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	== History ==		== History ==

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			File:Saturated Steam catalog 1986.jpg\|Cover of the "Saturated Steam" catalog 1986 edition.
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	* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]		* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]
	* [http://www.mylargescale.com/Features/BuildersLogs/tabid/66/EntryId/14/The-Pennsylvania-Railroad-E-6-Atlantic-Steam-Locomotive.aspx "The Pennsylvania Railroad E6 Atlantic Steam Locomotive"]		* [http://www.mylargescale.com/Features/BuildersLogs/tabid/66/EntryId/14/The-Pennsylvania-Railroad-E-6-Atlantic-Steam-Locomotive.aspx "The Pennsylvania Railroad E6 Atlantic Steam Locomotive"]
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_E6 "Pennsylvania Railroad Class E6", <i>Wikipedia</i>]

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	: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.		: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.

	[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|Jim Kreider, Brian Gittins (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), Doug Alkire, and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]		[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|[[Jim Kreider]], [[Brian Gittins]] (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), [[Doug Alkire]], and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]

	== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==		== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==
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	: From the inside front cover:		: From the inside front cover:

	:: A museum quality reproduction of Pennsylvamia Railroad's E6s Atlantic No. 460, the locomotive featured on our front cover is the result of more than ten years of careful planning and machining. Modeled, designed, machined and built by F. Brian Gittins of Rugby, England, this 1 9/16" scale model features a 4 1/2 foot locomotive and a 3-foot tender with a total weight of approximately 900 pounds...		:: A museum quality reproduction of Pennsylvamia Railroad's E6s Atlantic No. 460, the locomotive featured on our front cover is the result of more than ten years of careful planning and machining. Modeled, designed, machined and built by [[Brian Gittins\|F. Brian Gittins]] of Rugby, England, this 1 9/16" scale model features a 4 1/2 foot locomotive and a 3-foot tender with a total weight of approximately 900 pounds...

	:: Working from original drawings, a total of four kits of machined parts and castings were made at the same time. Two of them are still available. You can also obtain a complete series of excellent quality scaled drawings from our Saturated Steam division.		:: Working from original drawings, a total of four kits of machined parts and castings were made at the same time. Two of them are still available. You can also obtain a complete series of excellent quality scaled drawings from our Saturated Steam division.
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	=== E6 Castings ===		=== E6 Castings ===
	A complete set of castings for the Brian Gittins E6 Pennsy Atlantic was sold on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> in 2018.		A complete set of castings for the [[Brian Gittins]] E6 Pennsy Atlantic was sold on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> in 2018.

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	: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.		: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.

	[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|Jim Kreider, Brian ~~Gittens~~ (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), Doug Alkire, and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]		[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|Jim Kreider, Brian Gittins (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), Doug Alkire, and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]

	== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==		== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==
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	=== E6 Castings ===		=== E6 Castings ===
	A complete set of castings for the Brian ~~Gittens~~ E6 Pennsy Atlantic was sold on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> in 2018.		A complete set of castings for the Brian Gittins E6 Pennsy Atlantic was sold on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> in 2018.

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	: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.		: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.

			[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|Jim Kreider, Brian Gittens (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), Doug Alkire, and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]

	== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==		== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==

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	=== Drawings ===		=== Drawings ===

	A complete set of drawings for the [[Saturated Steam]] E6 Atlantic drawings were ~~post~~ to eBay.com on 4 October 2012.		A complete set of drawings for the [[Saturated Steam]] E6 Atlantic drawings were posted to eBay.com on 4 October 2012.

	Drawings for the [[Saturated Steam]] Pennsylvania E6 Atlantic were printed over several years in [[Modeltec]] magazine. The October, 1987 issue provided an introduction for the project.		Drawings for the [[Saturated Steam]] Pennsylvania E6 Atlantic were printed over several years in [[Modeltec]] magazine. The October, 1987 issue provided an introduction for the project.
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	* Feb 1996 p38–39		* Feb 1996 p38–39
	* Mar 1996 p20–23		* Mar 1996 p20–23

			=== E6 Castings ===
			A complete set of castings for the Brian Gittens E6 Pennsy Atlantic was sold on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> in 2018.

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			File:Brian Gittens E6 Pennsy Atlantic castings spread.JPG
			File:Brian Gittens E6 Pennsy Atlantic castings.JPG
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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External Links

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	* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]		* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]
			* [http://www.mylargescale.com/Features/BuildersLogs/tabid/66/EntryId/14/The-Pennsylvania-Railroad-E-6-Atlantic-Steam-Locomotive.aspx "The Pennsylvania Railroad E6 Atlantic Steam Locomotive"]

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	A "museum quality" Pennsylvania E6 Atlatic built from [[Saturated Steam]] castings was posted on eBay.com in November 2010.		A "museum quality" Pennsylvania E6 Atlatic built from [[Saturated Steam]] castings was posted on eBay.com in November 2010.

			[[File:PennsyE6Atlantic460outline SaturatedSteam.gif\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Pennsy E6 Outline, courtesy of Saturated Steam]]

	[http://www.chaski.com/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=88263#p194562 Doug Edwards] comments on the quality of the locomotive.		[http://www.chaski.com/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=88263#p194562 Doug Edwards] comments on the quality of the locomotive.