Pictures and report by Scot Lawrence

I know what you are thinking..
but no..not those chicks,
actually, its these chicks!

April 28, 2007
Chili, NY (suburb of Rochester)

A cold & drizzly day..great day for good steam plumes! 

Chick-Day at Higbie Farm Supplies in Chili, NY.
an annual event commemorating the spring hatching of baby chickens and ducks! 

Tom Bowdler buys his coal for his coal stove there, so they asked him if he would run some trains on chick day! (which is a very kid-centric and family oriented day to begin with, perfect for trains!), naturally he said yes!

Sadly the weather wasnt so great..it was fairly cold and rainy..but the show must go on!
with some big canopy tents, we are good to go!

Toms portable track set up in the parking lot.
 

Scot's "bagger shayish" makes one of the first runs.
 

We had big crowds all day..lots of kids and their parents enjoying the trains!
 

Mike W's tricked-out ruby ("insanerocketkid" on MLS) takes to the rails.
 

New live steam convert Doug attended his first steamup! and operated Tom's
Regner Konrad..I think its safe to say the bug has bit! 
 

Deb hangs out with the official "chicks" of chick day!
 

A view from the overpass..the CSX mainline runs right next to Higbies!
(the original New York Central mainline)
many trains passed by all day.
 

Tom fires up his Coal-powered shay while a 1:1 scale CSX train passes by
in the background.
 

Tom brought an ample supply of coal for the shay! 
 
 
 
 

Thats it!
even with the weather, a great time was had by all..

see you at the next steamup!
 

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