Keith Taylor - Revision history

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Secretary

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	* Term: 1998 - 2004		* Term: 1998 - 2004
	* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]		* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]
	* Successor: ~~None~~		* Successor: [[Kenneth Shattock]]

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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Secretary

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	* Term: 1998 - 2004		* Term: 1998 - 2004
	* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]		* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]
	* Successor:		* Successor: None

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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			Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2004. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.

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	* Term: 1998 - 2004		* Term: 1998 - 2004
	* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]		* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]
	* Successor: ~~[[Ralph Tucker]]~~		* Successor:

	~~Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2004. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.~~

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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			== Secretary ==

			* Region: East Coast
			* Term: 1998 - 2004
			* Predecessor: [[Bob Hornsby]]
			* Successor: [[Ralph Tucker]]

	Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2004. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.		Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2004. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.

	== ~~History~~ ==		== Biography ==

	To: Ken Shattock		To: Ken Shattock
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	I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history.		I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history.

	It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]]. And it still is a top performer.		It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their 3/4 inch scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]]. And it still is a top performer.

	Keith		Keith

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History

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	File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.		File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.
	File:Keith Taylor 142 BelvidereDelawareRiverRR NewJersy Oct2013.jpg\|Keith Taylor running the 142 on the Belvidere and Delaware River RR in New Jersey, October 2012. Photo by Ginny Taylor.		File:Keith Taylor 142 BelvidereDelawareRiverRR NewJersy Oct2013.jpg\|Keith Taylor running the 142 on the Belvidere and Delaware River RR in New Jersey, October 2012. Photo by Ginny Taylor.
			File:KeithTaylor ThreeQuarterCamelbackAtlantic.jpeg\|Keith Taylor at the throttle of a 3/4 inch scale Atlantic 4-4-2 Camelback.
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History

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	Now that I am retired, I needed to find ways to occupy my time. In addition to the live steam hobby I am also involved in restoring and installing at our home a 1919 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.		Now that I am retired, I needed to find ways to occupy my time. In addition to the live steam hobby I am also involved in restoring and installing at our home a 1919 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.

	I still prefer the smaller scales in the steam hobby. And they have the advantage that my wife is able to load my little Maisie into our car by herself. It is a little tough for me to help with a cane in each hand.		I still prefer the smaller scales in the steam hobby. And they have the advantage that my wife is able to load my little [[Maisie A Great Northern 4-4-2\|Maisie]] into our car by herself. It is a little tough for me to help with a cane in each hand.

	I have attached a photo taken of me just weeks before my accident. Last August’s meet at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]] was the first time in over twenty years that I felt well enough to run one of my engines.		I have attached a photo taken of me just weeks before my accident. Last August’s meet at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]] was the first time in over twenty years that I felt well enough to run one of my engines.

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History

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	I still prefer the smaller scales in the steam hobby. And they have the advantage that my wife is able to load my little Maisie into our car by herself. It is a little tough for me to help with a cane in each hand.		I still prefer the smaller scales in the steam hobby. And they have the advantage that my wife is able to load my little Maisie into our car by herself. It is a little tough for me to help with a cane in each hand.

	I have attached a photo taken of me just weeks before my accident. Last August’s meet at the PVLS was the first time in over twenty years that I felt well enough to run one of my engines.		I have attached a photo taken of me just weeks before my accident. Last August’s meet at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]] was the first time in over twenty years that I felt well enough to run one of my engines.

	Thanks again!		Thanks again!
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	I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history.		I got one of the first copies of the Charlie Purinton book and it is a treasure trove of live steam history.

	It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the PVLS. And it still is a top performer.		It is especially meaningful for me as I knew several of the men in the book. In the book you will see several pictures of Herb and Joe Hild and their ¾" scale Coventry B&O President's Class Pacific. These men were mentors to me when I was just a kid with a love of live steam locomotives. They never cared that I was just a kid; they could tell that I had a real and genuine interest in live steam and machining. They took the time to teach me how to run a lathe and the safe operation of steam boilers. I have a photo that shows me running their engine at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 60th meet this past August. Their engine was begun in the late 1920's and finished in the 1930's. It is now owned by Robin G. of the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers\|PVLS]]. And it still is a top performer.

	Keith		Keith

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	Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until ~~2002~~. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.		Keith Taylor served as the IBLS Secretary of the East-Coast Region from 1998 until 2004. He is a retired locomotive engineer from Maine.

	== History ==		== History ==

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History

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	File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg\|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers, circa 1959. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com]		File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg\|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers, circa 1959. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com]
	File:Keith Taylor at Three Bridges 1991.jpg\|Keith Taylor, taken at Three Bridges, just weeks before the accident that disabled him.		File:Keith Taylor at Three Bridges 1991.jpg\|Keith Taylor, taken at Three Bridges, just weeks before the accident that disabled him.
	File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.		File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.
			File:Keith Taylor 142 BelvidereDelawareRiverRR NewJersy Oct2013.jpg\|Keith Taylor running the 142 on the Belvidere and Delaware River RR in New Jersey, October 2012. Photo by Ginny Taylor.
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	Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 11:51 AM		Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 11:51 AM

	My maternal grandfather worked for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He and I used to ride on his pass from his home in Stamford, Connecticut into New York City just so I could ride a train. I never suspected as a kid that when I was riding behind a NH EP-5 into NYC, that someday I would be running the train that delivered the last EP-5s to the scrap dealer, Naporano Iron and Metals. My dad was supportive of my hobby and the best present I ever got was ~~that~~ Atlas lathe and castings.		My maternal grandfather worked for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He and I used to ride on his pass from his home in Stamford, Connecticut into New York City just so I could ride a train. I never suspected as a kid that when I was riding behind a NH EP-5 into NYC, that someday I would be running the train that delivered the last EP-5s to the scrap dealer, Naporano Iron and Metals.

			I found the Eastern Live Steamers when I was five. My dad was supportive of my hobby and the best present I ever got was a six inch swing Atlas lathe and castings for a Friend's Models Tom Thumb when I was eight.

	I ended up as an engineer on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and later with Conrail and Amtrak, where I was a Road Foreman of Engines.		I ended up as an engineer on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and later with Conrail and Amtrak, where I was a Road Foreman of Engines.

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	File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg\|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers, circa 1959. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com]		File:Stan Robinson Keith Taylor I 6.jpg\|The late Stan Robinson runs his newly completed I-6 class 4-4-0 with some passengers, circa 1959. The "flagman" on the rear is a very young Keith Taylor of Jefferson, Maine, USA, the very last East-Coast Secretary for the Brotherhood of Live Steamers. Photo courtesy Keith Taylor. Critical castings are now available for this locomotive. From [http://www.friendsmodels.com/productsforsale/434gauge440.html FriendsModels.com]
	File:Keith Taylor at Three Bridges 1991.jpg\|Keith Taylor, taken at Three Bridges, just weeks before the accident that disabled him.		File:Keith Taylor at Three Bridges 1991.jpg\|Keith Taylor, taken at Three Bridges, just weeks before the accident that disabled him.
	File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.		File:Keith Taylor Chaski Avatar.jpg\|Keith Taylor's avatar as it appears on Chaski.org, April 2013.
			File:Keith Taylor 142 BelvidereDelawareRiverRR NewJersy Oct2013.jpg\|Keith Taylor running the 142 on the Belvidere and Delaware River RR in New Jersey, October 2012. Photo by Ginny Taylor.
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