Lake Shore Live Steamers.com

Located at

Penitentiary Glen
8668 Kirtland-Chardon Rd
Kirtland, Ohio 44094

The guys are using the transfer table lift to get cars out of the storage shed to make up the trains. Ethan Deptowicz and Robbi Haines stroll through the yard with Marty Pinkston behind them.

Lots of activity in the yard today as the trains are checked over and leave for their test run around the track before the Public Run. Ken Brooks departing the station with the GP38 fully loaded.

Richard Sales with his unique rider car behind his box cab unit as he leaves the station. Bill Besselman, who is sitting across from the loading area, is our passenger counter for today.

This is what the trains are all about..happy faces with the anticipation of the ride. Bill Bodemer, Bill Besselman and Paul Emch with Ken getting loaded with passengers by Roger Harnish.

Paul talking to Roger prior to the loading of his passengers. Tom Pappas, with John Koontz as his conductor, leaving the station with his load of passengers.

Bill is having a good conversation with Dick Philpott...look he's smiling! Marty with his boxcab waiting for Roger to finish talking with his passengers so he may start his next run.

With John Deptowicz and the Snoopy train behind her, Amy Deptowicz takes on her first time duties as conductor with Ethan. Wally Pausch looks over his shoulder for Roger to give him the "All Aboard!".

With Bill behind him, Dave Foster with his Speeders departs the station. Richard is all loaded up and looks too comfortable as he moves out for his next run.

Amy with her second first for today, is on her 1st run hauling the public. Ted Nyland with his interurbans is about to leave the station. Ted converted the drive from a jackshaft between trucks to individual motors on each axle on the front unit.

Marty at left watches as Roger checks the passengers on Dick Clarks train. Rick waiting for passengers to load is hauling three eight foot riding cars.

Bill talking with Scott Hewis as Tom advances the throttle on his switcher and the train starts moving forward out of the station. Amy coming into the station after her first run....ask her how it went...she learned about air brakes.

Edith Hacker having just unloaded the passengers on Marty's train. Rick coasting into the station to unload passengers with Lou DeLembo on the rear as conductor.

What in the world is Roger saying to Amy that he is being so expressive? With cast iron cows and a QSI sound board with mooing cows the kids get a big kick out of the stock car patterned after John Allens swayback car of HO fame.

After the public run Jake Knox runs Dave's speeders as we do two way running. Jake at the controls of the Snoopy train with Ethan and John behind him.