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Dnevil at 03:55, 28 March 2016

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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|[[~~Vector~~ Shattock\|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|[[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|[[Walter Brown]] in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|[[Walter Brown]] in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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Dnevil at 03:48, 28 March 2016

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Dnevil at 03:40, 28 March 2016

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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by Walter Brown, shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Vic Shattock and Walter Brown spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|~~Firing~~ up. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|~~Ready~~ to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|In club's basement workshop, famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|Walter Brown in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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Dnevil at 03:24, 28 March 2016

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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.

Dnevil at 03:22, 28 March 2016

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	Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.		Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.

	[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]		[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Walter Brown at the throttle of live steamer. Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]

	The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.		The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.

Dnevil at 03:19, 28 March 2016

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	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]
	[[Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam]]		[[Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam]]
	[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951 merged.jpg\|thumb\|right\|600px\|Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern Pacific switcher that hauls 10 men on four flatcars. Built to one-inch scale, engine and tender weight 250 pounds, measure five feet long.]]		[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951 merged.jpg\|thumb\|right\|600px\|Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern Pacific switcher that hauls 10 men on four flatcars. Built to one-inch scale, engine and tender weight 250 pounds, measure five feet long. Left to right: Walter Brown, Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.]]

	<i>Popular Science</i>, October 1951		<i>Popular Science</i>, October 1951

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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Firing up. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|In club's basement workshop, famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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Dnevil at 01:31, 28 March 2016

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	But the real railroad is outdoors, where paper-mache and cardboard are no match for the natural scenic beauty. And it runs like any self-respecting railroad should - under its own steam.		But the real railroad is outdoors, where paper-mache and cardboard are no match for the natural scenic beauty. And it runs like any self-respecting railroad should - under its own steam.

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			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
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Dnevil at 01:21, 28 March 2016

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	Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.		Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.

			[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]

	The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.		The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.

	''' There are Breakdowns, Too '''		''' There are Breakdowns, Too '''
	[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]

	Then the hart-breaking moment when the crown sheet threatens to run dry and the boiler is in danger of blowing, or an injector valve fouls and the water pressure drops. Back goes the engine to the club's repair yards - the basement workshop of the club's originator [[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]].		Then the hart-breaking moment when the crown sheet threatens to run dry and the boiler is in danger of blowing, or an injector valve fouls and the water pressure drops. Back goes the engine to the club's repair yards - the basement workshop of the club's originator [[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]].

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	The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.		The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.

	== There are Breakdowns, Too ==		''' There are Breakdowns, Too '''
			[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]

	Then the hart-breaking moment when the crown sheet threatens to run dry and the boiler is in danger of blowing, or an injector valve fouls and the water pressure drops. Back goes the engine to the club's repair yards - the basement workshop of the club's originator [[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]].		Then the hart-breaking moment when the crown sheet threatens to run dry and the boiler is in danger of blowing, or an injector valve fouls and the water pressure drops. Back goes the engine to the club's repair yards - the basement workshop of the club's originator [[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]].

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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|[[~~Vector~~ Shattock\|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|[[Victor Shattock\|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|[[Walter Brown]] in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|[[Walter Brown]] in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by Walter Brown, shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Vic Shattock and Walter Brown spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|~~Firing~~ up. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|~~Ready~~ to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|In club's basement workshop, famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|Walter Brown in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Firing up. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
			File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|In club's basement workshop, famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]
	[[Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam]]		[[Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam]]
	[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951 merged.jpg\|thumb\|right\|600px\|Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern Pacific switcher that hauls 10 men on four flatcars. Built to one-inch scale, engine and tender weight 250 pounds, measure five feet long. Left to right: Walter Brown, Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.]]		[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951 merged.jpg\|thumb\|right\|600px\|Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern Pacific switcher that hauls 10 men on four flatcars. Built to one-inch scale, engine and tender weight 250 pounds, measure five feet long. Left to right: [[Walter Brown]], Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.]]

	<i>Popular Science</i>, October 1951		<i>Popular Science</i>, October 1951
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	Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.		Most any Sunday afternoon you can find its members in the rolling hills of Oakland, California, riding around a sprawling elevated track behind a locomotive that's never been on a [[Dynamometer car\|dynamometer]] but whose drawbar pull is exactly eight grown men and two boys.

	[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Walter Brown at the throttle of live steamer. Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]		[[File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|[[Walter Brown]] at the throttle of live steamer. Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 1/2-inch-to-the-foot scale; 3-1/2-inch gauge for 3/4-inch scale; and 4-3/4-inch gauge for the big one-inchers.]]

	The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.		The only thing small is the scale. The thrills are full-size. Side rods flash, and the stack spits back. You can feel the heat of the firebox on your face, and hear the labored chug on a long upgrade. You can smell the hot, moist pungence of live steam pushing up close to the safety limit, and the acrid odor of bearing oil running hot under a load many times the engine's weight. And all the time you keep your eyes glued to the rising needle on the pressure gauge.
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	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-4.jpg\|Gary Kubicek cleaning flues. Tiny boiler tubes must be periodically scraped clean with gun rod to keep them from fouling. Use of distilled water cuts down scale deposit.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by Walter Brown, shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg\|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|Vic Shattock and Walter Brown spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg\|[[Vector Shattock\|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-7.jpg\|Bill Anderson firing up with help from unknown fireman. Loco gets help from small electric pump that draws air through stack to fan flames. Once fire is going, steam jet creates draft.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-8.jpg\|Tim Reardon ready to hit the high iron, this mighty 2-8-2 Mikado blows steam as she gets up pressure. Throttle and steam-pressure gauge are in cab.
	File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|Walter Brown in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.		File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-9.jpg\|[[Walter Brown]] in club's basement workshop, where famous old "999" takes on water from replica of familiar trackside tank. Larger version of water tank will be built for use by members on outdoor track.
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