Canandaigua Pageant of Steam

Some off the steam traction engines at the NYSEA's annual Pageant of Steam.

Last August I attended the New York Steam Engine Association’s Pageant of Steam.  Their annual show is a huge four-day event held on 100 acres in Canandaigua NY, which is in the western part of the state, about 35 miles south

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What I saw at Cabin Fever 2011

Richard Carlstedt's incredible working model of the ironclad U.S.S Monitor's steam engine.

Something new this year was the big pile of dirt the show’s organizers brought in for a huge model of a dragline excavator that was kept busy filling up radio-controlled dump trucks.  Playing in the dirt looked like a lot of fun

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“Cabin Fever” Model Engineering Expo – January 15 & 16, 2011

This picture shows just a small part of the steam engine exhibit area at the annual Cabin Fever Model Engineering Expo in York, PA. The show is huge and unfortunately I don't have any photos that can show you just how big it is.

We’re about a month away from the 15th annual

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2010 N.E.M.E.S Model Engineering Show

I enjoyed Cabin Fever so much that I made a trip last month to the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, Massachusetts, to attend the New England Model Engineering Society’s 14th annual model engineering show.

The show was much smaller than Cabin Fever and there were no commercial vendors,

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