PLEASE NOTE: Due to rising safety concerns, beginning in 2010, The Pennsylvania Live Steamers will no longer host public run days in June, July and August, and will only offer admission to members and their guests.

Thank You

Check out the new photos posted of our Fall Meet and Picnic events.

Things are going along swimmingly with the Machine Shop. We now have a functioning large Milling Machine (One of Jet’s Bridgeport look-alikes). This heavy floor machine has a knee, large power feed table (36” or more) and a digital readout for the X and Y dimensions. A number of our members have contributed heavily in both time and donated items in order to bring this all about. I would especially like to thank Bill Manley, James Meadowcroft, Kenneth Evasew, Jim Salmons, Walter Mensch, Lee Nonnemacher, Bruce Saylor, Barry Shapin, and Richard Speak. Others have pitched in as well.

We had another successful workshop on Feb 7th, this one on threading by Lee Nonnemacher which was in my opinion just excellent—I learned a great deal. By the start of the running season this will make 6 workshops. If associate and regular members want to learn more about the skills involved in miniature railroading you definitely should take advantage of these great opportunities. A number of us “apprentices” are doing so and I would like to single out John Kane, a 16 year old minor, member who has been taking these workshops and doing very well at acquiring beginning machinist skills.

In addition to the workshops, the revamped Machine Shop is being used to do work for PLS club projects—most notably metal parts for the new roof over the Steaming Bays. It is definitely turning-out to be an asset to the club.

— Lynn Hammond