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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!

Very interesting, thanks for sharing Gil!

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.

Here's hoping you have a wonderful time. 

We did!

Quote from: 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?

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!

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

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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