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Open House
Posted by Marty Cozad on Thursday, October 7, 2004 8:45 PM
We'll I should have posted this earilier, but we are having a live steam "steam-up" here Oct 9 ,10th
Some folks from different web sites and about 6 states. Sounds like great weather and should have a good turn out. I'll post photos later.
If you've never had an open house , its easy, just start with two couples and run trains and have snacks. Open house does NOT mean alot of people, it means fun sharing your trains.[;)]

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Posted by bman36 on Thursday, October 7, 2004 9:58 PM
Hi Marty,
Gee...I gotta' work this weekend. Live steam??? Sounds like a good time. Hope all goes well for you! Will be waiting for the photos. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 1:53 AM
Marty,
Wish I could be there, from your photo's I would love to visit. Have a good weekend & keep em on the tracks.
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by Gary Crawley on Friday, October 8, 2004 2:38 AM
Marty
I would love to get into live steam, maybe one day, have a great Open House (fantastic idea) and look forward to some great photos.
Regards
Gary.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 6:23 AM
If I left now I could be there around 8:00 eastern standard time. 12 hr 13 min drive.[:D] or 792.54 miles. That's two tanks of gas and 1 1/2 packs of smokes and at least 2 1/2 pots of coffee[:D]
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Friday, October 8, 2004 9:18 PM
Matt, we'll keep the light on for ya.!!!
1st live steam of the evening.


Some guys brought their own switching crew


Railfans on tour.


more to come tomorrow

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Posted by bman36 on Friday, October 8, 2004 10:10 PM
Hey Marty,
Right on. Looking forward to seeing more! Steam on...Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Saturday, October 9, 2004 9:35 PM
had about 6 shays running, the main problem is they ran out of fuel to soon on our 460 ft lower line.

Here the guys are helping a new comer to live steam.

Jerry Barns scratch built live steamer


Shad Pulley from My Large scale.com dropped by to run his gunderson train ,,with mine.


So we finally got to have our ribbon cutting for the MLS canyon bridge

Great weather and good run times. 3 train wrecks, nothing major. When you have 6 trains going at once and folks talking ,,anything can happen.
More photos later.
This is a great hobby.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 9, 2004 9:45 PM
Marty, wish I could have been there! It's really cool for you to have opened your home to so many!
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:39 PM
It happens to the best of us.

Live steam in the early cool AM sunshine. I bet Kevin Strong wishes he was here now.





I guess everyone wants to plan another weekend for next year. I have lots to do before then.

Stan ran his Prescott Canyon tour train.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 11, 2004 6:56 AM
Marty
great pictures, I like your canyon bridge , yesterday i was running a train and it got windy , the train just started in to a turn, a gust of wind came , the cars droped 20 inches to the ground . one needed some repair, glue does wonders. Ben[:)]
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Monday, October 11, 2004 7:06 AM
Ben
I ended up buy a wind sock to see which way it is blowing hardest. Sunday around noon, we had to put the container train away cause of the wind..

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 11, 2004 8:59 PM
Marty puts on a great open house. Everyone had a great time running trains and fellowship. If you can I encourage you to have or go to a open house. Thanks Marty for a wonderful weekend.
Henson Tittle
Lincoln, Arkansas
P.S. I'm the one setting the train back on the tracks after hitting the stalled train in front of me.
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Monday, October 11, 2004 10:08 PM
Thanks Henson, Your one of the best train operators we had, I think T W S is the one to blame here. Thats a nick name we gave a dear friend. ( train wreck Stan)

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 11, 2004 10:47 PM
Marty, Out of curiosity how many feet of track do you have down anyway?
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Posted by bman36 on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:58 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt

Marty, Out of curiosity how many feet of track do you have down anyway?
Hey Matt,
Marty's line is huge. If I recall correctly he said around 1500' when we were there. The upper loop is VERY long. We were'nt able to run on that one due to all the rain he had prior to our visit. Marty and his family are wonderfull hosts. I can easily see why the guys want to come back next year. Marty even built an area for the live steam guys to set up and get things heated on their equipment. Can hardly wait till the day we can head out that way again. This hobby is awesome! Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:56 PM
Then I was right the other day when I said he was the Aristocraft poster child[:p], and that they ought to just give him the track, rolling stock, engines, etc![:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:57 PM
There is a bloke here in Australia called Kevin King from a place called bBargo about 10 km south west of Sydney and he has a layout so big the main straight is said to be 100 m (110 yards) long and he rides a horse to get around it all. I have not seen it myself but I have heard.

However Marty's layout is awsome and very well done.


Rgds Ian
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:31 PM
Matt
, Aristo has been kind enough to keep my #2 NTCGRR on their website,, "articals and Photos," see "Seasons in Nebraska"
I had a fence around it cause all the neighbor kids came to our house to plan.
Ian, if I had more $$$$, I know it would be bigger. But now the yard and weed work is getting to much.
I love to creat scenes around the the track for the trains to pass through..
IThe hobby has been good to me, and its fun sharing.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 11:18 AM
carpenter matt
how do you post a picture on this forum?????? Ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 11:48 AM
Benny click on this thread by spankybird he explains very well how to do it. You pictures have to reside on the web somewhere though. He includes a site from which you post your pictures on.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20382

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