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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.