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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Live Steam Locomotives => Topic started by: jerseysteam on March 04, 2019, 05:46:24 am

Title: Re: Midland & Main Steam Railway
Post by: jerseysteam on March 05, 2019, 07:56:41 pm

Thanks for setting up the loco board!

 

Title: Re: Midland & Main Steam Railway
Post by: RedRyder on March 05, 2019, 07:30:49 pm

Great stuff, Dave...!!!

Thank you for requesting the Live Steam Locomotives Board.

Great to see you are already posting here.
I also took a peek at your website and you have some really nice photos up there..
This one: https://sites.google.com/view/midlandmainsteamrailway/home

Gil

Title: Re: Midland & Main Steam Railway
Post by: Jon Cameron on March 04, 2019, 06:09:26 am

That's great to hear, bringing kids into the world of steam, you have my utmost support on that front.

I'll check the link out when on lunch later. 😉

Title: Midland & Main Steam Railway
Post by: jerseysteam on March 04, 2019, 05:46:24 am

The M&MSR is now online so that anyone interested can see what's new (or old):
https://sites.google.com/view/midlandmainsteamrailway/home

Not much new on the outdoor steam railway. I'll be filling in those gaps in the deck when I have some time in a few weeks. I'm really glad that I left out switches (points). With Split Jaw rail clamps in place, the track work is super quiet. Everything has stayed level so far.

The Midland Sidings shunting puzzle (though not live steam...) is now Isle of Man themed, though clearly freelance, and has had quite a few changes since I mentioned it elsewhere a while ago.

I'm also running a model railroading elective course for some of my Grade 4 students beginning next month. We'll study principles of electric and steam locomotive operations, economics of railroading, scale and size (using scale rulers and math), logic puzzles (using a 'portable' G scale Inglenook Sidings) and, most importantly, run trains! This will be, pun intended, a STEAM class - to use the latest U.S. educational flavor of the month terminology. It's all good stuff, though. I've shared some of my live steam videos and the kids are mesmerized, so that's a good sign.