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...ated well. The HALS track is rather large, and his wooden and PVC rolling stock made it around the track several times. What mattered most is that he had

...live steamers, the locomotive is it. Very few bother about adding rolling stock except for a flat car on which the engineer rides. Designed for power rath ...in constructing just one. Too, maintenance and repair of existing rolling stock is no little matter. And where the model builder has a track, as Trook doe

...Pacific", comprises box cars, gondolas, hopper dump car, tanks, flats and stock cars, one caboose and one passenger coach, 23 in all, and when coupled back ...for track cost about $50 and each locomotive, calling for the purchase of stock materials such as copper, brass, steel rod, rivets and small bolts and nuts

This bit of rolling stock is not an original idea of mine. It was copied from a [[3-1/2 Inch Gauge F ...t is just as easy now. The easiest way is to saw them from a piece of bar stock and later face them to size. They do not have to be made this thick; the r

...fference is that the live steam model railroader rarely builds any rolling stock other than a flat car to ride on, nor does he worry about his "scenery." I ...gauge. Each engine costs him about $75 for steel and brass bar and sheet stock, copper tubing, etc. A Bassett-Lowke pressure gauge is the only commercial

...d [[Don Isom|Isom Craft]]. He constructed live steam locomotives, rolling stock, and buildings. ...:DonIsom PickleCar MolollaOR1.jpg|Don Isom Pickle Car (ISOMCRAFT), new old stock, never used, offered on DiscoverLiveSteam.com, October 2016. Located at [[P

...g from scratch. The wide selection of ready-to-run locomotives and rolling stock that we enjoy today simply was not available. Leroy Nessen completed a beautiful scratchbuilt scale stock car with hand planed shiplapped wood floor and hand-made fasteners and arch

Only those of us who have seen the R.R. station, water tank, rolling stock and R.R. accessories can appreciate the picture. When they are assembled t

...built and was followed with various other types of locomotives and rolling stock. Though an exact record was not kept, Bill’s estimate is that he produce

...s back garden, we helped him by putting down the rail. We used square key stock. We drilled holes and put finishing nails down through it. I wanted to ta ...ionally good start Saturday morning, September 5th, 1953, and keeping them rolling until the following Monday evening. Engines operated were all types from a

...otives. It is not that there are almost as many locos as pieces of rolling stock. It is so much more.

...er route on Romney Marsh in Kent. Track construction, locomotives, rolling stock and operating systems are described, with examples from the past and the pr

Rolling stock on the [[Goleta Valley Railroad]] includes half-a-dozen steel gondolas, a w

...e [[Whysall Light Railway]] at Bloomfield Hills, whose engines and rolling stock were built as a hobby undert the critical eye of Jesse Gall, superintendent

...ign and build from scratch in my own shop a live steam locomotive, rolling stock and trackage of such size and extent as to required a machine shop, a patte

...ing equipment, including three locomotives, flat, box, tank, refrigerator, stock and gondola cars, as well as cabooses and maintenance cars.

File:1951 Oct MechanixIllus007.jpg|Most of the rolling stock is hooked up to a flat car in order to give the kids of the neighborhood a

: The embankments are solid enough for very light locos and rolling stock but not for any steamers over about 200 Lbs. The next thing needing work i

...ll provide for longer rail life, less resistance, and less wear on rolling stock wheels.

...en I can. I'm still working on our new catalog which will have our rolling stock and diesel detail parts. I am in the process of making all new pattern boar