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I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history. | I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history. | ||
It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the PVLS. And it still is a top performer. | It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the PVLS. And it still is a top performer. | ||
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File:KeithTaylor PVLS August 2012.jpg|Keith Taylor running Herb and Joe Hild's ¾” scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific at the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 60th meet, August 2012. | |||
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File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com] | File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com] | ||
File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013. | File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013. | ||
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Revision as of 21:47, 28 April 2013
Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2002. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.
Letter to Ken Shattock
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 7:19 AM
Subject: IBLS Secretaries
Hi Ken
I took over from Bob Hornsby and during the time that I was East Coast Secretary Ken Rodig was the Mid-West Secretary and Paul Winslow from Winnipeg was the Canadian Secretary. Dick Thomas was the West Coast secretary during that time.
I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history.
It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the PVLS. And it still is a top performer.
Keith
Keith Taylor running Herb and Joe Hild's ¾” scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific at the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 60th meet, August 2012.
The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From FriendsModels.com
Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.
