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''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

...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.

...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.

== 1 inch scale == ...Alkire/P7_Drawings/Pyle%20National%20MO-6%20generator/ Drawings for 1 inch scale Pyle National MO-6 Generator by Doug Alkire]

After watching several runaway car accidents in the 1/8th scale hobby. I decided to design a functioning air brake system for my cars that ...brake stand on the engine was converted from a pressure regulator "a cheap 3 way valve". When the handle on the regulator is turned 90 degrees you get a

File:Frank Kaylor Pacific 1952.jpg|[[Frank Kaylor]]'s 3-1/2" gauge Pacific running at the 20th annual BLS meet, 1952. Like the othe File:SoutheasternLiveSteamers meet 1967 1.jpg|3/4 inch Scale 2-8-2 Live Steam Charlotte, NC Oct 1967

''An 0-4-0 Switcher of Simple Design in 3/4 inch Scale'' ...r will be common to all and so be canceled out. The jig is a piece of 1/4 inch steel plate with a slot same size as the frame slot so the box fits in.

[[Alan Armitage]] designed the 3/4 inch scale Atlantic 2-4-2 that was offered by [[Yankee Shop]] and [[Friends Models]]. ...ny of brass model fame. They were coming out with a small line of 3/4 inch scale brass castings, air pumps, headlights and such. I believe Al was designing

...t through the switch. This is defined in terms of various numbers such as #4, #5 , #6 etc. Do we use these numbers? NO Just make the switch go where yo Ties...1-1/2" wood or plastic - Rail...3/8" X 1" steel flat bar

File:Rex Smith - model steam3CR.jpg|Rex Smith's 3/4 inch scale 4-4-4 Jubilee. Photo taken by Dave Pottinger in 1965 with a 35mm Minolta camera. File:RexSmith MrsAWLeggett.jpg|Rex Smith standing next to his 1/2 inch scale President Washington. Mrs. A. W. Leggett is seated. Photo by A. W. Leggett,

...0s LSJune1980.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Norman Steele at the throttle of his 4-4-2 Atlantic, talking to Walter Kleinfelder at the New Jersey Live Steamers, ...er and was converted into an air pump. At that time we know of no other 4-4-2 type locomotive that had the pulling power that the 711 had. This engine

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...Locomotives are: Elliott's 0-4-0, Les Glass' B&A 4-6-6-T, P. G. Scott's 2-4-0 Petrola.]] ...place in Waterloo, Iowa, as there is the only track in the state, a 3-1/2 inch gauge, at the present time.

: Upper-right: -- 4-4-2 3-1/2" gague. [[Bill Van Brocklin|W. S. Van Brocklin, Jr.]], builder. [[Al M : [[Al Milburn]] built a beautiful 3/4" scale Atlantic where everything was hacked from solid. The drivers were sawn out

...are the "live steam" enthusiasts who can fire up the boilers of their tiny scale model locomotives, whistle for a clear track and move out on the rails just ...om the sides of the cab. Passengers are carried on seats placed on sturdy scale model flatcars.

[[Tinkerbell scale]] refers to live steam models under 1 inch scale. The term '''Tinkerbell''' may also be applied to those that participate i ...scale]]"? Over 50 years around steam and I have never heard of it? 4-3/4"? 3.5"?

Peter Bryan wrote, 3 Nov 2023: ...tern Railroad. David is astride engine #832, a [[Little Engines]] Pacific 4-6-2. Photo by Danny Stuettgen.]]

[[File:Jack Fesco 4-8-2.jpg|thumb|center|300px]] Shown in Jack M. Fesco and his 3/4 inch scale Southern Pacific Mountain type locomotive. She is a coal burner and runs o

...a live steam enthusiast in Lafayette, Indiana. He built a large 3/4 inch scale layout on his farm south of Lafayette, Indiana. It was the second largest ...s are built from the wheels up, with $100 to $250 worth of parts and up to 3,500 hours of a labor that borders on devotion.

...n Pacific 0-6-0 switch engine in 1-inch scale in polished brass and a 1/2" scale ...railway layout in the United States. The club operated both O-scale and HO-scale trains in an old 15,000 square foot warehouse provided by the Santa Fe rail

...todon type too, and so many others. Most were in 3/4, 1-inch or 1 1/2-inch scale. ...using the tender pump to put water into the boiler of his little 3/4 inch scale Grant locomotive. Bill has set somewhat of a mark for you boys who like to

...f Dwight Durkee Jr., Cupertino, California. 4-4-0, 1-1/2 inch scale, 7-1/2 inch gauge, cylinders 2x3 inches, drivers 7-5/8 inches. This old-timer has a gen File:DwightDurkee American.jpg|Durkee firing up his 1-1/2 inch scale Early American engine on the hydraulic lift. Photo by [[Harry Dixon]], Summ

...and members Paul Erbacker and [[Harry Dixon]] looking over Harry's 1-inch scale miniature of the C.P. Huntington. The club's old-time station house which ...ee GGLS Redwood Park.jpg|The late "Harry Dixon" with his 3/4-inch scale, 0-4-2 "Dixie Dee". This freelance loco was designed by Vic Shattock. More than

...ies castings for several very popular live steam locomotives in 1-1/2 inch scale. The company was founded in 1963 by [[Gene Allen]], for whom the company w == New 0-4-0 ==

...cale, 7 1/2" gauge rolling stock and locomotives as well as much larger 3" scale, 15" gauge rolling stock and locomotives. ...s railroad. Yes, he reimbursed the company for them. The railroad had a 15 inch track, steam locomotive and coaches with a half-mile loop track near his es

...1/2 inch scale engines left (all live steam). She wanted $10,000 for all 3 plus parts that were hand made of brass in boxes. Plus a large signal he m File:Henry Lauer Pennsy K4 half inch 01.jpg

...Shop.jpg|Calvert Holt's emaculate shop. From "Mechanical Package Magazine #4 Fall 1932". ...nch scale home railroad in Connecticut. From "Mechanical Package Magazine #4 Fall 1932".

** Bob Recic Driving Ron Beckman's 1 inch scale Pacific ** [[Chris Schieck]] driving Beckman's Engine pulling Chris' 1.6 inch scale C&S Caboose

...Barbara, California, has sent news that he expects to have his 1-1/2 inch scale road completed, along with signals and controlled switches, before the summ ...50 foot trestle a little closer to the ground but designed and built to a 3% grade. This railroad is like a huge figure eight and winds through the le

File:Don Althouse partial final 3.jpg|Twin cylinder engine modeled by Don Althouse ...as is my version of SolidWorks. I am running a 12 year old 32-bit Pentium 4 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. Not the best system in the wo

Large scale trains operating on 7 1/2” (or 7 1/4” in some areas) gauge track have operated safely for many thousands of mi ...d train equipment approximately one-quarter full size, most commonly on 15 inch gauge track. This size of equipment was very stable and dependable for comm

...arry_Coventry#Build_Instructions|Harry Coventry details how to build the 3/4 Pacific "George Washington"]]''' '''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry update for 2024]]'''

...a wood bench seat and the sides of the seats take up 3/4 inch of the five inch foot space. With boat seats, you loose none of that space to the wood. Lo ...f you must have a 16 inch wide car, get the plate for the sides cut to 5.5 inch width at extra expense, but do not mess with the center channel.

...mover, which is about as close to a true model as you can come in 3/4 inch scale. So perhaps the steam boys might allow me space to describe it. [[File:StanGalloway one inch diesel 1957.png|thumb|center|600px]]

...number of leading truck wheels, driving wheels and trailing wheels. An 0-4-0 has no leading trucks, two pairs of driving wheels and no trailing trucks [[File:OneEighthAmericanLALS1965.jpg|thumb|right|300px|One-eighth scale American at Los Angeles Live Steamers]]

the large scale live steam hobby in the United States organized and I would like to announce the creation of the Small Scale Pattern Pool,

[[File:4 Generations of Purintons.jpg|thumb|left|400px|This shows four (4) generations of Purintons. Bob Hornsby took this at a live steam meet in Ep ...ohol burner" was a popular alternative to coal firing, especially for 1/2" scale indoor running.

...ds has brought to the forefront the distressing fact that a fraction of an inch in gauge is preventing any interchangeability of rolling stock and motive p ...untry are faced with the problems of deciding between 7-1/2 inch and 7-1/2 inch gauges before they can start construction. Those who already have locomoti

...mall milling attachment, and a drill press. The 'golden age' of [[1/2 inch scale]] modeling was in the 1920s through the end of World War II. ...ilroaders were utilizing smaller scales and moving their trains indoors. O scale, and even smaller scales such as S and HO were now the choice for the sceni

...he hobby. The first locomotive developed was the Central Pacific No. 173 4-4-0, the locomotive that [[Walt Disney]] has called “the most beautifully p ...to late 1980’s. This locomotive also uses many part common with both the 0-4-0 and the 2-6-0.

: 10" pipe is 10 3/4" OD. In a boiler this size (10-inch diameter by 41-inch length) I usually use 5/16" plate. ...diameter stays on 2" centers. In 5/16" plate I use 1/2" diameter stays on 3" centers.

...where the stairway descends. There resides 3/4 inch scale Maine Centraol 4-6-0 No. 12, Bill's personal locomotive (Photo 1), built in 1971. She has v ...n 1-1/2 inch scale. His latest project, No. 40, a modern 3/4 inch scale 4-4-0, is taking shape in the shops now.

...nch, exhaust line in line, link radius 4 inch, back set of link foot 29/64 inch. The crank pin is placed 7/8 inch from wheel center.

Carl from [[Midwest Scale Rail, LLC]] wrote: * Outside Diameter (inch): 0.36

''3/4 inch Scale Switcher'' [[File:VanGrop quarter inch sp 484 1953.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"O" gauger that upset the lock washer.]]

== PRR K-4 == P.R.R. K-4

File:AlickJosslin.jpg|Alick Josslin and the original Helen Long 2.5 inch Gauge Locomotive constructed by [[LBSC]] for Josslin. File:JA Josslin.jpg|J.A. Josslin operating Harry Allin's B&A D1a 4-6-6T suburban tank locomotive - 1947.

...lding up parts from raw stock. Shown in Figure 2 is such an engine; a 3/4 inch bore double acting engine modeled after an agricultural pumping engine of a ...arefully. Hold your desire for a Pacific or Hudson until later. Try an 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 switcher as a starter. First buy only the blue-prints and caref

...the first railroads of this size on the west coast, it has grown from 1 to 4 acres, Because we are a train park and not an amusement park no one is ever ...another aluminum rail two years later, making a dual 4-3/4 inch and 7-1/2 inch gauge track.

...ales (he had an HO scale home layout and is in the process of building a G scale) Ken was hooked on live steam trains after running a friend’s live steam ...e axle drives provide plenty of tractive motive power on this compact 1.5" scale electric powered locomotive. The 110 watt sound system provides the most re

...rn 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 righ ...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.]]

A nice looking Burlington Northern SW1500 EMD switcher in 3/4 inch scale was posted for sale on eBay in December 2012. Here is the description of t :I started this project in 1979 when my son was 3 years old. He just turned 37! Engine is well constructed of 13 gauge [[CRS

...i Feb2006.JPG|Another full-size gladhand. Each square in the image is 1/2 inch. Photo by Dave Sclavi. ...ehalem Machine Works|Operating gladhands, 1.5 inch scale, 3/16 inch to 1/4 inch hose barb, <i>John Kelso, Chehalem Machine Works</i>]]