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...eamers]] track on the property behind his box factory. It was a 2-1/2" and 3-1/2" gauge elevated ("highline") loop of track some 600' in length that wen ...was, I believe, a tremendous jump, as I started in by building a 1/4-inch scale live steam pacific, using Birch castings. To the surprise of myself, as we

...-known and was highly respected in the "Live-Steam" riding-scale and grand-scale railroad realms, for his friendly reputation and generosity in sharing his ...uring the mid-1950's, Daney had built, owned, and managed a 4/12 Scale, 15-inch gauge "F-7 Diesel-Powered" railway in the City Park at Pueblo CO, which was

...ho produced and sold 100 casting sets of 3-3/16 inch, 4-3/4 inch and 6-1/2 inch gauge engine castings and 25 completed locomotives to steam enthusiasts, st ...uced a 7-1/4 inch or 7-1/2 inch gauge engine. One of his highly detailed 1 inch locomotives appears in Frederick Shaw's 1958 [[Little Railways of the World

...e, they said he should visit Stapleford Park and see the Stapleford 10-1/4 inch gauge miniature railway. Carl went to see what live steam locomotives were ...for sale in ¾ inch scale and Carl bought the model. Carl then built a 3.5 inch gauge model locomotive track in his backyard on Edna Street in Kitchener, O

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...998. Had the grand opening in 2003. We are still adding on. Have nearly 3 miles of track on the ground and more to come. Nick and I moved here from [[Nick Edwards]] wrote this description on 3 August 2014:

[[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] quality of the registry. I glean some info from the two 3 ½” sites on Facebook.

...ted 2 1/2" gauge "Northern" type. A beautiful chassis of 3 1/2" gauge 4-8-4 was also shown as well as a 5" gauge Diesel which is under construction. ...themselves and in the case of Brother Larsen, who brought along a 3/4 inch scale "Juliet" had never an opportunity before to try his engine on a track, he w

...rs ago, in Ravenna, Ohio, I saw a 1-1/2 inch scale model of Pennsylvania K-4 built by a Mr. Brown, the owner of a small but well equipped machine shop i ...mblance to a prototype, even though some of the parts are not quite within scale dimensions.

[[3-1/2 Inch Gauge Flat Car]] ...method of obtaining flexibility in the truck itself is used in these 3-1/2 inch gauge trucks also and works out very successfully.

...stages of construction were on exhibit in the garage, plus Fred Smith's 1-inch 'Pacific', which was certainly a beauty complete. Fred Wise brought on his ...e Warriner sent in movies on 'Peter' from New Orleans, that splendid 1-1/2 inch sclae yard goat; also, charles Chovil sent in the complete set of records o

...ight|400px|[[Arthur Wegner]], running his 3/4 inch scale, 3.5 inch gauge 4-4-2 Atlantic, June 1961. Photo by [[Ken Scheer]].]] ...lroader, a "dyed-in-the-wool" Steam Locomotive Engineer, who also became a scale model "Live Steamer". Born in Wisconsin in May 1886, Arthur moved to Denver

There are at least 4 versions of the Blomberg 2 axle truck, not counting a few sub-versions that ...Hudak F3 Blomberg Trucks.jpg|Cast aluminum Blomberg truck frames for a 3/4 inch F3. Photo by John Hudak.

...pearance would be satisfactory on any locomotive from 1-1/2 inch to 3 inch scale. Their capacity is sufficient for all such engines, too. ...(3) They should be easy to clean, if they become clogged for some reason; (4) They should be simple to build and install. All these goals were reached

...es 1, 2, 3 and 4). Known more commonly in the United States as simply 1/2" scale or 2.5" gauge, it was very popular among live steam enthusiasts during the Gauge '3' (or No.3, as two and a half inch gauge was originally known) was one of the five standard gauges recommended

...was 4 to 1 in the earlier models. In the long travel gears this ratio was 3 to 1. This knowledge would be of considerable help to a free lance builder ...Erin Drive, opening his shop and working on the boiler for his 1/2" scale 4-6-2.

I am sending you a photo of my 3/4 inch scale L.N.E.R. Pacific type locomotive which may be of interest to readers of [[T I purchased the blue prints, cylinders, wheel castings and boiler tube, 4-1/2 inch diameter, from England. The rest was made up from plate and rod stock.

...s" of the Boston Society of Model Engineers. The film clip shows his 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive "Ella Cinders" pulling a trainload of people around the tr : [[W.H. Nichols]] also had 7-1/4 inch gauge. The first in New England and the only one for many years. His loco

...9 to 12 meters). Clubs often use 70 to 100 feet (21 to 30 meters). Smaller scale equipment can go somewhat tighter than this while larger equipment must hav ...an example of this many 7-1/2 inch gauge layouts use 7-9/16 inch or 7-5/8 inch in curves. Using two gauges requires you to build track to both sizes and t

[[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] ...an Armitage who was also very famous for his work with narrrow gauge and O scale model railroads.