[SEL] What was your best engine trip?

[peter ogborne]

George ,I will give you one soon ,just a bit short of time to sit down at 
the comp .
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Best" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:49 AM
Subject: RE: [SEL] What was your best engine trip?


> I've been disappointed that hardly anyone has shared their engine trip
> stories.
>
> Don't you people ever go anywhere????
>
> For me, visiting collectors makes any trip a great trip.  Well.....
> Maybe not 100% true as you may go visit a collector and find out he
> isn't interested in showing you anything and has no interest in starting
> up anything.  However, with a little planning you can locate collections
> where you know you'll be welcome and the person is glad to give you a
> grand tour and truly enjoys talking about engines and showing their
> collection.
>
> Visiting collectors is the only way you will ever see some engines.  I'm
> sure a lot of us know of rare engines that are never shown at public
> shows and you can only see if the collector is willing to show it to
> you.
>
> Seems to me if you enjoy this hobby that you must have gone somewhere at
> sometime to buy an engine or at least look at some engines!
>
> Some people, including myself, say that SEL is dying.  Which is true if
> you're not interested in posting any engine related topics or stories.
> Being a "lurker" doesn't help, and only making wise cracks or off topic
> postings doesn't help either.
>
> WAIT George
>
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