LILS member John Mehrling send along the following caption information for these
photos. Thanks John! Mainline bridge in the background, transfer table and
groundline (7 1/4")Long Island Live Steamers
2 August 2008
6:00 AM August second saw us (Terri and I) departing for the Long Island Live Steamers Rail Fan Day. This is a day when LILS invites members of other clubs with interest in railroading to visit the LILS facility in Brookhaven LI. Traffic on I95 was not too terrible for a change and we made it to Brookhaven at 9:06.
We were greeted warmly and made to feel very welcome at the track. Here are the photos I took at the track. As always help with names to go with faces and trains will be most welcome!
A note about the video clips: Because they are very large files I suggest retrieving the MPG clips like this, right click on the camera icon, then left click on "Save target as", tell your computer where you want the file to be saved then resume browsing. After the file is saved look at it then delete if desired. The WMV files should work fine just by clicking on the icon.
LILS member John Mehrling send along the following caption information for these
photos. Thanks John! Mainline bridge in the background, transfer table and
groundline (7 1/4")
Michael Miano and his 1.5" scale 0-4-0 Camelback switcher
Club
owned 1.6" scale Southern Pacific Baldwin VO
switcher
Groundline
water tank, turntable and roundhouse. Richard Courtesis (with his back to
the camera) and Dennis Hennington are inserting a new layup track.
Trains going by 
MPG
44M WMV
3M
This is George Luhrs, wonderful model maker and all around nice guy. If you have attended any of the Cabin Fever shows you may recognize George from his display in the lobby of the exhibition hall.
1"
scale coal fired Atlantic
Unloading MPG 104M
WMV 8M Tom Oversluizen's car used to transport his 1" scale
train You can pack a lot in a Ford Escort wagon if you are careful.
Unloading from van MPG
66M WMV
5.5M
Eric Steinberg and his Dad, Bob preparing their 1" scale train for a trip
around the track on the Highline.
Tom Oversluizen and his 1" scale coal fired Atlantic
Walter Poppe with his 1" scale Pacific Electric RR interurban
baggage/express motor. I had the treat of two loops around the Highline
behind Walter's engine.
Train Master of Babylon grill team.
Highline video MPG
52M WMV
4M
Highline video MPG
55M WMV
4M
When we left LILS we headed into Brooklyn to se the waterfalls that are set up this summer in NYC. The maze of streets in NYC had our GPS gadget going around in circles but finally we found the spot we were looking for and took these photos of the waterfalls. I guess that art is whatever someone decides it is.
