Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

When I first found this property, the amount of heavy iron treasure was obvious. Lovingly placed around the large acreage were old cars and trucks, industrial machines of all sorts...mixed in with the owners tools of his business. When I was photographing the old Merc pick-up truck ( what I thought was the last piece in the outback of the property ) I turned around to look down the hill behind me...and there I spied the shiny steam engine. Then the John Deere came into focus...and what I thought were "sheds" , were actually railway speeders. Jackpot! Other post that features this property...   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/vancouver-island-yard-full-of-old-iron.html The video of this part of the property One of the other railway speeders on the property. I have decided that when I grow up and get rich and famous....I'm going to build a railway speeder line from the house out to the shop...maybe a scenic loop around the fish-pond. I'll nee...

This is from the property that was discovered, while on the search for a piece of machinery seen on a previous trip. There is another post coming after this one. When I get them all up, I will leave all the links to each post. Links to other Vancouver Island rusty stuff     http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/photos-of-old-school-well-drilling-rig.html    http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/1939-d-7-cat.html   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/two-count-em-two-adams-road-graders.html    http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/vancouver-islandsteam-power-2-cyl-john.html Here is a video tour of what you are going to see in the stills. and here is a special video on how to make rust "talk"....so that when you go to wire-brush off the rust before spraying your pride and joy with a coat of TremClad...you now have more options. Awesome way to record your "garage band" ...