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1 THE STEAM WHISTLE A Monthly Bulletin of the Chesapeake and Allegheny Steam Preservation Society, Inc. Facilities Located in Leakin Park, Baltimore MD (Off Windsor Mill Road near Forest Park Avenue) Tel. (410) Lawrence Law President GAUGES John F. O'Dea - Editor Michael E. Schroeder - Vice President 7.5 Robert A. Bayles - Stationmaster Charles W. Kinzer Secretary 4.75 Louis A. Koehler - At Large James L. Carpenter Treasurer 3.5 Steven Zuiderveen At Large VOLUME 30, NUMBER 5 MAY, 2004 Fred Bouffard s NYC Niagara Leads a Train of Pullmans at Leakin Park, with Mike Schroeder at the Throttle photo by Fred Bouffard We had our annual state boiler inspections at Bruce Hamilton s shop in April; a total of nineteen boilers were inspected by DLLR Deputy Boiler Inspector Bruce King. After Fred s locomotive was

2 inspected (this is the second year for this loco), a crew of friends brought it over to Leakin Park for a steamup. On the first trip around the main line, the loco ran light (engineer only), and was paced by the CALS electric loco running in the same direction on the parallel track. This first trip gave an opportunity to check out the operation of the loco and the condition of the track. It was also an opportunity to do some close-up video taping of the engine in operation. All seemed well after that first trip, so the string of Pullman cars was detached form the electric and hooked up behind Fred s loco. I suspect for a loco that size, even three heavyweight cars wasn t much of an effort. If there were twice as many people there, we could have hooked up twice as many cars and I expect the Niagara would have walked away with them. Here s another photo, with Fred himself at the throttle: 2

3 DIRECTORY CHANGES We have several directory changes this month; make a notation in your directory. Also note that in the past, phone numbers have been listed as home (H) or work (W). Nowadays more people are using cell phones, so in the future you can expect to see more phones listed as (C) for cell, as shown below. John Frederick s home phone is changed to Ray Short s new address listing is: SHORT, RAY Full Member 7111 SANDOWN CIRCLE BALTIMORE MD (C) Rick Steffe s new listing is: STEFFE, RICHARD C. SR. Full Member GOLDEN THOMPSON RD SHARON AVENUE MD (H) rcsteffe@bellatlantic.net (C)

4 LIVE STEAM MEET IN PA Andy Pullen has provided information about an upcoming live steam meet in Pennsylvania. It s at Kenny King s N.D.RR (Never Done Railroad). The dates are Saturday and Sunday, May 15 th and 16 th. Kenny is a member of the Independent Live Steamers in PA. The track is a mile long and is located in Latrobe PA, east of Pittsburgh. If you re interested, call Kenny at For Sale Railroad Supply Corp. Switcher Engine with Eaton Hydrostatic Transmission and a 4 HP Kohler Engine gauged for 7 ½ inch track. Plus a 74" Mountain Car Gondola with vacuum brakes, and a (nearly complete) Bobber Caboose. Also included with train is a ¾ inch plywood board to fit Chevy short bed truck with two tracks and tiedowns for train; and mobile dolly/stands for the engine and the gondola that attaches to the end gate with a ramp so you can roll the engine and the gondola from truck to dolly for storage or to work on them. Total Price $4,000. Contact Karen Cessna, Phone , 3537 Salem Bottom Road, Westminster, MD CALENDAR ADDITION I have added the monthly all-day (8 hour) work session (announced previously) to the calendar. This will be on the Saturday before the 3 rd Sunday of each month, i.e. roughly mid-month, for those who find it more efficient to do a longer work session because of travel distances, etc. Also, an advance heads-up: The annual meeting and picnic will be held on July 4 th (that s the first Sunday of July), and it s an election year for members of the club Board of Directors. Details will be announced in the June Whistle. 4

5 2004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATE TIME EVENT PLACE APRIL Wed 7 7:30 PM BOD & Member Meeting HQ Sun 11 11:00-3:30 Public Run Day Tracksite Fri-Sat :00 Boiler Inspection Hamiltons Sun 25 11:00-3:30 Member Run Day Tracksite MAY Wed 5 7:30 PM BOD & Member Meeting HQ Sun 9 11:00-3:30 Public Run Day Tracksite Sat 15 8:00-4:00 Work Day Tracksite Sun 23 11:00-3:30 Member Run Day Tracksite JUNE Wed 9 7:30 PM BOD & Member Meeting HQ Sun 13 11:00-3:30 Public Run Day Tracksite Sat 19 8:00-4:00 Work Day Tracksite Sun 27 11:00-3:30 Member Run Day Tracksite JULY Sun 4 12:00 NOON Annual Meeting & Picnic TBD Wed 7 7:30 PM BOD & Member Meeting HQ Sun 11 11:00-3:30 Public Run Day Tracksite Sat 17 8:00-4:00 Work Day Tracksite Sun 25 11:00-3:30 Member Run Day Tracksite AUGUST Wed 4 7:30 PM BOD & Member Meeting HQ Sun 8 11:00-3:30 Public Run Day Tracksite Sat 14 8:00-4:00 Work Day Tracksite Sun 22 11:00-3:30 Member Run Day Tracksite 4/30/04 JFO 5