Lake Shore Live Steamers.com

Located at

Penitentiary Glen
8668 Kirtland-Chardon Rd
Kirtland, Ohio 44094

Marty Pinkston with his new scratch-built electric powered locomotive arriving back to the station eastbound. The activity up at the steaming bays included Dave Foster, Rick Nagy, Ted Nyland, Josh Frank and Skip Frank as Ted and Skip's equipment is readied for running.

Dick Clark with his SW1500 takes the Ted's Connection after passing over the westbound mainline crossing as he heads towards Zip Junction. Hal Seiler brought his Galloping Goose and it is set out on the ready track alongside the Perry Willis Car Barn.

Ron Trenhaile with his F40ph electric powered diesel engine is eastbound as he's running back towards the station with Paul Zorko riding behind him. Scott Hewis was at the storage barn checking out the electronics on his Southern Pacific Loco that runs on 36 Volts.

Hal Seiler running his scratch built Galloping Goose as he passes by Lester on his way westbound to the mainline track. Later on I caught Hal almost at the same place as he passes by Frank Foti standing alongside the track.

Ron Trenhaile has added a battery powered leds light at the remote switch throw for the switch that leads to Ted's Connection that works on a cam action. Ron Trenhaile eastbound into the station almost at the point where he installed the light for the remote switch throw.

Ted westbound with his American loco as he leaves the steaming bays and passes along side of the his namesake "Ted's Connection" in the extreme left hand of the picture for the track that crosses the mainline. Don Speidel with his New York Central SW9 as he approaches the station.

Ted running his interurbans and his steamer's tender, which is between them, up on the steaming bay's turntable. Frank Foti brought his little steamer that he bought from the estate of George Davidson to have its boiler test done today.

A close-up view of the builders plate on the smoke box door of the little steamer showing that it was built in 1962. Here we have Frank Foti twisting East Winds nose.... Excuse me, headlight!

The little steamer is a 0-6-0 with a 7 1/2 inch gauge that is a switcher engine and hasn't been run in a good many years. Skip Frank had "Lynn" which is a Colombia engine with a 2–4–2 wheel arrangement simmering on the siding in front of the steaming bays ready to do some work.

Ted Nyland's American reposing up on a steam bay after being run. Here we see Frank wrestling with a dangerous green snake trying to protect East Wind from the great deluse of water, but it will be a losing battle.

Ron, eastbound, arriving back at the station with Dick Clark as his passenger. Marty all smiles as he pulls out from one of the sidings alongside the station as he heads out on the mainline for another run.

Josh Frank at the controls of Lynn with his grandpa Skip riding behind, having just passed over Justin Tyme Bridge. Ron watches as Frank lubricates his little steam engine as it reposes upon one of the steaming bays.

On the back side loop of the station Rick Nagy with the club's GP 38 running eastbound with Frank Smoley as his passenger. Frank running eastbound with East Wind as he just starts over the Big Bend Bridge as he adds coal to the firebox of his engine.

Rick with the club's Rail System's GP 38 as he rumbles off the Big Bend Bridge running eastbound. Adam Pekeltis with his grandpa Bob give a wave to Dick Clark who just acquired the signal on the Branch Line block they just departed.

Rick descending the grade from Horrendous to Filmor as he approaches the Branch Line junction to the mainline. Same train from a different viewpoint as he waits for the block signal to clear with the Branch Line to the left.

Dick Clark, running on the Branch Line, checks for traffic as he approaches the crossing of the mainline at High Creek. After unloading his train Bob Butler backs through the switches in the main yard to gain access to the mainline.

Members and visitors gathered by the water tower sidings and enjoy some conversation. Matthew Tomko helps Frank move the little engine on to the turntable.

Bob Butler from the Erie Metro Live Steamers with his partner Brooke riding behind him as Dave Foster talks to them with Mark Riegel and Richard Sales looking on. This is how Frank makes the little engine earn his keep. East Wind was really pushing the engine.

The little engine that could, couldn't, so he got pushed by Frank the big bully. A view looking down on the coupling between the two engines with the exhaust rising out of East Winds stack.