Al, There are quite a lot of steam boats over here. The Steamboat Association lists many of them, plus there are a lot that are not listed there. As for the canals, I once went from Brentford to Watford on a coal barge that was returning light to...wherever. That was in the days when almost all the traffic was commercial. (Around the mid-late 50's.) Although I have been on many inland waterways since then, I have never been on the canals. Something I plan to remedy, preferably around, what was, the industrial areas of the midlands / north. Alan MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.