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meia gisborn

Greetings From Minnesota

The Twin Cities, to be exact.

I bought my very first steam engine nearly 30 years ago, when I was but a lad growing up in Singapore. If memory serves, it was a Wilesco stationary engine. Can't remember what happened to it, though, but I do recall having fun with it.

Fast forward to the present, which finds me living and working in the Twin Cities. For some reason, I was bitten by the steaming bug again, and in short order found myself in posession of a couple of new Wilesco steam engines--a D14 and a D455--courtesy of eBay. I've fired up the D14 and it runs like a top, but I've yet to raise steam on the D455.

In any event, I stumbled across this forum through a Google search, and found it to be a wealth of information about the hobby. I hope to learn more about steaming from the experienced members here, and perhaps meet some of you who might be domiciled locally.

Best regards to all!
Nick

from Kasson MN!
Ross

Welcome!

I have a D455 and Its the mobile with no wheels
robertosala



Hello there!!!

From El Salvador in middle America.

Rob
Les

Hello and welcome to the forum.  
Jason

A warm welcome from the Scottish Highlands  
steamyjim

Welcome to the forum!
IndianaRog

Hi Meia,

Nice to have another forum member from Minnesota...I'm from Indiana myself.  I rode a motorcycle to the Twin Cities from home about 4 years ago...great adventure!

cheers,
Roger
Sandman

A big Scottish welcome.
dampfmaschinenjoe 1967

We are very international here: A big welcome from Germany!
cheers Joe
Nick

IndianaRog wrote:
Nice to have another forum member from Minnesota...

That's four of us that I know of from MN, and Kevin's not too far himself.
gd9704

Welcome from warm and balmy (well, compared to where you are!) N.E. Ohio.  (Mid 20s F. today!)  
magpie38

welcome from cold and very snowy Co Durham
ministeamer

Welcome to the forum from Down Under!
Bugsy

Big welcome from chilly Sweden!
Steve_S

Welcome to the forum!
johnreid

Welcome from Indiana
meia gisborn

Gentlemen,

Thanks much for your warm and generous welcomes. I feel right at home already! It is indeed cold here in Minnesota and much of the midwest--this morning's temperature was a balmy -9ºF (-23ºC). I hope it's warmer where the rest of you are.

I'm glad to see we have other Minnesotans aboard; do you gents occasionally get together and talk steam engines?
Dampfmaschine

Welcome from the nightshift in Scotland
mogogear

meia gisborn wrote:
Gentlemen,

Thanks much for your warm and generous welcomes. I feel right at home already! It is indeed cold here in Minnesota and much of the midwest--this morning's temperature was a balmy -9ºF (-23ºC). I hope it's warmer where the rest of you are.

I'm glad to see we have other Minnesotans aboard; do you gents occasionally get together and talk steam engines?


Well. if it is so cold there- it must be time for a "hot dish", don't 'cha know???

Welcome from Oregon...but I will be in Anchorage next week...Brrrrr s
SlideValve

Big welcome from California!  
Nick

meia gisborn wrote:
Gentlemen,

Thanks much for your warm and generous welcomes. I feel right at home already! It is indeed cold here in Minnesota and much of the midwest--this morning's temperature was a balmy -9ºF (-23ºC). I hope it's warmer where the rest of you are.

I'm glad to see we have other Minnesotans aboard; do you gents occasionally get together and talk steam engines?

It was -20 down here this morning (-13 right now).

Have you been to any full size steam shows? There doesn't seem to be any small scale shows around here, but you can find them running in the sheds at the big engine shows.

What part of the Cities are you in? I do a lot of work up there.
kevininasia

Welcome to the forum, from Singapore, the land of your childhood.

If you ever find yourself back here, let me know - we'll have a beer and a steamup.

-23 you say? Brrrr.... that's a wee change from Singapore.
meia gisborn

mogogear wrote:

Well. if it is so cold there- it must be time for a "hot dish", don't 'cha know???

Welcome from Oregon...but I will be in Anchorage next week...Brrrrr s


Ya! You betcha!

The only "hot dish" I know of is whatever comes out of a microwave.

I haven't checked the weather report, but it would not surprise me one whit if it were actually warmer in Anchorage right now. My outdoor thermometer currently reads -1°F (-18°C).

(Okay, I just checked: it's currently a balmy 29°F in Anchorage, AK. Time to call my travel agent to book a flight there for my annual tropical vacation!)
meia gisborn

Nick wrote:
It was -20 down here this morning (-13 right now).

Have you been to any full size steam shows? There doesn't seem to be any small scale shows around here, but you can find them running in the sheds at the big engine shows.

What part of the Cities are you in? I do a lot of work up there.

Hello, Nick.

Nope, I have not attended any steam shows of any size up here. Where would I find information about such shows in MN?

I'm located just south of the Twin Cities, in Apple Valley. What kind of work do you do up here, if you don't mind my asking?
Nick

meia gisborn wrote:
Hello, Nick.

Nope, I have not attended any steam shows of any size up here. Where would I find information about such shows in MN?

This is the best website I have found for show listings,

MN:

http://www.farmcollectorshowdirectory.com/event/state/id/MN

IA:

http://www.farmcollectorshowdirectory.com/event/state/id/IA

(I listed IA, because there are a few shows in northern IA)

There's a pretty good show in Hastings, and there was a guy with some Wilesco engines and fairground accessories the last couple of years:

http://www.littleloghouseshow.com/index.php?id=antique_power_show

And there's also a big show in Rollag, but it's a long drive. I left my house at 2:30 am to get there by 7am (You're a little closer)

http://www.rollag.com/

(Forum member KevinKlein has attended that show along with forum member Spencer (but he hasn't posted much))

His 2 posts are here:

http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org...a315783.php&highlight=#315783

Most of the shows are in August/September, so they're a little ways off.

meia gisborn wrote:
I'm located just south of the Twin Cities, in Apple Valley. What kind of work do you do up here, if you don't mind my asking?

Road construction (concrete breaking), so you probably don't like me working near you!

(If you see a lot of belly dump trucks with a red cab and a yellow trailer, I'm probably in the same area)
Alf

boxman

from Yorkshire England
Burnmafingers

Enjoy the site  
Kevin Klein

Welcome from North Dakota.

Want some of our snow ?
meia gisborn

kevininasia wrote:
Welcome to the forum, from Singapore, the land of your childhood.

If you ever find yourself back here, let me know - we'll have a beer and a steamup.

-23 you say? Brrrr.... that's a wee change from Singapore.

Hi, Kevin!

Yup, was born and raised there, did my mandatory 30 months of National Slavery... er, I mean Service, came stateside immediately thereafter for university, got a job and decided to stay.

Thanks for the invite. I seldom return to Singapore nowadays, but if I do, I'll be sure to look you up!  

I read in another thread that you've been in Singapore for over 13 years. Have you decided to settle down there?
meia gisborn

Here are some pictures I took of my two new Wilescos a few days ago:







Les

Two very smart looking engines.  
Nick

Les wrote:
Two very smart looking engines.  

Agreed!

And very nice photos.
ministeamer

I'm starting to wish I'd bought a Wilesco instead of a Mamod.                                                                                
Maybe you should migrate to Australia in the winter. It's about 25 degrees celsius here.
Griffin

Welcome to the Forum.
meia gisborn

ministeamer wrote:
Maybe you should migrate to Australia in the winter. It's about 25 degrees celsius here.

Let's see, for the metric-challenged (i.e., me), 25°C works out to 77°F. That's, um, perfect.

Do you happen to have an unoccupied spare bedroom that I could rent for part of the year?  
kusuchi

A warm welcome from Richard and Andrew in the US Virgin Islands.




The Wilesco's look great!  Have you fired them yet?
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