December 10 There's a nice 3-3/4" scale 0-4-0 tank engine and tender offered in an estate sale
in Ft. Worth, Texas, on our classified ads page.
It burns coal or propane and probably makes a sweet sound.
John Lovely has an Atlas bench lathe for sale
in the
Want Ads. He has added a picture and some more
details to the listing.
October 25 -
Dan Morris has posted his pictures of the fall meet on his website
South Shore Communications. The pictures can be viewed
here.
The first Toy Drive Light Run meeting will be
held Saturday, November 3rd at 12:30 in Ford Station. If you would like to
be involved with this please come to the meeting or contact Jim Manley or Bill
Myers. We need extension cords, generators and help putting up the lights
and decorations. The run nights will be Friday and Saturday, December 7th
and 8th.
October 14 - A new vendor is being listed in the links. As
mentioned at Saturdays business meeting,
The Great American
Train Company has sent us some fliers that will be available at the Fall
Meet.
October 8 - The October Stack Talk has been posted in the
Library.
John Lovely has one archbar truck
from Real Trains. He is looking to buy another or sell the one he has. The
price is negotiable. Please contact John at 928-774-7589 or
jmlprod@aol.com.
September 18 - An open letter to MLS members was sent in.To
Maricopa Live Steamers members:
Never in the history of the club has so much work been done by so few for
the good of the many.
For the members that are using the rails of the club not knowing about the
entire storm damage and what has happened to put it back into shape, every
member of Maricopa Live Steamers needs to thank the few for the work that
was done. There were a number of bridges put in. Landscaping has
been done at each location to improve water flow. It also looks great.
Track has been leveled and ballasted. I for one thank the track and
ballast crews. We would not have track to run on, if it were not for
them. To think that most of the work was done in 110 degree heat!!!!
From a very grateful member,
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 14 - A flyer was put together by
Bud Waterworth advertising Sunday run days. Bud has handed out over 1000
of these flyers. If you would like to pass the flyer out as well, it can
be found here.
A group of school kids will be visiting us
on Friday, October 26th. Bud Waterworth has signed up to help but we need
more people. If you can help, please let Bud or Jim Manley know.
August 25 - The 2007 Engineer's Exam is available.
As a reminder, all members operating equipment are required to pass an
engineer’s test annually with a passing score of 90% prior to operating
equipment on MLS track per Safety Rule 513. You can take the exam online
or print it out and take it. Both versions are available
here.
August 12 - The proposed bylaws were passed
unanimously by those in attendance of the general membership meeting.
August 11 - Photos of the Spring Meet were
sent in by Joe McKiernan. They can be viewed
here or through the photo gallery on the homepage.
Insurance for your
train equipment can now be obtained through Gulfway Insurance. Bill Myers
has details here.
August 5 - Photos of the concrete work
completed on 7/7/07 are available
here or through the photo gallery on the homepage.
August 2 - "Just the facts, ma'am."
The MLS facts sheet presented in the club house can be found
here in PDF format.
August 1 - The first new sign has been installed on the
Farflung branch at Brown Bear. Here are Joe and Bill after setting the
post in "quick drying" concrete on a HOT June Saturday.
July 29 - Jim Brown has written an article
about the automation of Adobe City and the systems used. It can be
found on our articles page
here. If you would
like to submit an article to be posted on our website, email Jim Manley here.
We can help you with grammar. and spelin' if you need it. The more
articles our members write, the better our club becomes.
July 25 - Registration for the 2nd Annual Ops
Meet can be found
here. Winterfest 2008, as it is to be called
this year, has been expanded by another day. As a reminder, the club voted
to close the railroad to all traffic that is not part of the meet for the days
that operating sessions are scheduled (Thursday - Saturday). If you've
never tried this before, it is a lot of fun. Come and try operating like
the full size railroads. Just like last year, we need to borrow cars to
truly make this event a success. If you would like to loan your cars
to us for the meet please contact Jim Brown here.
June 16 - A new article by Al Ford has been posted on our articles page
here. If you've ever
had questions about our switch machines be sure to check it out.
June 6 - A Little Engines "Atlantic" kit is for sale
in the Want Ads. An Accucraft Shay kit is for
sale as well.
The 2007-2008 Sunday Run Schedule has begun to be posted
here. More
updates will be posted soon if you have already volunteered. If you have
not, please consider doing so. If you want to see last year's schedule
click here.
May 18 - Bill Lowe's Spring Meet photos have been posted
here.
April 18 - More Spring Meet photos have been posted
here.
Six new construction photos of Taylor Bridge are at the bottom of
this page.
April 16 - Photos of the Boy Scouts that came out to help at the
end of March are posted
here.
Pictures of the West Transfer Table construction are
here.
April 2 - Spring Meet photos have been posted
here.
Thanks to John Draftz, two of MLS'
founding members were caught together for a "photo op" at the Spring Meet.
Pictured below are Roger Netz (L) and Don Bauer (R).
March 28 - MLS member articles can now be found
here or accessed through the "MLS Member Articles"
link on the left side of the home page.Below is Jerry Smolyk
test riding a new engine. I
still think Ayden Burns (further down the page) is cuter on his Thomas Engine.
Nice try, Jerry.
March 6 - Hank Gallo's pictures of the Fox 10 News visit have been posted here.
March 5 - Jim Ashcraft's pictures of the Fox 10 News visit
have been posted here.
March 2 - Cory McCloskey of Fox 10 News paid MLS a visit
earlier this week. To see more pictures follow this
link. To see a short clip of Cory running Bill Pardee's Hudson
on the Fox News website follow this
link.
February 28 - Wesley Crossing is being installed.
Below, Bob Douglas works to put it the new diamond crossings to allow the Far Flung branch to cross the Arntchoo branch.
Behind him, you can see that the track is almost to the crossing as well.
February 26 - MLS' youngest engineer,
Ayden Burns, was
out shining the rails back on February 10th. Here he is riding his Thomas
engine coming back in on the Werner branch.
February 25 - The Track Inspection Crew was
seen out on the Far Flung Flats branch today. Be on the look out for the shady characters
shown below. The lead character in the photo is considered to be a
"flight" risk since he used to fly rather large aircraft and should be apprehended at
once. Once apprehended he should be "tied down" or as a last resort wheel
chocks can be used.
February 20 - Photos from February's Friends Event
can be seen here.
February 18 - The all metal Hiawatha
pictured below is one of the latest products
from Retro 1-2-3.
This loco and tender are approximately 1:20 scale and are about 55" long.
Another new product is this 1:8 scale fire engine shown below.
Photos: Bill Unglaube
More Operations Meet photos have been
posted here.
February 8 - The new bridge on the Far
Flung Branch is nearing completion.
More pictures can be seen
here.
Moore photos (pun intended) of the
operations meet are posted here.
January 29 - Operations Meet photos
are available for viewing.
They are available
in the Photo Gallery.
January 16 - Master Switch Builder Bill Lowe has written a very
informative article about how switches are put together at MLS.
The article can be found here.
January 15 - A water leak near MLS
caused our normally dry rivers to look like the real thing. Pete Pennarts
was there and captured it for us.
January 14 - Oh, the weather outside is
frightful...
And we think we have it bad when the temperature dips down to 29
degrees like it should tonight. Jerry Smolyk sent in some
pictures from a place where "cold"
doesn't begin to describe it. Now imagine having to re-rail a locomotive.
Follow the link above for more photos.
January 11 - From the "Remember When..."
files.
Al Ford graciously spent hours sifting through boxes of old photos to
come up with the gems we have for you today. More of these early days can
be seen in the "Remember When..." Gallery.
If I have misspelled a name or you have additional information on a photo,
please email the webmaster.
If you have photos of the early days at MLS, send them in or give them to Jim
Manley and we'll get them posted as soon as possible.
January 9 - Tom Harrington sent in the following picture
of his recently converted (now electric-powered) F7 Diesel. Vice President Bill Myers was overheard commenting
about how nice it is to not have to shout at Tom (over the lawn mower engine
noise) anymore about wearing his seatbelt.
If you have photos of members having fun at MLS, send them in and they'll be
shown in the Members Gallery.
January 7 -
More pictures from Jerry Smolyk's Stack Talk article
on the Baldwin 107 that was used in the making of the Brad Pitt movie, “The
Assassination of Jesse James”, can be seen
here.
January 1 - Mama needed a new dress.
Bill Lowe replaced some of
the roof that the sun had decayed on the switch building barn. It
has a nice paint job to keep it protected now. He also painted the switch
building table. Below is Bill with his handy work. Thanks Bill.
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