Post by Russ Segner

 

Our next program will feature John Morrison. John has a very large garden railway at his home in Kirkland.  He has scratch built many locomotives for his layout.

He will feature a PowerPoint slide presentation of the locomotives of the Puffing Billy Preservation Society in Melbourne Australia. This is an operating 30″ gauge railway which uses a 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 Garratt and a number of small 19th century Baldwin 2-6-2s.

G Class Engine found on The Puffing Billy web site

He will also give a PowerPoint slide presentation of the Beyer Garratt locomotive’s history, design features and a comparison of it with the Mallet.

We meet at 6:45 Thursday March 16

Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center
16600 NE 80th Street
Redmond, WA 98052

Refreshments will be available.

Remember the photo contest.  This month will feature COLOR shots of models, so go through you collection of pictures you have taken and bring to share.