the 2012 train convention in Seattle.  WHen we look at the photographs, it is hard to tell they are scale replicas.  Standing at the layouts, everything appears so real as though we are Gulliver travelling in a special world.