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Engineer B. N. Kurth driving Engine No. 284 with Train No. 180 "The Fast Mail"
on the 1.5% upgrade tangent approaching Kendahl siding.
Image recorded by B. M. Caughron 2007.
LIVE STEAM RAIL CAMP is an educational opportunity for persons to witness, and participate where permitted, in the construction, operation and maintenance of Edward "Bud" Buker's Original Deerfield and Roundabout Railway operated by the Lake Forest Live Steamers Railway Museum Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
THE DEERFIELD AND ROUNDABOUT RAILWAY established in 1977 in unincorporated Lake County, Illinois. Is a one-eighth scale steam powered outdoor model railway, constructed, operated, and maintained in order to demonstrate, on a reduced scale, railway engineering principles and practices typically used during the middle period of the Twentieth Century in the United States.
WHEN IS IT: The second Saturday of the months of May, June, July, August, September, October and November of each year.
Live Steam Rail Camp shall promptly start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 pm. It is important that all participants be on time. Any late comers will not be allowed to join in the operating.
LIMITED OPENINGS: Due to the nature of Edward "Bud" Buker's Original Deerfield and Roundabout Railway, not more than ten (10) Live Steam Rail Camp participants may attend on a given day.
Reservations for an opening must be sent to the following via e-mail address:
A return confirmation with additional information will be e-mailed back to you.
TIMETABLE AND TRAIN ORDER rules from the period circa 1930 are used to authorize the movement of trains on the railway.
PARTICIPANTS MAY INCLUDE: Active or retired railroad professionals; model railroaders of any scale; faculty or students of railroad engineering studies; railroad historians; railroad enthusiasts; active or retired machine tool, metal working or wood working professionals; amateurs whose interest is machine tools, metal working or wood working; and other persons interested.
Live Steam Rail Camp participates shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older, shall provide documentation of proof of age if requested and shall all execute a waiver releasing Lake Forest Live Steamers Railway Museum Incorporated from liability.
INSTRUCTIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND HANDS-ON CLASSES IN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ARE SUBJECTS GIVEN EACH
LIVE STEAM RAIL CAMP MONTH.
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