Model Railroading > Ridge Live Steam Railroad,Dundee,Fl.

Over the weekend I got a chance for a ride on
this nice railroad.Attached are some general
shots.

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

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They have operating sessions,in daylight as well as night.
This railroad is on "top" of a ridge that runs through
central Florida.A big hill to us,maybe 300' above sea level.
The view of orange trees is just beautiful.

Uncle Joe
50 miles west

Nice, but as a 1 inch live steamer, I am so surprised there are not more 3 rail tracks around the country to accommodate the smaller live seamers. You would get more interest from newbies if they could afford a train....

That is a fantastic Wabash caboose.

Why do they always call it "Live Steam" when all they're showing is Diesel reps?...

patd3985 Wrote:
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> Why do they always call it "Live Steam" when all
> they're showing is Diesel reps?...


I guess it's just become a generic term to describe sit on trains outdoors .
Regards,DK

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CPRR Wrote:
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> Nice, but as a 1 inch live steamer, I am so
> surprised there are not more 3 rail tracks around
> the country to accommodate the smaller live
> seamers. You would get more interest from newbies
> if they could afford a train....


Might be if someone who wanted it would help put the extra rail in. Takes a lot just to put two on the ground without switches and such. Many that had the third rail removed it because of lack of use.

tomstp Wrote:
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> That is a fantastic Wabash caboose.


Like the conductor on the back. By the way look at those buildings, great job to ever who built and maintains them Wow. They add much to a railroad but the amount of work to keep them up take hours for someone to do.