More Family History

This is a picture of my Great-great Grandfather Eitle's workshop in Kansas. Looks like some Tin Lizzies are getting repaired as I see a driveline and rear end on the ground, and another on the work bench. This picture is from circa 1915.

Hello all. Well we are in the midst of a big winter storm this weekend. Expecting up to 5" of rain and 75MPH winds. Oh well lets see what needs to be scanned. I came across this picture of my ancestors harvesting wheat in Kansas with their Case 30 Steam Tractor. John Eitle was my Great-great grandfather. My father's mothers, grandfather. That goes back some time ago. Not sure of the date, but here it is...

Steam's Up

Well today I test fired the recently overhauled Chloe Locomotive. I picked this live steamer up in a partial trade for my last locomotive. This engine had not been given the proper care and feed that is needed for a steam locomotive. The boiler tubes were damaged from running low water and most of the mud ring was plugged up from improper blowdowns etc. Anyhow you can go to my photo album and check out the photos. Next week I will track test the engine and see how it performs.
Until then...
Grumps

Welcome to the blog of Grumps Badger

Well you found me! Here I will carry on about stuff in my life but mostly about my life with trains.
I work on steam locomotives and build scale model ones also. Not sure how often I will post, but thanks for coming by anyway...

GRUMPS