Jesse Livingston



Jesse Livingston, affectionately known as "Unka Jesse", was a long-time live steam model builder and member of Mid-South Live Steamers.

Filer and Stowell 0-4-0
From eBay, July 2017:


 * Filer and Stowell Logging Locomotive as featured in LSOR magazine. 7-1/2 inch gauge. Oscillating cylinders. Propane burner. High capacity hand pump. Superscale injector, axle pump, steam jam brakes, Steel cab with roof. Two re-railers on side of tender. Seat cushion that sits on tender. Comes with one bottle of LSB8000 boiler treatment and a roll around locomotive stand.  Built by Jesse Livingston and featured on the cover of the January/February 1998 Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading.  I purchased this a few months ago with the hopes of running but just ran into some unexpected financial needs and will have to sell.  The boiler hydro tested to 150 psi (runs at 100 psi).  Will need some plumbing work to tighten everything up, probably some o-rings need replaced to fix some drips.  Also needs propane regulator to attach to a propane tank.  I ran it on air pressure from my compressor a few weeks ago and was really impressed...please see YouTube video linked below.

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Obituary
From Chaski.org, 22 March 2019:


 * Jesse Livingston, AKA "Unka Jesse" from Troy, Tennessee, passed away 3/21/2019. He was the same Jesse Livingston who was a regular contributor to Live Steam Magazine for nearly 20 years, and was also editor of the Mid-South Live Steamers' newsletter Southern Steam for almost the same length of time. He was one of the true legends in the hobby and was a fountain of knowledge of almost all things steam and mechanical.


 * I haven't seen Jesse in about 7 or 8 years now. His advancing age and deteriorating health led him to stop attending MSLS meets around that time, and he sold off all of his locomotives and rolling stock about 2 or 3 years ago. He had built at least 5 or 6 different locomotives in 7 1/2" gauge, and had also built many stationary steam locomotives of various types.


 * Jesse was always very interested in the oddities of the steam world, and his projects tended to reflect that. Projects such as a two cylinder oscillating slide valve locomotive, and the Filer and Stowell oscillating cylinder steam locomotive. Both of these were series that ran in Live Steam back in the 1990s and early 2000's.


 * He will be missed by those who knew him.