The Line
That Buker Built

Always Keep Clear of
Railway Tracks and Trains
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Lake Forest, Illinois U.S.A.

The New Workshop for Rail Fans
 
Preserving the almost lost language of railroading.

Charter Member of ATRRM
Now Known As
Heritage Rail Alliance
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An educational demonstration steam powered 7 and 1/2 inch gauge railway operated
under circa 1930 Standard Code Time Table and Train Order Rules by the
 
LAKE FOREST LIVE STEAMERS RAILWAY MUSEUM INCORPORATED
 
 
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   S A F E T Y   F I R S T
 
      Live Steam Rail Camp ®
 
Membership Information
 
Time Table and Train Order Railway Operation
with Selected Time Table and Train Order Operation References on Last 2 Pages
 
DRRY Transportation Rules
DRRY Special Instructions
Current Time Table for the Government of DRRY Personnel Only
with Associated Time Table Chart
DRRY Transportation Rule 986 for Steam Locomotive Engineers
DRRY Fundamental Transportation Rules and Special Instructions
Actual Track Layout Drawing and Aerial Image
with Main Track Occupancy Information
DRRY GX Interlocking Train Crew Manual
with Roundabout-Critchley Manual Block Signal System Instructions
DRRY GX Interlocking Control Machine Operator Manual
Dispatcher's Record of Movement of Trains "The Train Sheet"
 with Recent DRRY Documents and 1948 Vintage Southern Pacific Lines Documents

Full Scale Practice Documents Upon Which DRRY Documents Have Been Partially Based
C. M. St. & P. RR. Time Table No. 8 of October 25, 1970
Consolidated Code of Operating Rules Edition of 1967

 Recommended Technical and Historical Reading List
    
  The Model Steam Locomotive
 
Engineering Data for DRRY Locomotives
DRRY Eng. No. C&O 308 Operational Information for Engineers
 
Track, Wheel and Engineering Data and Drawings
 
Fundamentals of Steam Locomotive Boiler Water Level Management
Principles of Steam Injector Operation
Fundamentals of Steam Locomotive Tractive Force
Steam Locomotive Valve Gear Animation Videos
Steam Locomotive Operation with Wide Open Throttle and Short Cut-off
Fundamentals of Railway Curve Superelevation
with Explanation of Curve Radius and Degree of Curve
Finding Dead Centers        Setting the Eccentric Crank
Robinson Track Circuit Electrical Characteristics