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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 12, 2023, 05:38:33 pm
Very impressive collection of Brent and a great journey Gil.
Thanks - I am totally flabbergasted - steamers heaven
Arnold
Yes... a steamer's heaven for sure!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 12, 2023, 05:37:48 pm
The video for the Jensen #51 can be found here:
https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/general-discussion/super-rare-large-jensen-51-steam-power-station-tested-on-air-and-live-steam-anot/new/#new

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: tenniV11 on March 11, 2023, 02:51:58 pm
Very impressive collection of Brent and a great journey Gil.
Thanks - I am totally flabbergasted - steamers heaven
Arnold
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 11, 2023, 10:31:03 am
After 3 jaw dropping hours with Brent, we hit the road again to begin our trip home. By this time we knew a substantial winter storm would be bearing down on us and hitting hardest where we live in Connecticut. It was our hope to get home before it got to our home or to us on the highway.

Simone and I are very thankful that Brent opened his home and collection to us and even more grateful that he not only gave us a guided tour of his amazing collection but allowed us to share the visit with all of you along with including some of his own great videos.

We left Brent's at 6 pm and rolled into a hotel near Jensen in Greensburg, PA. In the morning after check out, we drove the 9 minutes back to Jeannette for one last Jensen visit on the way home. We pulled out of Jeannette that as the rain began from the leading edge of the storm. After about 30 minutes on the road we drove out from under the storm which would then chase us all the way home. We got home about 6 pm... yes, a bit exhausted. However we beat the storm! 

We got Michelle and C.C. into the car and went to Appleby's for a dinner we didn't need to make or clean up after. As the food arrived at our table, the snow arrived outdoors... Now this was good timing!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 11, 2023, 09:06:39 am
I aye eye aye eye aye eye

That is really more than a person can reasonably take in .... but it is certainly worth the trying!

Thank You so much Brent, for opening your astonishing collection to us all, for our viewing pleasure!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: SteamerJ on March 11, 2023, 09:05:56 am
That’s a top notch steam museum!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Steamloco on March 11, 2023, 08:31:35 am
Too much for simple words.... :o
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: IndianaRog on March 11, 2023, 06:45:49 am
Gil, thanks for sharing the goods at Brent's place...so much gorgeous hardware!

Rog
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: classixs on March 11, 2023, 01:18:23 am
WOW!!! :o
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 10, 2023, 09:56:29 pm
Oh my , oh my ,oh my....that is some really nice machinery, love all of it, thanks for a good long peak at your fine collection Brent.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 06:53:16 pm
And......

The Big Machines...

Here are full sized stirling cycle pumping engines from Fanning, Ericsson, Rider.


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And here is Brent's video of the Rider Compression Engine

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A Fanning Hot Air Pumping Engine model

https://youtu.be/sqpT44lxCoo



Full sized original Fanning

https://youtu.be/RrQkPsl4p7Y
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 06:44:08 pm
And some more.....



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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 06:37:16 pm
As promised.... the video (mine and Brent's)


https://youtu.be/Rhvfk2U7_8w



This Marklin Engine House is a very substantial piece and it is dwarfed by the machine next to it.

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Here is Brent's superbly produced video of his Marklin steam and electric workshop.

https://youtu.be/DuABsUxMhr8
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 06:28:57 pm
Next up is a machine beyond spectacular. It is a super large Marklin Machine shop powered by steam or electricity. I the video you will see it running on it's original electric motor. Brent rebuilt the steam engine and returned it to perfect full function.

Here are some pictures and a short video.

Enjoy,

Gil


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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 06:13:26 pm
How exactly, do I get my eyes back into my head after seeing all of that?!?!
But wait..... There's more!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 10, 2023, 06:04:15 pm
How exactly, do I get my eyes back into my head after seeing all of that?!?!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 05:24:26 pm
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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 05:19:03 pm
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2 Marklin Stirling Cycle engines
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A rare Marklin locomobile (traction engine)
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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 10, 2023, 05:07:03 pm
The 5th and final major stop on our road trip brings us to the home of Brent (parallelmotion) and his amazing collection.


Brent gave us a wonderful guided tour through his amazing collection. We saw some of the finest toy steam engines ever produced and some great full sized original Stirling Cycle pumping engines from the likes of Ericsson, Rider, and Fanning.

Below you will see photographs of a most spectacular Stirling Cycle powered phonograph that was manufactured by Hispano-Suiza in Spain and acquired recently from Australia by Brent. At some point in the not too distant future Brent will produce and publish a video about this machine including a live demonstration. This will be worth waiting for!

I will publish a video of his equally spectacular Marklin Machine Shop.

Enjoy,

Gil


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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Nick on March 08, 2023, 08:42:30 pm
As promised.... here is the video for the 4th major stop on our road trip.

Enjoy!

Gil

Notice:  YouTube claims I have a Miranda Lambert track blocked in Russia owned by SME on behalf of Epic/Nashville and is blocking access at the moment... at least for some territories. I am working on it. Evidently there are 13 seconds of one of her songs that just happened to be on the radio when we were being filmed. You can barely make out the song at all and it has nothing to do with us. I may try to cut out the 13 seconds from 10:59 to 11:12. The radio is in it longer than that but they don't seem to have caught more than 13 seconds. I tried applying for a license for the song or album. Still waiting to hear    back. It would not bother me at all if the song played clearly and was an integral part of this video but it isn't even close to important here.
Issue solved by cutting out the 13 seconds in question. At least YouTube made that pretty easy to approve and get done. The dumbest thing is the song goes on for another 30 seconds or so after the part they asked me to remove. At 11 minutes in, you can barely here the part of the song they allowed to stay and you couldn't hear much more of the removed part.

https://youtu.be/H7XTRYV6QVE

Finally had a chance to enjoy this whole video, I really missed out!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 08, 2023, 10:49:29 am
Oh yeah .... I had forgotten that Rog also built one for somebody else too!

Any way you slice it these big guys are all WAY COOL!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: SteamerJ on March 08, 2023, 10:26:08 am
They are impressive, but so big. I would have to take a regular 50 just for the size. I saw one on the bench at Jensen’s quite a few years ago and it was even huge on that.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 07, 2023, 07:43:34 pm
It is sooooooo good to see such a rarely seen wonder as a Jensen 51. That it is going to Bill through Gil by way of Charlie just makes it all the more special.

But shouldn't the count on Jensen 51's be 28 if we count Rog's wonderful creation?!?!
I'll add the rest of it's history. It was purchased new in the mid 1990s by a well to do family for their young son. What a lucky boy he was! Fast forward about 20 years and this fellow had grown up and decided to sell it. Our own CrazyDoug got it from him. Eventually he passed it on to Charlie. Charlie took custody of it at Cabin Fever the same time Doug took custody of a Major Beam that I passed on to him. Charlie protected it well and delivered it to me in in Indiana and in great condition.

Regarding Roger's 2 creations.... They are considered by IndianaRog himself to be 51-R and 51-R2 (R stands for replica) So the count would have been 29 if they were included. Rog's examples actually have more lamps and generators than the production models and I think a couple other improvements.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 07, 2023, 06:53:01 pm
It is sooooooo good to see such a rarely seen wonder as a Jensen 51. That it is going to Bill through Gil by way of Charlie just makes it all the more special.

But shouldn't the count on Jensen 51's be 28 if we count Rog's wonderful creation?!?!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Nick on March 07, 2023, 05:44:48 pm
Charlie must’ve needed some room 😂 I did get to see this one in person, very impressive!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: IndianaRog on March 07, 2023, 05:08:01 pm
Sweet example of a 51 there Gil. 

It amazes me the subtle differences among all the original 27 examples of the 51...little things like water fittings, built in pulley on the governor base, hour meter, water height gauge, boiler feed tube from water pump etc. (or not) etc.  I suppose as each was built over time, the availability of components was a factor and/or simple improvements in available parts and pieces. I love it!

Rog
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 07, 2023, 04:00:09 pm
This post will show a Jensen #51 Power Station that Charlie brought up from Texas and turned over to me to bring back this way for our friend Bill, it's new owner.

It is here at the Office of Steam for now and so far has gotten a good cleaning and a gentle hand polish with Simichrome and microfiber towels.

You can see in the before pictures it was in excellent condition as received.

Below are photos before and after.

Enjoy,

Gil


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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 07, 2023, 03:39:29 pm
Hi Jim, I agree. I was there and I edited the video. I still enjoyed watching it again!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Jim on March 06, 2023, 06:04:44 pm
As promised.... here is the video for the 4th major stop on our road trip.

Enjoy!

Gil

Notice:  YouTube claims I have a Miranda Lambert track blocked in Russia owned by SME on behalf of Epic/Nashville and is blocking access at the moment... at least for some territories. I am working on it. Evidently there are 13 seconds of one of her songs that just happened to be on the radio when we were being filmed. You can barely make out the song at all and it has nothing to do with us. I may try to cut out the 13 seconds from 10:59 to 11:12. The radio is in it longer than that but they don't seem to have caught more than 13 seconds. I tried applying for a license for the song or album. Still waiting to hear    back. It would not bother me at all if the song played clearly and was an integral part of this video but it isn't even close to important here.
Issue solved by cutting out the 13 seconds in question. At least YouTube made that pretty easy to approve and get done. The dumbest thing is the song goes on for another 30 seconds or so after the part they asked me to remove. At 11 minutes in, you can barely here the part of the song they allowed to stay and you couldn't hear much more of the removed part.

https://youtu.be/H7XTRYV6QVE

How good was that to watch huh !!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: IndianaRog on March 05, 2023, 09:03:34 pm
Gil, it has been a week since we all gathered for some primo steaming....watching that video makes it seem like it just happened today.  Thanks to Simone for filming and putting up with such a "guy gathering"...

Rog
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 05, 2023, 07:45:19 pm
Bravo....
I was there and don't remember all of the footage, very nice work Simone & Gil, absolutely loved it !
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 05, 2023, 06:28:29 pm
Thanks Jan, Arnold, and Daniel.

I wish you all could attend a nice steam gathering with us!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: classixs on March 05, 2023, 04:57:26 pm
What an amazing video!!!

I really really enjoyed watching this, felt like being right there with you guys.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us all Gil!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: tenniV11 on March 05, 2023, 01:16:09 pm
that was a very nice steam party - great video
thanks Gil - the locomobile is incredible beautiful - and all others of course
Arnold
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 05, 2023, 11:15:59 am
AWESOME!!!


Too tongue tied to say anything else just now!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 05, 2023, 10:00:04 am
As promised.... here is the video for the 4th major stop on our road trip.

Enjoy!

Gil

Notice:  YouTube claims I have a Miranda Lambert track blocked in Russia owned by SME on behalf of Epic/Nashville and is blocking access at the moment... at least for some territories. I am working on it. Evidently there are 13 seconds of one of her songs that just happened to be on the radio when we were being filmed. You can barely make out the song at all and it has nothing to do with us. I may try to cut out the 13 seconds from 10:59 to 11:12. The radio is in it longer than that but they don't seem to have caught more than 13 seconds. I tried applying for a license for the song or album. Still waiting to hear    back. It would not bother me at all if the song played clearly and was an integral part of this video but it isn't even close to important here.
Issue solved by cutting out the 13 seconds in question. At least YouTube made that pretty easy to approve and get done. The dumbest thing is the song goes on for another 30 seconds or so after the part they asked me to remove. At 11 minutes in, you can barely here the part of the song they allowed to stay and you couldn't hear much more of the removed part.

https://youtu.be/H7XTRYV6QVE
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 05, 2023, 09:58:25 am
Looks like an amazing meet you guys had, am really looking forward to the movie now.
Thanks, Jan. It is ready!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: classixs on March 05, 2023, 07:14:57 am
Looks like an amazing meet you guys had, am really looking forward to the movie now.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: tenniV11 on March 05, 2023, 03:33:13 am
a very impressive journey - I like the steam punk top hat
and all are in a nice company - thank you
Arnold
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 05, 2023, 12:43:49 am
I just finished editing a lot of film clips and I am now uploading a 25 minute video of a few great friends mostly talking engines. I will get it published early tomorrow. 

It is 1:40 am here and I need some sleep after a day that began with clearing about 300 feet of driveway, shoveling walks and steps, the deck, and then there was the plumbing leak I had to repair.

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 03, 2023, 09:20:57 pm
That sure was a steam packed day, from playing with Rogers #50 ,to the very early Jensen steam plant Gil brought plus a 2cyl & 4 cylinder Holt engines and V-twin Harley style engine, Charlie brought a  solor fan (very nice) A very vintage & intact loco mobile he just picked up from Brent, A Jensen #51 peeking out from behind a seat in his truck and we topped it off with a nice meal at Cracker Barrel restaurant. You got some pictures I didn't know about Gil 😊
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 03, 2023, 06:51:54 pm
EVEN MORE WWWOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 03, 2023, 06:40:52 pm
We would loved to have seen you there, Nick!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Nick on March 03, 2023, 06:21:54 pm
Sure wish I could have been sitting there with all of you!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 03, 2023, 05:52:51 pm
There will be video footage of this visit. I have yet to extract videos from Mrs. RedRyder's phone.

I will try to post them tomorrow or Sunday.

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 03, 2023, 05:44:53 pm
We rolled into Bruce and Angie's place and the fun was non-stop from arrival to departure.

This was an absolute top shelf steam gathering. 

Below is a picture of St Paul Steam, Red Ryder, txlabman, and IndianaRog.
AKA  Bruce, Gil, Charlie, and Rog.

This was a real treat. Meeting IndianaRog in person was a great. He and I have exchanged hundreds of e-mails and phone calls for nearly 18 years and I finally got to shake his hand!

The fine gentlemen you see in the photo with me are all of the kind who make a great hobby even better.

Preserving history is always fun, however, it is these kinds of people who make a good hobby great..!!

Gil


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Bruce polished the heck out of this Jensen 25 and had it nickel plated

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Here we are preparing to steam up Bill's D-Valve Jensen Big Power Plant  

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Here is Mrs. RedRyder aka Simone wearing Bruce's steam punk hat.
Bruce got this as a gift from his family.

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Some more of Bruce's great creations.

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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 02, 2023, 08:46:59 pm
Tomorrow I will add the next leg of our trip to Indiana and the home of St. Paul Steam.

Bruce and Angie hosted a great visit! 

Stay tuned!

Gil
Can't wait till you get here...oh wait, you've already come and gone 😀
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Post by: Stoker on March 02, 2023, 06:10:21 pm
WOW!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 05:52:04 pm
Tomorrow I will add the next leg of our trip to Indiana and the home of St. Paul Steam.

Bruce and Angie hosted a great visit!  

Stay tuned!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 05:46:33 pm
The next leg of our journey brought us further into Ohio and the home of Randy Calhoun... who is most known for developing the Jensen #51 Power Station. For his good friend Tom Jensen Sr., Randy built all but 2 or 3 of the 27 Jensen 51s that were produced.

At Randy's home I brought in our friend Bill's slide valve very early 1930's Jensen Big Power Plant which has a true D-Valve and a 6" diameter riveted boiler. Of course, we had a steam-up with it. This piece came on the road with us with full permissions obtained in advance from Bill.

Here is a video of our steam-up.

Enjoy!

Gil


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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 04:38:26 pm
Here you can see a picture of George Hughes, yours truly, and Paul Debolt.

I also took pictures of some of his machinery. 
They have a very impressive shop.

Gil

George Hughes, Gil, Paul Debolt and a scale model of a 4 HP Star Gas Engine
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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: SteamerJ on March 02, 2023, 01:44:18 pm
You should have called me, I would have met you at Jensen’s. How did you like those engines that Tom SR made for himself?
Yep
I wish I had thought of that. It was 1:00 am when we arrived in Greensburg.

I would have been getting ready for work at 1:00AM. It would have been a good reason to call off.😊😊😊

I’m glad that you are enjoying your self!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on March 02, 2023, 11:53:23 am
Absolutely, a visit to Jensen is a dream trip all in itself, but I happen to know that you went further afield than that, by quite a lot, so I'll stand by and stay tuned, waiting for the pictures and videos that I am certain sure are yet to come!!!

Thanks for bringing us all along with you Gil!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 09:46:30 am
Here's hoping you have a wonderful time.  :)
We did!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 09:45:16 am
Raphael, Arnold, I sure would enjoy coming to France, Switzerland, and the rest of Europe!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 09:41:27 am
You should have called me, I would have met you at Jensen’s. How did you like those engines that Tom SR made for himself?
Yep
I wish I had thought of that. It was 1:00 am when we arrived in Greensburg.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 09:35:38 am
If you are in the Philadelphia area you are welcome to stop by for a visit. Safe travels!
That's a very nice offer.
We will be happy to visit one day!
Gil
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Post by: classixs on March 02, 2023, 08:50:22 am
Very interesting, thanks for sharing Gil!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Nick on March 02, 2023, 08:30:48 am
Great pictures Gil!! Can’t wait to see more of your trip…
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 02, 2023, 07:43:46 am
You should have called me, I would have met you at Jensen’s. How did you like those engines that Tom SR made for himself?
They are all wonderful machines!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: SteamerJ on March 02, 2023, 04:00:53 am
You should have called me, I would have met you at Jensen’s. How did you like those engines that Tom SR made for himself?
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 01, 2023, 07:37:55 pm
After leaving Jensen we went to Debolt Machine to visit with Paul Debolt and George Hughes.

I'll add pictures tomorrow.
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on March 01, 2023, 07:32:33 pm
The first leg of our road trip took us to the home of Jensen Steam Engines.
Here we enjoyed a nice visit with Aleta, Mrs. Jensen (her Mom), and Andy Guy.
I also bought a few parts.

I had previously asked Aleta if she might have a picture of her grandfather, Tom Sr. and Tom Jr. together.
She came up with a gem she allowed me to photograph to share on our forum. It is taken at the big toy fair in New York City in the 1960s. It shows Tom Sr., his wife Mrs. Jensen, and Tom Jr.

Aleta showed us her own very special Jensen 20-S (unfired). Tom Sr. made only a few of these for his grandchildren and one for his good friend Randy Calhoun. The 20-S has a 4" boiler, 2 immersion heaters, a #50 style throttle valve and wheel. The boiler also has 2 site glass windows and a #50 style blow down valve and safety valve, pressure gauge, and of course, a generator.

We also saw a new #50 engine... a work in progress.

Gil

Tom Sr, Mrs J, and Tom Jr.
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Tom Sr. on a birthday
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Tom Jr. on a birthday
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# 50 engine
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Aleta's Jensen 20-S
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Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: skeptic49 on February 24, 2023, 05:29:27 am
If you are in the Philadelphia area you are welcome to stop by for a visit. Safe travels!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: IndianaRog on February 23, 2023, 03:57:34 pm
Enjoy Gil...we need a full report with pictures!

Rog
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Stoker on February 22, 2023, 10:06:17 am
Well now ...... this ought to be a ton o' fun!!!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: classixs on February 22, 2023, 08:35:42 am
Hope you both have a great time Gil!
Will be looking forward to the updates :)
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on February 22, 2023, 07:55:54 am
Here's hoping you have a wonderful time.  :)
Thanks, Bruce! I am quite sure we will.

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on February 22, 2023, 07:55:05 am
Can’t wait to see where you end up  :)
Me too!
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on February 22, 2023, 07:54:13 am
Europe is a great idea and must be accomplished in the future. Regretfully just not right now.

Thank you, Raphael and Arnold!

Gil
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: St Paul Steam on February 22, 2023, 05:45:14 am
Here's hoping you have a wonderful time.  :)
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: tenniV11 on February 22, 2023, 05:27:31 am
Hi Gil - maybe you will visit Switzerland

Arnold ;D
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Nick on February 22, 2023, 04:45:51 am
Can’t wait to see where you end up  :)
Title: Re: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: Raphael on February 22, 2023, 01:44:00 am
Bonjour Gil,
Would you come in Europe  ;) ?
Title: Mr. & Mrs. RedRyder will be taking a Road Trip to Meet Up with a Few Forum Members
Post by: RedRyder on February 21, 2023, 09:52:36 pm
Updates coming soon!

Gil