I am fortunate enough to live 10 minutes from Steamtown in Scranton Pa. My boys and I got lucky on Saturday and was able to see them Put Canadian National # 3254 to bed. She is a 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1917. My oldest son now wants to incorporate a roundhouse into our growing empire. I will have to now come up with a way to expand our layout a bit to fit a small yard. Sometimes the real thing can jumpstart projects that sorta loose steam !!!
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That's funny Glenn... My wife & I have been there several times & it has influenced my choices in a number of purchases. My hopes to add a turntable & roundhouse are right there with your son's. I have aquired a fondness for CN stuff as well. And I plan on a Mikado @ York from watching that loco run. Love that smell of steam locos.
John
My wife and I went to Steamtown and stayed at Lackawanna Station Hotel.
What an enjoyable trip. Steamtown is a great destination and the park employees are the friendliest!
Larry
flmtrain, my son has them in his ipod . I cannot even turn the stupid thing on and get it to play music let alone get a pic out of it. Woojr we were able to watch a diesel loco be put away first. It took the crew 5 minutes to shut her down. The steamer on the other hand was a 35 + minute job. The train crew taped on every nut and bolt with a hammer as well as every wheel and rod that you can think of . While all this was going on another crew member was draining oil and water out of several ports on the beast. The diesel era put a whole class of worker out of a job when that Milwaukee road bipolar outpulled those two steamers that fateful day.
Glenn
Steamtown, in spite of criticism it gets, is a unique jewel IMHO. You're a lucky man to live so close, Glenn.
Did you happen to find the hole where they buried all the money? 
Glenn, we were fortunate enough to get the tour of the backshop showing ongoing projects. I couldn't believe that diesel sounded just like the Legacy gp9 I have. At any rate, I think if I lived any closer I'd buy everything at the place. John
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