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...ly and 7/16 inch centers vertically. There are eighteen tubes in all, 3/8 inch [[O.D.]] and standard commercial IMperial tube is used. ...X but a clear one. Her grate is 2 inch by 6 inch though deeper than our 0-4-0. She'll do 1/2 a mile regularly on one firing so what more do you want.

...:GordonCorwin 4-8-4 hoist.jpg|Gordon Corwin loading his 3/4 inch scale 4-8-4 onto the track of his home layout, circa 1957 in Southern California. Photo ...inJr 4-8-4.jpg|Gordon Corwin's son, Gordon Jr, on their 3/4 inch scale 4-8-4, circa 1957. Photo provided by Stephen Quandt.

...inch scale and was to have surprised the boys this summer with a 3/4 inch scale Diesel Locomotive. [[File:Doug Massie UP Challenger.jpg|thumb|center|500px|3/4 inch scale live steam model of a Union Pacific Challenger built by D. W. Massie of Mon

...heat. I bet you took it then so you could work on the frames for your new 4-6-2. It is pretty hard work getting frames out of the solid for a big job ...time I had an engine on the track was Christmas afternoon when I took the 4-6-6T out to see if the crank pin setting was all right. Guess I got the ec

...scale 0-6-0; a 1 inch scale 4-4-0 and 4-6-0; a British "Single" in 1 inch scale, and various other models. ...gn on the market. [[Miniature Power Products]] of Canada kept the 3/4 inch scale P7 on the market from the 1970s to the 2000s.

...again was [[William Moorewood|Bill Moorewood]]'s little 3-1/2 inch gauge 4-4-0. It is taken from one of the old time Pennsy engines with a small deep f ...rocklin's]] in operation, and Earl Allred's in process. Earl's is a 3-1/2 inch gauge Pennsy G5 and sure has every indication of a successful job. One cou

Steam Turbo Generator in 3/4 Inch Scale ...utting the hole to size. This hole should be one or two thousandths of an inch smaller than the magnet so that it will press in. Be sure the hole is in t

...ameter (as they were the only size I could get at the time.) Bogies 2-1/2 inch diameter. ...stop cold air from going straight through the tubes. This plate is 1-1/4 inch wide, and is welded to the foundation ring, the grate rests on this at the

...the property behind his box factory in Danvers, Mass. It was a 2-1/2" and 3-1/2" gauge elevated ("highline") loop of track some 600' in length that wen ...uite often the Brotherhood of Live Steamers Annual Meet) would be held for 3 days each September.

''An 0-4-0 Switcher of Simple Design in 3/4 inch Scale'' ...ll pump as much water to the mile as a 5 inch drivered Atlantic with a 5/8 inch stroke pump which pretty well evens things up. While a big pump is handy t

''A 4-4-0 Story in Pictures'' This 3-1/2 inch gauge engine was built with two objects in mind, one extreme simplicity and

The Brotherhood of Live Steamers meet was held September 4, 5 and 6, 1954, hosted by the [[Southern California Live Steamers]]. ...nnual meeting. The meeting was held at their track in Lomita on September 4, 5 and 6, 1954.

...gauge or 0.035 inch wall tube is ample and proper for tubes up through 3/4 inch [[O.D.]] Anything thicker is detrimental to the steaming qualities of the ...antage in getting the most flue area in the space allowed. Do not use 3/8 inch tubes in any case in lengths of over 10 to 12 inches and not at all in any

...'s 3/4 inch scale drivers and [[Walschaert valve gear]] frames in 3/4 inch scale by Nelson Rickson added to what was seen and discussed. ...there is 1300 fett of continuous track in 2-1/2 inch, 3-1/2 inch and 4-3/4 inch gauges. All live steamers who can possibly get to this event are urged to

...ns fifth and sixth locomotives, from The Wandering Locomotive Book, Volume 3.]] ...ilt in 1936, cylinders 1-5/8 by 1-3/4 inch stroke, using link motion, 7/16 inch valve travel. The other engine has the [[Baker valve gear]]. The water su

...inch by 1-1/2 inch in size. The pump is held to the tank bottom by a 1/4 inch nut and a lock nut around the delivery union with a thin rubber joint to ma This pump is for 3/4 inch scale engines, but can be used for 1/2 inch scale engines also. If the tank is not deep enough for the latter, a sump could

[[File:HarryAustin Hudson1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|[[Harry Austin]]'s 3/4 inch scale Hudson. Photo by [[Keith Taylor]]]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-6-4 From <i>Wikipedia</i>]:

...en, Steel Highway, 1928).jpg|thumb|right|500px|New York Central Hudson 4-6-4]] ...design could be built as a 4-6-4 or as a Northern 4-8-4. At least one 4-8-4 model was built from these plans.

...adt. Most old timers knew Ace on the West Coast. He was the talker of the 3 guys who were the founding fathers of [[Chula Vista Live Steamers]]. Both ...ypes of arch style trucks and many types of construction methods for 1-1/2 scale. Here I hope to explain how I build my trucks clear enough so other builde

...d Chief Inspector, was first to complete steaming his four wheel, one inch scale Switcher, better known as "Puffin Billy" and kept it hot and busy all day c ...n child by [[Eugene Paul|Eugene]] known as "Hustle and Bustle", a one inch scale six wheel switcher owned by Melvin R. Roberts, newly elected First Vice-Pre