DOCTORS DIVERSIONS: Chugging along with eye-surgeon from City of St. John’s/New Foundland! Since he has worked with steam not only on rails we call him SteamDoc AND RailDoc….
My son with Jane the tank engine, taking on water
Dear Mr. Ellenberger,
I am enclosing some pictures of some of the models I have built over several years. Unfortunately, I do not have too many “action” photos, but these will perhaps give you some idea of what I do.
I built my first steamboat model at age nine. I have always ‘made’ things! From childhood I built boats. As a teenager during the war, I built model aeroplanes. Then after the war, as a med student, I bought my first lathe and built a small workshop in the cellar of our house. I produced several small engines for boats and then started my first locomotive – “Virginia” (American standard 4-4-0), seen in the workshop photo with the unfinished Duchess”.
chess under construction — future name, “City of St. John’s”.
Following a stint in the R.A.F. at Wegberg, I did more work on Virginia and then emigrated to Canada where Virginia was completed in 1962. During this time I also made a steam yacht which now occupies a glass case I my office.
Following the completion of Virginia, I made several other things – a launch engine for a three-meter boat, a stationary beam, and with the help of the kids – I started building a railway track round the garden. About this time, I also began building the Duchess (completed in 1981) which took nine years to construct. However, as it was a major undertaking to get her onto the track, being so heavy (200 kilos); I commenced “Jane”, a green dock tank engine which you can see with one of my sons and his wife near the water tower on the photo.
Jane was built in two years and as she only weighs 60k, she is easy to get onto the track and very happy with a load of six adults. (I imported my Welsh steam coal – half a ton – from the U.K. many years ago, so I’m O.K. for a good bit yet!) In the meantime, a traction engine was built in the nineties together with several other odds and ends.
During my years in Newfoundland, the workshop has been considerably enlarged and has welding (gas and electric), milling, shaping, and a new Myford lathe acquired in 1965. I also have a cutter grinder and various woodworking tools – both hand and machine.
Living in the land of snow and ice, I also have a caterpillar tractor to clear the snow. This rather large beastie requires maintenance at times. As well, I have several automobile projects as I was also engaged in motor sport locally and inter-provincially. I was a national steward for several years.
So now, I’m having to sit back on my laurels at the age of 78 with a total hip replacement and spinal stenosis! I hope this gives you some idea of what a “model engineer” does!
My late wife was once asked, “And what do you do?” Her reply was, “I bask in my husband’s reflected glory!” She was however, an excellent nurse and mother and a literary genius!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Peter Lockwood
P.S. I also paint and have exhibited and sold some of my artwork. I play jazz piano too. J
Bartowz ist Medizinstudent in Warschau und hat Klavier studiert.
Bartosz Zwolan is a student of the 3rd year of the Medical University of Warsaw on the Faculty of Medicine. He was born in Zamość where he completed with distinction the State Music School of Karol Szymanowski in 2011. He performed concerts both as a soloist and with accompaniment of orchestra. One of his more significant concerts was the spectacle “Fryderyk Chopin – The Space Concert” in Zamość, where he played with The Symphony Orchestra of Karol Namysłowski in Zamość, conducted by Tadeusz Wicherek. He also participated in many piano contests and parades in Poland. His greatest achievements include the special prize for the best performance of Fryderyk Chopin’s piece on the 4th Competition of Music and Knowledge of Fryderyk Chopin in Lublin in 2005 and the 1st place in the 10th Regional Auditions for Piano Students from the School of Music in Radzyń Podlaski in 2006. Since 2012 he is a member of the Orchestra of the Medical University of Warsaw conducted by Beata Herman.
Pooja Chitgopekar (born 1985) represented India in the international Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant on 11 November and would later become Miss Earth Air in 2007.[2] Miss Earth Air is Miss Earth‘s equivalent for first runner-up. She went to one of the top private schools, Diocesan School For Girls in Auckland.
Pooja got married on 7 January 2011 to Vikram Kumar, Vice Chairman of AVG Advanced Technologies, from Chicago, IL.[4] Their wedding took place in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6] Pooja is currently a Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago.
Trained in jazz ballet and piano, Poojas hobbies include yoga, swimming, reading, traveling and playing tennis. “I put in a lot of hard work and dedication to train for this pageant since winning the Miss India Earth title, so obviously I am happy with the outcome” she says. “It’s a culmination of a secret dream I had nutured all along, the dream of winning the Ms India title and then wining a global title to compliment it further”.
David Baaß is contributing a lot of music to the UKE – Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf in Hamburg/Germany.
Lobby UKE
He often plays in the grand lobby of the UKE with improvisations about classical and Jazz music. He conducts the choir of MedStudents UKE. For the choir he composed an antibiotics-suite.
David Baaß is also organ player in the Michaeliskirche Hamburg and conducts their youth choir.
Richard Kogan has a distinguished career both as a psychiatrist and as a concert pianist. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Artistic Director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program, he has been praised for his “exquisite playing” by the New York Times, and the Boston Globe wrote that “Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world’s two most demanding professions.”
Dr. Kogan has gained renown for his lecture/concerts that explore the role of music in healing and the influence of psychological forces and psychiatric illness on the creative output of the great composers. A master storyteller, he has captivated audiences at medical conferences, music festivals, universities and scholarly symposia throughout the world. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards in both psychiatry and the arts.
Dr. Kogan is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School. He has a private practice of psychiatry and lives in New York City.