What's New: 7/18/1998 - 6/30/1999 - Geared Steam Locomotive Works

What's New : 7/18/1998 - 6/30/1999

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06/26/1999

Added to the Heisler Images page:

photo of Big Creek & Telocaset RR #5
additional info on F.A. Addington #1

Added to the Shay Images New page:

Carolina Ship Building Corp. #1	Edward Rutledge Timber Co. #104
Kaul & Hall Lumber Co. 4	Sultan Railway & Timber Co. #5

06/14/1999

Added to the Heisler Images page:

2 photos of Rapid City, Blackhawk & Western #7
A photo of Swayne Lumber Co. #5

06/13/1999

Added 2 photos of Saulk River Lumber Co. #23 to the Willamette Images page.
Added photo of Moore - Keppel Co. #3 to the Climax Images page.

06/05/1999

Added a new locomotive (CSF&E #1) and associated builder, Vulcan Iron Works of California, to the Other Geared Pages.

06/03/1999

Rearranged the Shay Image Pages into alphabetical order by owner to better organize the growing number of images.
Added new images to the Shay Images New page: Batson McGehee #2, Fernwood Lumber Co. #16, Edward Rutledge #104, & Western Pine Lumber #5.
Changed to a new & improved search engine, "Site Miner" on my Search Page.

06/01/1999

Added new information on the Davenport DK&S #3 in the Other Geared section.

05/29/1999

Added a new section on Other Geared Steam Locomotives. Also added a site Search page & Mann's Creek Railway book.

05/21/1999

Added 2 new Shay builders photos with specs. Central Monserrate #9 & Weber-King Lumber #8 to the Shay New Images page.

05/09/1999

Added a Video Sources section to the Links Page.

05/05/1999

Added California State Railroad Museum as source for Shay construction drawings on the
Plans Page

05/02/1999

Middle Fork R.R Co. #7 - Heisler restoration update added to News Page

04/28/1999

Large quantiy of Shay builders photos with specification sheets added to the Shay Images New page.

04/27/1999

Discussion Forum / Message Board Added

04/18/1999

Updated the Plans page with the listing of geared steam plans available from the Underground Railway Press.

04/11/1999

Added and made corrections to the text on the Heisler page. Replaced text refering to Dunkirk Engineering Works (incorrect) with Dunkirk Engineering Company (correct) on the Dunkirk pages. Added photo of the first Heisler - F.A. Addington #1 to the Heisler images page. Added more links to the Links page.

04/02/1999

Photo of Stimson Mill Company #23 - Restoration update.

03/29/1999

Photo of Mt. Tamalpais Rwy. Shay #5 added.

03/29/1999

42 Ton Heisler For Sale ... added to News Page.

03/26/1999

New Links added to Links Page.

03/24/1999

New Dunkirk photo added. Nichola Lumber Co.'s "Ruth Park"

03/20/1999

Moved half of the books on the books page to a 2nd books page to improve load time. Created a
Shay Images - New page for newly added Shay images(& ease of maint on my part). Added photos of Santa Cruz Lbr + Big Rapids & Western Shays to this new page.

03/18/1999

Shantytown Rwy (NZ) Climax #1203 photos & info added.

03/13/1999

Shay 1925 - Restoration Update

03/07/1999

Stimson Mill Company #23 - Restoration Update

03/06/1999

MEDCO #4 - Willamette - Restoration Update

03/02/1999

Sources page for Geared Steam Locomotive Plans & Drawings .... added

02/28/1999

W.H. Eccles Lumber Co. #3 - Heisler being restored. See News Page

02/18/1999

News page added for what is happining in the world of Geared Steam Locomotives

02/12/1999

Repaired broken links. Minor cosmetic changes.

02/11/1999

Added Site Awards page. Moved the Home page's "miscellaneous" page navigation bar to top of that page from its former location in the middle of the page.

01/29/1999

Dunkirk / Gilbert pages added.

01/28/1999

Arkansas Traveler 4 wheel photo added. Added same and 2 truck vertical boiler Class "A" to Class... table on Climax main page.

01/27/1999

W.H. Eccles Lumber Co. #3 - Heisler Photo added.

01/10/1999

Owen-Oregon Lumber #4 Willamette Photo added.

12/28/1998

The book Logging by Rail The British Columbia Story is added to and reviewed on the "Books & Periodicals" page.

12/27/1998

Added a Steam Cylinders - Type subsection to the Climax Components pages

12/25/1998

Created 3 Shay image pages from the one and added new images here and here .

11/17/1998

Links page added.

11/07/1998

Animated Shays, Heislers, & Climaxes added to their respective pages.

10/31/1998

Neat Stuff page started. Get your own FREE geared locomotives. Added Baldwin Geared Components Pages.

10/29/1998

New geared books ( Logging Railroads of Alabama & Shay - The Supplement) added to the Books & Periodicals page.

10/27/1998

New railroad calendars on Books & Periodicals page. One of Kinsey Locomotives.
Magazine Article Database of Geared Steam Locomotives

10/24/1998

New look for the titles on all the pages. The dates on the site are now Y2K OK!

10/23/1998

Started Baldwin Geared page.

10/16/1998

Started Willamette Components. Made this page Y2K ok. Minor redesign of Willamette Page.

10/15/1998

Site Map added.

10/14/1998

Tilted Shay Cylinder photos added. Shay photos added.

10/13/1998

Willamette photos added.

10/11/1998

Campbell Limestone #9 Heisler photo added.

10/10/1998

Willamettes were different.... section added to the Willamette page.

10/09/1998

New Shay , Heisler & Climax photos posted.

10/07/1998

Added "Tilted Position" section to cylinder portion of Shay components page. A "Willamette was different than Shay" page is in draft stage of editing, soon to be posted.

10/06/1998

Geared Locomotive Lithographs Page added. NICE!!!

10/04/1998

Willamette page added.

09/28/1998

Posted image of vertical boiler Class-A Climax in Boiler section of Climax Components page. Corrected text from 4 trucks to 3 on the Western Maryland Shay #6 on the Shay Page. Added "Unsubscribe" selection to Mailing List Page.

09/27/1998

Added Drivers section to Climax Components page. Photo added to Climax Image page.

09/26/1998

More text added to Boilers section on Climax Components page. Railroad books & calendars added to Books & Periodicals

09/24/1998

Text was added to the Climax page. Boilers section started on Climax Components page.

09/21/1998

Added more MAPs. Cleanup & fix misspellings.

09/20/1998

Information on Hillcrest #9 Climax added with link to its current physical location. Also, with this update, we are beginning to use a mapping service so you can see (in 2D) where a place is located on the map. Any where you see the word MAP, click on it to see a location on a map. Only three MAPs have been implemented and they are on the Climax image page.

09/17/1998

Added Sides text to Shay page. Corrected "right" side being called "left" side in paragraph above this new Sides paragraph.

09/03/1998

Changed home page background to use a color instead of the "pine.jpg" to improve load time & reduce missing images on the home page.

09/01/1998

"Logging Railroads of the Sierras" video added. Reworded Climax Class "B" text to reflect horizontal & inclined cylinder units.

08/30/1998

Working Climaxes located in New Zealand & Australia!

08/23/1998

Climax Components page added. Saddle Tank Heisler photo added. Created 2nd page of Heisler Components.

08/22/1998

Moved "What's New" section from home page to a new page. Implemented compressed version of "pine" background throughout site to speed load time. Added images of each Climax type produced behind the "A", "B", "C" on the Climax page.

08/11/1998

Geared Survivors page added.

08/02/1998

Video pages added. Formalized Mailing List added to home page.

08/01/1998

Truck top view and Saddle Tanks added to Heisler Components. Better resolution image of Heisler cylinders. Climax image added.

07/30/1998

Stacks & Sand Boxes added to Shay Components Page 2 Added Shay Components Page 2.

07/26/1998

More text and images added to Shay Components.

07/23/1998

More Shay Components
Removed two gearsets from top of home page.
Expanded Shay Classification Table

07/20/1998

New page added>>> Shay Components
Classification table added to Heisler Page.
What's New Home Page section

07/18/1998

New page added >>> Heisler Components

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