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...g at a member’s home, he brought his remarkable alcohol-fired 3.5” gauge 4-4-0 of typical 19th Century Pennsylvania Railroad practice. He had first bec ...on while providing good tracking characteristics compared to an unguided 0-4-0 or 0-6-0. In a nod toward simple construction, the new engine would use

[[Karl Friedrich]] designed the 1 inch scale "Dinky" 0-4-0 "shifter" in 3.5 inch gauge. He was a founding member of the [[Rocky Mountain Live Steamers]]. ...T". At that time, Karl resided in Pittsburgh PA, and steamed and ran his 0-4-6T locomotive at [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl Purinton's]] 'back & forth' tra

...ut milled, turned, filed, or polished to a tolerance of a thousandth of an inch or less. Steam-pressure gauges work: so do Johnson bars, sand domes, brake ...wer to haul two adults for eighty; it may be a Tom Thumb or a giant 4-6-6-4 Union Pacific. No matter its individual specifications, it represents one

...eally small scale steamers, like eight-coupled wheelbases of less than one inch! ...y are not really model makers at heart but would prefer to work in 4 ft 8½ inch gauge if they could afford it. Being a perverse individual, I have progress

...et in diameter. Jack had a 2-1/2 inch gauge NYC Hudson and Ted had a 3-1/2 inch Maisie. I believe the group consisted of Syd Smitherman, Jack Hart, Ted Lee ...x 5-1/2 inch x 6 foot long junk boards, doubled up on each side of the 2 x 4 uprights. This was all bolted together thanks to a magnificent benefactor.

1 inch Scale Locomotive "Goes Hollywood" Here is a little story about a 1 inch scale Hudson that made the movies at the age of 13 years in "[http://en.wikipedia

...purpose of any railroad, from H00 to 4 foot 8-1/2 inch or even 7 foot 1/4 inch, as to afford a place to operate locomotives. A club railroad should have ...three gauges side by side, not one within the other, as this gave a better scale appearance in proportion to the ties. This had two great disadvantages. F

...live steam hobby. What is the standard gauge for 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch, etc, scale? What is the height of the trestle? Do you use point switches to get on y * 1/4 inch scale - track gauge 1-1/4 inch

...e steam hobby starting in the mid-1930's. He built a 7-1/2" gauge, 1-1/2" scale track along with a Hudson and other equipment. ...help of his family and friends, built this pike for operating the fine 4-6-4 coal burner which he constructed.

wheel in inches'''. For example, an engine with 80 inch drivers would be engine with 3-5/16 inch drivers would run at 3-5/16 M.P.H. <u>This also has another

...acks radiate from "steaming rack" with 10-wheeler on deck. Tracks fit 3/4-inch and 1-inchers]] ...ale model of a full-sized system. Its "live steam" locomotive operates at scale speeds of up to 85 miles per hour but actually this amounds to only 10 mile

...CliffBlackstaffe American.jpg|"End of a long day". This is a 44 year old 4-4-0 built by [[Cliff Blackstaffe]]. It is on a private track on Vancouver Isl ...taking a turn on the [[Golden Gate Live Steamers|GGLS]] track behind his 0-4-0. From "The North American Live Steamers", January 1956.

''An 0-4-0 Switcher of Simple Design in 3/4 inch Scale'' ...4 inch sheet brass. Cut roughly to outline, drill the two bolt holes 9/64 inch, chuck and bore out to 1-1/16 for now. Saw in half, bolt together, rechuck

''An 0-4-0 Switcher of Simple Design in 3/4 inch Scale'' ...drill and drill 3/8 inch for axle, open out with boring tool and ream 7/16 inch to finish size. Follow the same operations for all four wheels.

...atever time he could to devote to his hobby. He built model steamboats and scale models of stationary traction engines. In 1913 he built his first live stea File:VictorShattock WWI CEF 3.jpg|Victor is in the second row, second from the left.

[[File:MaynardFlatCar1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Robert Maynard's 3/4 inch scale riding car with brakes.]] ...lling stock is not an original idea of mine. It was copied from a [[3-1/2 Inch Gauge Flat Car|1945 issue of The Model Craftsman, in an article by George T

== Reading 4-4-0 == ...chassis was built in the 1930’s, I believe in New Jersey. These Reading 4-4-0’s from 1914 were the heaviest Americans ever built. It never had a tend

From [[LBSC]], <i>[[The Modelmaker]]</i>, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1930: ...t waste valuable space by cramping a 2-1/2 inch gauge engine into 1/2 inch scale load gauge. Such a job viewed from the front makes you think of a bulldog

Two Inch Scale 4-8-4- Steam Locomotive ...out 1933). Time went on and finally in 1938 the first rails of the 9-7/16 inch gauge line were laid. Previous to this much thought and study went into th

When describing live steams models and railroads the terms "scale" and "gauge" (or both) are used to describe the size of the equipment. The ...ale drawings of the elevations or plans of a locomotive. In such cases the scale is dimensionless and exact throughout the model or drawing.