Another very interesting and full weekend. Jen and I were invited by some friends to attend a picnic on a vineyard in Napa held by a the Rolls Royce owners club that they are members of. Aside from an opportunity to take a ride out to Napa in a 1949 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, I decided to go because the owner of the vineyard we were headed to had a working replica of a water powered mill complete with machines and tools all powered by flat belt pulleys. He was also building a 7.5" gauge railroad around a small lake.
There was a handful of vintage Rolls Royce and Bentley vehicles that attended the event. There are many pictures of the mill, cars and railroad in this gallery. Enjoy.
The other exciting news from the weekend is that a new locomotive has been purchased with the help of my friends David and Henner. We decided to each pay equal shares, making it the first official locomotive of our steam powered railroad; the East Devils Hill Lumber Co. The locomotive is somewhat famous because it was the subject of a series of articles in Live Steam magazine and later, a book titled Logging with Steam. There are more pictures in this gallery. There are also pictures and a posting on MyLargeScale.com describing the locomotive and some of it's history.
Full steam ahead.
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