Scouted More Film Locations

Hi Everyone:

I was back in Jefferson and North Bloomfield, Ohio this last Saturday with Patti, checking out the location Roger Peterson is going to be digging for the model bridge set. We also stopped by the Jefferson Village to see if any place there would work for filming. However, the owners of the Jefferson Village will be in Florida in February, when we plan to film, so it looks like the Jefferson Village is out. In better news, we found another village called "Century Village in Burton, Ohio that looks like it will fill the rest of our needs and I plan to visit there this next week.

On Monday Sept. 11th, I was in Cleveland and visited the Cleveland Track Material Company to see the only hand rolling mill still in operation in the United States. The rolling mill equipment was build in 1890 and is still being used today. It was very impressive to watch these men pull hot steal ingots  from the furnace and roll them into track material. It will make a great film location and the owners are happy to help with this project.

From there I went to the Midwest Rail Preservation Society round house (also in Cleveland) to see if there shops could be a stand in for the LS&MS rail shops and yard, but it does not look like they will work. 

From there it was off to Stan Hywet House in Akron, Ohio to find Amasa Stones office, bedroom and bathroom he committed suicide in. What a great location, I scored a touchdown at this property! Now I just need to see what the location fee is going to be to film there.

That's all I have for you now, but there is more to come so stay tuned.

Len Brown