On the far right! Gee, thanks!
Paul A
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From "PETER SHULL" <pdx.pete at verizon.net>
To: "Spridgeteers" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: No LBC content, just plain steam
> Sunday was a good day. I met up with Paul A. at the 2005 Great Oregon
Steam-Up
> in Brooks, Oregon. There were literally 100's of unique, steam-operated
> devices there, a good number of which were either huge or beyond huge.
>
> We actually got to see an actual, honest-to-goodness, really great big
steam
> roller (complete with steam) compete in a tractor pull. Even the ice cream
> maker at one of the concession stands was powered by, you guessed it, a
little
> steam engine. As if that weren't enough, there were all sorts of gas- and
> diesel-powered trucks and tractors and caterpillars (and even some old
50's
> vintage Champ cars on display.)
>
> It was especially interesting being there with Paul. In case you didn't
know,
> he is quite an authority when it comes to steam engines and trains of all
> descriptions. As a matter of fact, Paul was a boyhood friend of Robert
Fulton.
> Here's a link to a picture of Robert and Paul. Paul is the one on the far
> right of the picture.
>
>
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/celebrations2003/img/fulton.jpg
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