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• A 3/4 Inch Scale Electric Locomotive
  A 3/4 Inch Scale Electric Locomotive ...omotive was built in 1930 and has been operating since then. It is an 0-4-4-0 type, with the following dimensions:
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• Let's Build a Boiler for the 3/4 inch Scale Beginner's Locomotive
  Let's Build a Boiler for the 3/4 inch Scale Beginner's Locomotive ...t plate, inner fire box, throat plate and the two tube sheets allowing 1/4 inch all around where it is to be flanged. You can lay all of these patterns on
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• 3/4 Inch Scale Registry
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] quality of the registry. I glean some info from the two 3 ½” sites on Facebook.
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• Bill Oberpriller's Minnie
  [[Minnie 2]] is a freelance 2-4-2 live steam locomotive designed by Bill Oberpriller. Bill offered the loc ''2-4-2 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT''
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• Steam Locomotive Drawings
  == 3.75 inch scale == * [[Meg Wendy]] 0-4-0
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• Golden Gate Live Steamers
  ...that there was activity going on. I believe there is a picture showing a 3 ½” gauge engine as finished. Harry Dixon took that picture. We were up ...ic Shattock was the first to make a test run with his 2-1/2 inch and 3-1/2 inch gauge locos.
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• Pennsylvania Live Steamers
  ...the line is built on ground level and is laid to 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch and 1 inch scales. Friends are asked to bring the locomotive and riding car and have * Harry Quick and Bros., Mahanoy City, Pa., 1 inch scale 4-6-4
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• IBLS Wheel Standard
  ...dual gauge we use a 3/4 inch scale diameter and width wheel with a 1 inch scale flange. Since the track gauge value must remain the same even though the f ! scope="col"|Scale
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• IBLS Journal 1950
  ...e Chabot of Worcester, Mass. will complete the tender for his new 3/4 inch scale Atlantic which put up a nice performance on its first steam run trail at th According to the grapevine there are two 3-1/2 inch gauge honest to gosh diesel projects being built (hush, hush). One is a Ca
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• IBLS Track Standard
  <tr><td>Scale</td><td>Ratio</td><td>Standard Gauge</td><td>Notes</td></tr> ...m<br>0.650 inch</td><td>Hornby produced.Generally regarded as the smallest scale for live steam.</td></tr>
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• Bill Van Brocklin
  ...f [[The Live Steamer]] features a detailed view of the well known 3/4 inch scale Boston & Maine Atlantic type locomotive built by William (Bill) Van Brockli ...pg. 100. This is Bill's second locomotive, and the first built in 3/4 inch scale.
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• 7-1/4 vs 7-1/2 Gauge
  The 7 1/4 versus 7 1/2 Debate ...s by most. What is really most interesting is the fact that for exact 1/8" scale, the track gauge should be 7 1/16 inches.
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• Rocky Mountain Live Steamers
  ...duced.jpg|thumb|right|500px|[[Arthur Wegner]] running his 3.5 inch gauge 4-4-2 Atlantic loco at [[J. B. Squires]]' track, Colorado Springs, CO, June 196 ...ight|300px|[[Arthur Wegner]], running his 3/4 inch scale, 3.5 inch gauge 4-4-2 Atlantic, June 1959. Photo by [[Ken Scheer]].]]
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• Now You Can Finish Your Boiler For The Beginner's Locomotive
  ...ly and 7/16 inch centers vertically. There are eighteen tubes in all, 3/8 inch [[O.D.]] and standard commercial IMperial tube is used. ...X but a clear one. Her grate is 2 inch by 6 inch though deeper than our 0-4-0. She'll do 1/2 a mile regularly on one firing so what more do you want.
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• Gordon Corwin
  ...:GordonCorwin 4-8-4 hoist.jpg|Gordon Corwin loading his 3/4 inch scale 4-8-4 onto the track of his home layout, circa 1957 in Southern California. Photo ...inJr 4-8-4.jpg|Gordon Corwin's son, Gordon Jr, on their 3/4 inch scale 4-8-4, circa 1957. Photo provided by Stephen Quandt.
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• Douglas Massie
  ...inch scale and was to have surprised the boys this summer with a 3/4 inch scale Diesel Locomotive. [[File:Doug Massie UP Challenger.jpg|thumb|center|500px|3/4 inch scale live steam model of a Union Pacific Challenger built by D. W. Massie of Mon
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• IBLS Journal 1938
  ...heat. I bet you took it then so you could work on the frames for your new 4-6-2. It is pretty hard work getting frames out of the solid for a big job ...time I had an engine on the track was Christmas afternoon when I took the 4-6-6T out to see if the crank pin setting was all right. Guess I got the ec
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• Harry Coventry
  ...scale 0-6-0; a 1 inch scale 4-4-0 and 4-6-0; a British "Single" in 1 inch scale, and various other models. ...gn on the market. [[Miniature Power Products]] of Canada kept the 3/4 inch scale P7 on the market from the 1970s to the 2000s.
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• IBLS Journal 1952
  ...again was [[William Moorewood|Bill Moorewood]]'s little 3-1/2 inch gauge 4-4-0. It is taken from one of the old time Pennsy engines with a small deep f ...rocklin's]] in operation, and Earl Allred's in process. Earl's is a 3-1/2 inch gauge Pennsy G5 and sure has every indication of a successful job. One cou
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• Otha Hege Steam Turbine Generator
  Steam Turbo Generator in 3/4 Inch Scale ...utting the hole to size. This hole should be one or two thousandths of an inch smaller than the magnet so that it will press in. Be sure the hole is in t
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• Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society
  ...ameter (as they were the only size I could get at the time.) Bogies 2-1/2 inch diameter. ...stop cold air from going straight through the tubes. This plate is 1-1/4 inch wide, and is welded to the foundation ring, the grate rests on this at the
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• New England Live Steamers
  ...the property behind his box factory in Danvers, Mass. It was a 2-1/2" and 3-1/2" gauge elevated ("highline") loop of track some 600' in length that wen ...uite often the Brotherhood of Live Steamers Annual Meet) would be held for 3 days each September.
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• Axle Driven Feed Pump for the Beginner's Locomotive
  ''An 0-4-0 Switcher of Simple Design in 3/4 inch Scale'' ...ll pump as much water to the mile as a 5 inch drivered Atlantic with a 5/8 inch stroke pump which pretty well evens things up. While a big pump is handy t
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• Simplun
  ''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
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• IBLS Journal 1954
  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.
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• The Miniature Boiler
  ...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
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• IBLS Journal 1951
  ...'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
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• Wandering Locomotive Books
  ...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
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• Tender Hand Pump for 3/4" Scale Locomotives
  ...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
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• Hudson 4-6-4
  [[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>]:
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• Greenly’s Hudson
  ...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.
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• Wischstadt Arch Bar Trucks
  ...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
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• Southern California Live Steamers
  ...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
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• William Morewood
  ...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
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• Karl Friedrich
  [[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
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• Youd Better Not Call Them Toys
  ...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
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• Live Steam in 1/240th Scale
  ...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
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• Windsor Ontario Live Steam Club
  ...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.
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• One Inch Steam Locomotive Goes Hollywood
  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
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• Building the Little Railroad
  ...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
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• Track and Switches for Live Steam
  ...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
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• Bruce Achor
  ...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.
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• Design and Layout of a Valve Gear
  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
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• Who Ever heard of a Diesel Engine?
  ...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
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• Cliff Blackstaffe
  ...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.
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• Cylinders and Cylinder Heads for the Beginner's Locomotive
  ''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
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• Drive Wheels Rods for the Beginner's Locomotive
  ''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.
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• Victor Shattock
  ...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.
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• A 3/4 Scale Flat Car With Brakes
  [[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
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• Enos Yoder
  == 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
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• 17/32 Inch Scale
  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
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• Centerville and Southwestern Railroad
  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
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• Scales and Gauges
  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.
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• Lester Friend
  ...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
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• William L. Daney
  ...-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
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• Albert Campbell
  ...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
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• The Hoffman Hudson Story
  ...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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• IBLS Coupler and Safety Chain Standards
  <tr><td>Scale</td> <td>Gauge</td> <td>Coupler/Chain Hook Height (CH)</td> <td>Chain Offse <tr><td>3/4"</td> <td>3-1/2"</td> <td>2-1/4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr>
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• Wimberley Blanco & Southern Railroad
  ...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:
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• 3/4 Inch Scale Registry
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] quality of the registry. I glean some info from the two 3 ½” sites on Facebook.
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• Red River Valley Railway
  ...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
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• Scaling Down to O Gauge
  ...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.
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• 3-1/2 Inch Gauge Flat Car
  [[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.
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• IBLS Journal 1943
  ...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
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• Arthur Wegner
  ...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
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• Diesel Trucks
  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.
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• TLS Sander
  ...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
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• History of IBLS
  ...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
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• IBLS Journal 1953
  ...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.
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• L.N.E.R. Pacific Locomotive
  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.
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• Charles S. Purinton
  ...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
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• Location Design and Trackwork
  ...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
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• Yankee Shop
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] ...an Armitage who was also very famous for his work with narrrow gauge and O scale model railroads.
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• Turbine Generator
  == 1 inch scale == ...Alkire/P7_Drawings/Pyle%20National%20MO-6%20generator/ Drawings for 1 inch scale Pyle National MO-6 Generator by Doug Alkire]
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• Auto Air Brakes
  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
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• Southeastern Live Steamers
  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
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• Axle Boxes and Side Rods for the Beginner's Locomotive
  ''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.
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• Alan Armitage
  [[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
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• Groovy Track
  ...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
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• Rex Smith
  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,
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• Norman Steele
  ...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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• Threads
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• Iowa Model Steam Engineers
  ...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.
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• Al Milburn
  : 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
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• Steam up on the Backyard Railroad
  ...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.
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• Tinkerbell scale
  [[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"?
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• Browning Railroad
  Peter Bryan wrote, 3 Nov 2023: ...tern Railroad. David is astride engine #832, a [[Little Engines]] Pacific 4-6-2. Photo by Danny Stuettgen.]]
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• Jack Fesco
  [[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
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• Alva Trook
  ...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.
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• Walter Brown
  ...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
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• Bill Brower
  ...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
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• Dwight Durkee
  ...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
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• Harry Dixon
  ...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
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• Allen Models
  ...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 ==
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• Seymour F. Johnson
  ...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
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• Henry Lauer
  ...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
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• Calvert Holt
  ...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".
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• Chris Schieck
  ** 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
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• Goleta Valley Railroad
  ...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
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• LBSC's Virginia
  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
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• Stability Of 7 1/2 Inch Gauge Ride-On Trains
  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
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• Main Page
  ...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]]'''
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• AVWRR Riding Car
  ...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.
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• Stan Galloway
  ...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]]
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• Iron Colts in the Back Yard
  ...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]]
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• Pattern pool
  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,
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• Charles A. Purinton
  [[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.
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• Gauge Dilemma
  ...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
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• 1/2 inch scale
  ...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
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• Railroad Supply Corporation
  ...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.
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• Boiler Material
  : 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.
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• Visit to Bill Van Brocklin's Shop
  ...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.
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• Mock-Up Valve Gear
  ...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.
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• Turnouts
  Carl from [[Midwest Scale Rail, LLC]] wrote: * Outside Diameter (inch): 0.36
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• A Loco Built From Scrap
  ''3/4 inch Scale Switcher'' [[File:VanGrop quarter inch sp 484 1953.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"O" gauger that upset the lock washer.]]
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• Joseph F Nelson
  == PRR K-4 == P.R.R. K-4
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• James Alick Josslin
  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.
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• Getting Started
  ...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
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• Pacific Northwest Live Steamers
  ...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.
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• Kenneth Rodig
  ...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
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• Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam
  ...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.]]
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• 3/4" BN SW1500
  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
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• Gladhand
  ...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>]]
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• Jacob Croisant
  ...o oilers, one for each piston; greasless roller bearings throughout; Bell; 4 chime whistle; steams easily; weight approximately 550 pounds. == 3/4 Inch Hudson ==
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• Carl Hoffman
  ...st published which talked about a "New Hudson" type Locomotive in 3/4 inch scale just put on the market. Castings and drawings were stated to be available a ...the Josslin Hudson but I have seen exactly the same castings on other 3/4" scale Hudson's or northern type locomotives here in Southern Ontario (and Montrea
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• Robert Day
  Someday we'll tell you all about this 1 inch scale railroad, complete with pictures, if you're interested. ...udson type built to the scale of 1 inch to the foot. Track gauge is 4-3/4 inch. The locomotive is operating condition weighs about 250 pounds. Total len
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• Moving Up A Gauge
  <i>Live Steam Model Railway Review</i>, No. 4, May 1984 ...s also early on the scene with narrow gauge - converting some of my Hornby 3-rail with narrow gauge bodies (and ruining my mum's kitchen scissors cuttin
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• Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018
  ...ill Yoder, as you know, has published the [[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|¾ inch Scale Live Steam Registry]]. ...about the history and future of the IBLS]]. Bill Yoder spoke about the 3/4 inch registry and about steam locomotives in Russia where he lives. We enjoyed a
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• Design, Care and Feeding of Check Valves
  ...ball diameter. Check valves for injector service use the highest lift: 1/3 ball diameter. ...e easy direction, (2) have infinite resistance in the back direction, and (3) be easy to service.
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• Laverne Langworthy
  ...s a live steamer in the North Eastern United States. He design a 3/4 inch scale Hudson. ...l received as this "new", larger scale was just ramping up. A third (3-1/2 inch gauge) rail to accommodate it was to be added to [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl
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• Emery Ohlenkamp
  File:OhlenkampRainhillTSMEAcres1952.jpg|3.5 inch gauge Rainhill locomotive built by Emery Ohlenkamp (Chicago, USA) at the 6t File:EmeryOhlenkamp American.jpg|Emery Ohlenkamp on his 1.5 inch scale American.
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• St. Croix Railroad
  ...ack gauges approximate to the following scales for a standard track gauge (4' 8.5") locomotive: * 2.5" gauge -1/24 scale, or 0.5 inches to the foot
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• Fred Jerome
  3/4 inch scale Timken “four aces” 4-8-4 built by [[Fred Jerome]] of Toronto. ...enFourAces 1936.jpg|Fred Jerome and his Timken Four Aces 4-8-4 in 3/4 inch scale, 1936.
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• Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies, Inc
  ..., high power troposcatter systems and undersea cable. Entering the 1-1/2" scale field he found little available in the late 1960’s. He decided to start ...e had built his first GP-7 and by 1971, a pair of electrically powered 4-6-4 steam locomotives. By 1972 an F-7 was built and was followed with various
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• Collector's Item
  [[File:ODShuptrine 4 4 0 1915.jpg|thumb|right|400px]] ...as, I had the privilege of inspecting a Live Steam 4-4-0, about 1-1/4 inch scale, built in 1896 by O. D. Shuptrine, a locomotive engineer on the old [http:/
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• The Martin Lewis Water Gauge
  ...and 1/4 inch [[O.D.]] glass tubes as ordinarily used to maintain close to scale sizes are not so very reliable because capillary attraction causes the wate ...to dimensions after drilling the 1/4 inch hole to proper depth and the 1/8 inch holes through, then measured and cut off. Repeat the operation and you wil
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• Fred Bohn
  File:COALS 1984 Omlet Bruce Hoffman's 4-6-6-4 4.jpg|The picture of the 4-6-6-4 is the one made by [[Fred Bohn]]. The Hoffmans bought the engine from him a ...is a photo of the 999 built by [[Fred Bohn]] in Niagara Falls NY. It's 7 1/4" gauge and is coal fired. A few years back she received a full cosmetic res
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• Calvert Holt Sees It Through
  ...s to our worthy brother over the pond, and his assistant, on the result of 3,200 hours' "hard labour." A little heftier job than the "Silver Rocket"! ...oupled and trailing axles. The cylinders are "scale" size, 3 in. bore and 3-1/2 in. stroke, with piston valves having a bore of 1-5/16 in., and 7/8 in.
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• Ken Scheer
  ...very first incredible "Hands-On" Introduction to 3/4-Inch Scale x 3-1/2-Inch Gauge "Live-Steam Locomotives", by a wonderful 72 year-young Gentleman, a r ...& Building', and as frequently as possible 'Steaming' my 1:20 Scale x 1.75 inch Gauge Live-Steam Locomotives. Two or three 'Pilgrimages' per year are also
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• Dave Sclavi
  * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0FKhmevFF4 "Operation of a scale power reverse gear"] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUixFwazDeo "Wheel Turning, Part 3"]
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• Los Angeles Live Steamers
  ...Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALSRM) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation that was founded in 1956. It was started by tra From <i>[[Large-scale Model Railroading]]</i>, page 19
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• Friends Models
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] : [[Friends Models]] now has available, castings for the 3/4 inch scale 4-4-2 Atlantic "Angus" by [[Charles S. Purinton|Charlie Purinton]]. All casting
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• Richard Thomas
  ...block patterns from Model Locomotive Engineering Company. It has 2 3/4" x 3 1/2" cylinders with a part# 104 D100 written on the pattern. This is a spe ...cquired these originally from Richard Thomas in 1999. He had written 4-6-6-4 on these, possibly a locomotive he had built or was in the process of build
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• Frank Birch
  File:21 Frank Birch Hudson.jpg|This 3/4 in. scale New Hudson in 3-1/2 in. gauge was designed by Mr Frank Birch, of Essex, Ontario ...sign and was built by Frank Birch. It has 5/16 inch bore (steam) and 5/32 inch water pistons. Although made to pump water, this tiny rig withstood a test
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• IBLS Library
  ...-8-0 Canadian Switcher Caribou|"0-8-0 Canadian Switcher "Caribou" in 3-1/2 inch gauge"]], [[Martin Evans]], 1977 * [[Large-scale Model Railroading]], [[T. A. Hill]] and [[Bill Koster|W. C. Koster]]
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• Walter Johnston
  ...ng many curves and heavy grades. Train equipment consists of 3 flat cars, 3 gondolas, a tank car and caboose. Three more cars are under construction. Leonard Carey Williams wrote on <i>Facebook</i>, 4 February 2020:
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• Build a Power Reverse for Your Engine
  These drawings are for 1-inch scale. If you wish to construct it in 3/4 inch scale, merely reduce all cylinder and control rods by 1/4, but build the valve
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• Engine Stand
  === 2 inch steel channel === ...in my garage. I would also make the vertical posts straight up and use 3/8 inch gusset plates on the corners so it would not rock.
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• George Murray
  ...orgeMurray home track NYC 999.jpg|George Murray at his home track with 3/4 inch NYC 999 ...Murray home track backyard.jpg|George Murray's back yard elevated 3/4 inch scale track.
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• Meg Wendy
  The [[Meg Wendy]] is an 0-4-0 industrial/quarry style steam locomotive. It was designed by father ans The [[Meg Wendy]] is typically built as a 7.25 or 7.5 inch narrow-gauge locomotive.
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• Loading gauge
  ! scope="col"|1/2 inch scale ! scope="col"|3/4 inch scale
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• The Iron Pony
  [[The Iron Pony]] manufactured 1 inch scale model railroad equipment. It was founded by brothers Mike and Joe Devlin. ...ut to manufacture 1 inch scale railroad equipment. As you may know, 1 inch scale (one twelfth of full size) is one of the standard live steam scales. The lo
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• Randall Hudson
  ...954 022.jpg|right|300px|Seely A. Randall custom build Hudson in 1-1/2 inch scale. From "The Miniature Locomotive", July-August 1954]] ...my nine-year old grandson sitting in the engine seat. The cab floor is 1 inch above the rails.
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• Bob Zawarski
  ...the name "Exact Scale Models". He also added detail parts to the 3/4 inch scale Hudson shown below. == 3/4 inch Hudson ==
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• Model Maker's Dream Engine
  ...illed devotee of one of the world's most exacting hobbies--the building of scale-model, steam-driven replicas of locomotives that made our railroading histo ...ou ever happen to see an apparently normal-looking man bend over a working scale-model steam locomotive, take a deep whiff of the acrid aroma of hot oil and
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• Lagging
  : After all, the 3 methods of heat transfer are: conduction, convection and radiation. Radiati ...xfordMA.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Charlie Purinton did not use lagging on his 4-2-0 locomotive "Seth".]]
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• Santa Ana Canyon Miniature Railroad
  ...first train Mr. Martin built an Atlantic type Locomotive (4-4-2) for a 10-inch gauge track. He operated this live steamer in the parks of Detroit for two ...he finished the locomotive and train with the help of his faithful wife is 4-1/2 years at the age of 74. Mrs. Martin was 64. The train was named the V
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• The Blackstone Valley Railroad
  ...ortunate children (and adults) who have never seen the greatness of a full scale reciprocating steam engine. Since that time it has carried nearly 15,000 f ...and carries from 75 to 100 pounds pressure. Cylinders are 3 inch by 3-1/4 inch. Weight of the locomotive, according to Mr. Lakeman, is 1400 pounds in run
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• Louis Lawrence
  ...like it! It's amazing that Louis never got into model building on a grand scale like so many other hobbyists around the country because as he put it, by ri ...wever, before getting into the live steam hobby, he built several 3/8-inch scale models of the Key Route's 500-class wooden interurban cars that were perfec
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• Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad
  The Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad is a 7-1/4" gauge railroad in Oakland County, Michigan. It was built by [[Stephen Boo ...ore Railroad]] is a 7-1/4 inch gauge outdoor miniature railroad built to a scale of 1-1/2 inches to the foot. This freight hauling system is located on the
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• Southwestern Live Steamers
  : As of now, it is highly likely that a 2500 foot double loop of 7-1/2 inch gauge track will be made available to the club in the Dallas-Fort Worth are ...d on January 29th. The first meeting was attended by 14 live steamers and 3 others by proxy.
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• Lee Stephens
  == Southern Ps-4 Pacific Castings == : '''Southern Ps-4 Pacific'''
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• LBSC
  ...igns were based on actual prototypes, but were not necessarily finished to scale. With this generous exposure, it is perhaps not surprising that many of his ...WW2, the norm became to build to 17/32" (13.5mm) to the foot. This is the scale that G3 models are built to these days. LBSC was a former “engineman”
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• They've been working on the railroad
  ...ht|300px|This 15-inch track at a private layout handles the big three-inch-scale models. (Looks real, doesn't it? But note the relative size of the "switchm ...s, though. These are scale models, accurate to the tiniest fraction of an inch, of the steam engines that made railroad history not so many years ago -- e
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• Edwin Bergh
  ...nd in operation. A good start had been made on one of Buchanan's N.Y.C. 4-4-0's, the No. 938. Ed was always willing to help others in any way that he File:EdBergh with No999.jpg|Ed Bergh with his 3-1/2 inch gauge 4-4-0 No. 999 taken at Danvers in October, 1953 by photographer A. W. Leggett.
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• Getting More Steam
  ...locomotive which needed change in the front end in a big way. His 3/4 inch scale steamer was the subject of many tests and the basis for his book, [[Getting ...esting read. It describes his attempts to improve the poor steaming of his 3.5 in. Pacific. The second part of the book is a copy of the 1937 design gui
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• Roll Models Industrial Railworks
  ...orks|RMI]] posted on Facebook that they bought all of the 2 1/2" and above scale product lines. ...standard. It has proven itself with many of the modelers in 2.5 and 3-3/4 scale. A few of the other manufactures are or will be offering this flange.
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• Water gauge
  ...ou can see water in the waterglass, there will be a minimum of one quarter inch of water on top of the <i>highest</i> point of the crownsheet. needless to ...hat the pipes and fittings are 100% free of any obstruction and eposits of scale. Beware of a glass that looks full, it could look the same if it were bone
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• Mini-Rail Boiler Testing Procedure
  3. Steam boilers shall have the water level gauge located with the bottom of 3. Fill boiler with water until it runs out the top.
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• Doug Alkire
  File:Doug Alkire BO 1inch.jpg|1" scale B&O P7 built by Doug Alkire. This engine was featured in Joe Nelsons book " ...Alkire and Joe Nelson Oct 1971 LALS.jpg|Doug Alkire leading on his 1 inch scale B&O P-7, with Joe Nelson on his Pennsy K-4s, double-heading at Los Angeles
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• Jack Sessums
  [[Jack Sessums]] built the <i>Live Oak Canyon Railroad</i>, a 15 inch gauge road in Redlands, California. ...ht by Ron Mason, who owned Jack's 3/4 inch scale Southern Pacific MT-class 4-8-2. I believe Ron later sold the Daylight some years later.
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• La Canada Valley Railroad
  ...This bubble soon burst and I was just glad that I wasn't a little one inch scale human trying to conquer these new frontiers. By the time I had laid a coup * the above mentioned engine, a 1 inch scale Pacific
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• Elsnor Laschanzky
  ...most of his life, and this issue he sends in a photo of a scale Case and a scale sawmill he built. ...nzky sawmill.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FE.J. Laschanzky's scale 65 HP Case and scale sawmill.]]
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• Let's Build a Boiler for the 3/4 inch Scale Beginner's Locomotive
  Let's Build a Boiler for the 3/4 inch Scale Beginner's Locomotive ...t plate, inner fire box, throat plate and the two tube sheets allowing 1/4 inch all around where it is to be flanged. You can lay all of these patterns on
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• Rivets
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• The Toad Swamp and Punk Hollow Railroad
  ...Leggett, Jr. is behind the engineer running Fred's Timken "Four Aces" 4-8-4. ...t? There was one switch to go into the kitchen on a spur. See [[A 3/4 Inch Scale Electric Locomotive]].
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• Daniel Boone VI
  ...assisted by Nat Howell, built a 3 inch scale model of a Union Pacific 4-8-4. It was offered in an auction by <i>Barrett-Jackson</i> in late 2018. ...erature-controlled environment in good condition. It is a fully functional scale model of a Union Pacific 484 Baldwin Engine plus four Pullman cars that wei
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• Choosing A Loco
  ...ely out of this class; and upon further reasoning there are a great many 0-4-0's that are not small. It seems to be the item limiting the size classifi ...The grate is 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches, which comes to a little more than one inch. This doesn't give you much to go on. The margin of error is extremely sm
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• Arch
  ...ch. We went to a pot burner, and ended up adding an arch that went about 3/4 of the way back to the back of the firebox. The arch, by lengthening the ga : The arch was 1/4" mild steel, and lasted a number of years, even though rather warped. We h
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• Ernest Daniell
  ...niell shown at the throttle of his Cole four-cylinder compound in 3/4 inch scale. Mrs Daniell is riding behind him. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Donaldson.]] ...Naval Shipyard. He built a Cole four-cylinder compound 4-4-2 in 3/4 inch scale. This is believed to be Ernest's only steam locomotive, though he built se
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• East Coast Locomotive Works
  ...arts are suitable for these engines. Some are for a Consolidation with 63 inch drivers. ...parts for the famous [[Laverne Langworthy|Langworthy Hudson]] in 3/4 inch scale back in the late 1930's.
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• Steaming Along with Victor Shattock
  ...cing a complete railroad system or portion of a system in miniature and to scale. The live steamers, to me at least, always seemed out of the question for First thing I saw while going down the stairs was a main line of 2-1/2 inch gauge track apparently circling the entire basement. The total right of wa
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• Seepage in Small Steam Engines
  models had run 2-1/2 to 3 minutes per ounce of water, but this model ran 4 scale speed of 45 to 50 MPH. This in turn meant that a lower fire would keep
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• 4-8-4 Locomotive Frame Casting in Half Inch
  Having had some experience building a 1/2 inch scale Pacific locomotive bed from castings, and parts cut out by hand from [[CRS| The casting shown in the photo is of a general design for a 4-8-4 type locomotive. Such a casting eliminates a great deal of filing and fitt
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• The Work of Henry Greenly
  Leaving literary pursuits some time ago to go back to full scale engineering, Mr. Greenly is now chief of Greenly Engineering Models, Ltd., The cylinders are 2-1/2 inch by 3-1/4 inch. Valve gear is [[Walschaert valve gear|Walschaerts reversing gear]], with
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• Frank Dee
  ...ld an outdoor track some 1330-feet in length. Frank also built a 3/4-inch scale model of an SP 4400 model with the streamlined casing. It was absolutely be ...SP484 No4462.jpg|Here is a photo of Frank Dee's famous 3/4" scale, SP 4-8-4 # 4462. As you can see.. It was a beauty. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
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• Adjustable Drill Jig
  ...lte methods. You can come fairly close by using magnifying glass, a 100th scale and needle scriber and after the holes are drilled you can insert pins and ...hich the holes in the Baker gear parts can be located with less than 0.001 inch error.
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• Scotty Mogul
  The [[Scotty Mogul]] is a 1.5 inch scale Light Mogul. The model has been described as small, compact, with plenty of * Bore: 1-3/4 inch
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• William Harris
  ...series on the Mich-Cal No. 2, 1.5 inch scale, narrow gauge Shay, for 4-3/4 inch track. The series ran in <i>[[Live Steam Magazine]]</i> staring in July 19 ...of 28 in the series, describes construction of this 1.5 inch scale, 4-3/4 inch gauge Shay.]]
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• Gauge 3
  ...and 40s. During this period, what we may call the "golden age" of [[Gauge 3]], several locomotive kits were offered by [[Martin Lewis]], [[Harry Covent ...umberlandmodelengineering.com/Gauge3History.html "A Brief History of Gauge 3", <i>Cumberland Model Engineering</i>]
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• Making Your Own Patterns
  ...enings that will reward you for time spent in a good looking driver and to scale as well. ...will welcome a smooth finished pattern with ample draft. 1/16 inch to an inch is more than ample to allow clean removal of pattern from the sand. All dr
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• Why Plastic
  ...avings as well. For reference, a quality pressure treated 2"x4"x 8' costs $3.50each, cut into six, 2"x4"x16" ties, it would cost you 58 cents per tie. ( ...ttle closer to my scale. They also give a good support "foot print". I use 3 ties per foot which allows a 2" space between each tie. Its easy to tamp th
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• A 3/4 Inch Scale Electric Locomotive
  A 3/4 Inch Scale Electric Locomotive ...omotive was built in 1930 and has been operating since then. It is an 0-4-4-0 type, with the following dimensions:
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• Colorado Central Flat Car in 1 Inch Scale
  [[Colorado Central Flat Car in 1 Inch Scale]] ...e all flashing and large bumps with a chisel and coarse (vixon) file. A 6 inch sanding disc in an electric drill is all that is needed to clean the top an
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• New York Live Steamer Society, Inc
  ...nnecting rods which propel the locomotive wheels. Even the shovels are to scale. They hold about a tablespoonful of coal. Power? Plenty. Some of these lo ...cover. Locomotive was started by his dad 47 years ago (1904). it is a 4-4-0. The prototype was New York Central's No. 999.
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• Bill Goesch
  ...inch to the foot. Cylinders 3/4 inch bore by 1-1/8 inch stroke. Drivers 3 inches in diameter. Drivers are equalized and ummy springs are used. The ...Dept's labor in building an oval 11 feet by 30 feet in the basement (2-1/2 inch gauge).
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• Bill Michaels
  ...has been building his own engines since 1927 when he built his first, a 4-4-2. ...pressure gauges, control levers, and functional piping be held strictly to scale proportions. Slide valves are used at the cylinders instead of piston valv
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• Norman Mottshaw
  ...haw NYC Josslin5200.jpg|[[Norman Mottshaw]]'s NYC Josslin 5200 in 3/4 inch scale. Note the [[Groovy Track]] using flat steel rails and slotted wood ties. ...g|[[Norman Mottshaw]] and his Josslin-designed NYC Hudson 5200 in 3/4 inch scale. Photo provided by [[Steve Bratina]].
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• J. B. Squires
  <i>[[The North American Live Steamer]]</i>, Volume 1 Number 4, 1956 ...es with 30 foot radius curves. I have a mountain type 4-8-2 and a Pacific 4-6-2, also a 0-8-0 switcher which I certainly enjoy as a hobby.
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• Automatic Cylinder Cocks
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• Pennsy E6 Atlantic 4-4-2
  ...tent with the level of detail this model was taken to, there are no out of scale parts, even in the cab. No ball valves, etc.. Note the main shut off valve File:Pennsy E6 Atlantic Doug Edwards 4.jpg
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• Rail expansion
  ...d in fractions of an inch and temperature is in Fahrenheit. Note that the scale of the rail has no bearing on the size of the gap required. |1/4
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• Waushakum Live Steamers
  ...scale steam locomotives. The present track accommodates equipment in 1″, 3/4″ and 1-1/2” to the foot scales (1/12 and 1/16 and 1/8 of full size). Th The Waushakum club was founded in 1954. An elevated track of 3.5″ gauge was built in Ashland Massachusetts, and inaugurated in 1956. Und
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• The Miniature Southern Pacific Railroad
  ...d is built to the scale of 17/32" to the foot or approximately 1/24th full scale. The track gauge is 2-12". ...n over 40 feet long. All cars are mounted on springs and are very true to scale, doors open and close and have automatic couplers. The hopper car has side
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• Old Fashioned Lamp Case
  ...front. I threaded a piece of large brass tubing, cut off about a quarter inch of it, and silver soldered it to the front of the case. If you use this me ...for the chimney and vents. I used a couple of pieces of brass tubing (3/8 inch [[ID]]) and silver soldered them in place as per the sketch. And while you
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• Bill Leggett, Sr
  ...s bench is the beginnings of his 10-wheeler. AWL was the designer of these 4-6-0 locomotives and I think my great uncle Harry Turnbull made the patterns ...ng truck from my uncle's CPR Hudson pattern. Ed Ratcliffe designed his 4-6-4 while working in the railway's drafting department.
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• Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad
  ...e February of last year. In 12 months we have re-laid and refurbished over 3,000' of C&IG mainline. :* Nearly 4,000 EP plastic ties, 500 concrete ties. Plus about 500 new wood ties.
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• Martin Lewis
  [http://test.auburnheights.org/collections/trains/4-8-4-northern-engines-401-402/ From Marshall Steam Museum]: ...inch, and in 1956, T. Clarence Marshall began building his own 1½-inch 4-8-4 locomotive with plans and castings from [[Martin Lewis]]. By 1959, the loco
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• Stan Grigg
  File:StanGrigg Northern basement.jpg|Stan Grigg with his 1 inch scale CNR Northern. The engine had a banjo frame which limited the radius it coul Stan had built a beautiful 1 inch scale CNR 6100 class Northern previous to this engine. It too ran in the basement
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• Cylinders
  File:Usra 1 534-resized.jpg|Fabricated cylinder for 3/4 inch scale USRA 0-8-0 switcher by "Old England", from [http://www.chaski.org/homemachi === 4-10-2 ===
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• Myrtle Grove Belt Line
  is a 1-1/2 inch Pacific. I have a steel caboose, complete with working doors feet long, almost a scale mile.
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• Some Random Observations by an Old Hand
  laborously on the old 3-1/4 inch gauge in Brantford, Ont., perhaps a few from 3-1/4 inch gauge up to 1-1/2 inch scale size, will be of interest. These
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• Notes on Small Locomotive Frames
  ...ool in the air. The advantages of [[CRS|cold rolled steel]] are: the flat scale-free sides and edges and the ease with which it may be filed, sawn or machi ...ot be heat treated. The scale should be removed by a scraper, as the hard scale on [[HRS|hot rolled steel]], dulls cutting tools quickly. It also may prev
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• Keith Taylor
  ...y dad was supportive of my hobby and the best present I ever got was a six inch swing Atlas lathe and castings for a Friend's Models Tom Thumb when I was e ...vantage that my wife is able to load my little [[Maisie A Great Northern 4-4-2|Maisie]] into our car by herself. It is a little tough for me to help wit
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• Corwin Oil Burner
  ...ing the "fly spray" burner, shown in the drawing, on my 3/4 inch scale 4-8-4 and it has proven very successful over the last three years. ...d be of stainless steel if it is run through the firebox, in order that no scale will form in it and eventually clog the #80 nozzle.
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• Alcohol Burner for Live Steamers
  ...her, [[Victor Shattock|Victor T. Shattock]], and used in his 2-1/2" -- 4-3/4" gauge steam locomotives and to enable me to reply to these inquiries and t ...that the burner was made, has been tried out on a number of 2-1/2" -- 4-3/4" gauge locomotives under various conditions, and it seems to do this busine
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• Caroll Country Narrow Gauge Railroad
  ...Central RR No. 8, a 4-4-0 locomotive in 3-inches equals 1-inch scale of a 3-foot narrow gauge prototype. A few of the details of interest to the boys * Flues - 1 inch diameter, 32 of them
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• Ces Beck
  ...io, TX. Ces & Ronnie's Hobbyland was in an old house and had a loop of 7.5 inch gauge track running around the house. What a wonderful place to visit...lon The miniature 0-4-0 switch engine with slope-back tender is seven feet long and stands almost
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• Dick Bagleys Steam Whistle
  The chart gives you notes in the scale and their frequency along with the proper length of stopped pipe to create ...es not affect the note. You can get all the necessary noise out of a tube 3/8" in diameter. The only concern here is capillary attraction. That is th
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• Willis Light Engineering
  ...gauge live steamers. After seeing Roger Marsh’s large scale ride in 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive “Tinkerbell” on a visit to the UK he returned to Austr ...cale model of a particular prototype. Keith went on to build similar 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotives but of American outline in appearance. He was particularl
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• Tom Thumb
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• Some Notes on Springs
  <i>[[The Modelmaker]]</i>, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1930 ...is made. "Stress" is a definite load per unit of area, usually one square inch, and this term must not be used when "load" is meant.
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• David Hannah III
  ...]. David planned to run narrow gauge equipment on his railroad, so 2 inch scale would fit right in. ...e on Tuesday December 29, 2015. A native Houstonian, he was born September 3, 1944, to Catherine and [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/
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• IBLS Journal 1935
  ...l received as this "new", larger scale was just ramping up. A third (3-1/2 inch gauge) rail to accommodate it was to be added to [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl ...uge. Little did we realize that it was destined to become a tree as 7-1/4 inch gauge.
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• Multi-unit lashup
  ...itConnectorCovers oil cups 2018-04-13.jpg|thumb|center|500px|This 1.6 inch scale locomotive makes clever use of small spring loaded oil cups to model multi- * Pin 3. Forward - white/green
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• David Mackie
  ...passenger, at the Winnipeg Meet in September 1955. The 2599 is scaled 3/4 inch to 1 foot. Not a casting is used in the entire engine. Everything is eith ...had visitors here with their engines and run them on my 300 feet of 3-1/2 inch track. I have two engines, a 2-8-2 Mikado and an Atlantic. The Atlantic i
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• Bob Gray
  Bob owns an 0-6-0 switcher in 1.5 inch scale built by [[Paul Brien]]. ...tle grade, with the exception of the newly added Stamey Loop, which climbs 3% coming out of the loop and into a curve.
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• Harry Sait
  These photos of [[Harry Sait]]'s 3-1/2 inch gauge Boston and Albany Tank were taken at the 5th annual meeting of the Br : Here is [[Harry Sait|Harry Sait's]] 3/4 inch scale B & A tanker. Harry was an early pioneer in the hobby and was, as far as I
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• Keith Watson
  ...gauge live steamers. After seeing Roger Marsh’s large scale ride in 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive “Tinkerbell” on a visit to the UK he returned to Austr ...cale model of a particular prototype. Keith went on to build similar 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotives but of American outline in appearance. He was particularl
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• L.R. Miller
  == 3/4 inch Hudson == ...son 912-resized.jpg|Advertisement for the L.R. Miller "Hudson" in 1/2 inch scale in [[The Modelmaker]] magazine.
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• Ballast
  3/4 to 5/8 inch crushed limestone has been found to work well in Texas. It is relatively c ...5 17.25.34.jpg|[[Daris A Nevil|Daris Nevil]] looks on as 16.7 yards of 3/4 inch crushed limestone are unloaded for the future International & Great Norther
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• Bob Harpur
  ...mplete locomotive works in the world. Worker is lifting boiler for 3-inch scale Hudson shown behind him.]] ...Mogul that served as the basis for a number of Gene's later products..... 4-6-0, 2-8-0, etc. The Harpur Mogul was modeled after the Wabash 2-6-0.
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• George Thomas
  ...mber of the [[Pennsylvania Live Steamers]]. He built at least three 1-inch scale live steam locomotives. ...[[Pennsylvania Live Steamers]] brought his 1 inch Philadelphia and Reading 4.6.0. It attracted a lot of attention as it was not only a good engine but
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• Titus Gasoline Burner
  <i>[[The North American Live Steamer]]</i>, Volume 1 Number 4 ...automobile. The burner slots were cut with a jeweler's saw, or a small 6-inch hack saw may be used. To avoid generator troubles, it is necessary to use
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• Vincent Astor
  ...one of a gentleman stopped over the tracks you can see it is clearly 3-1/2 inch gauge. ...for one of the founders of the S&H Greenstamp Company who also had a 3-1/2 inch gauge estate railroad. That line was in Connecticut on Long Island Sound.
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• H. P. Jackson
  Jackson designed a 3/4 inch scale, 3-1/2 inch gauge version of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Royal_Class ...a partially built 4-cylinder ¾” scale, 3 ½” gauge LMS Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 pacific. The workmanship is of high caliber and a significant percentag
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• Vancouver Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
  ...b|right|300px|Heilan Lassie, a 3-cylinder passenger express engine in 3/4" scale.]] ...d did most of the work on a six inch Atlas lathe, completing same on a ten inch Myford.
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• Harry Austin
  liberty of submitting some photos and a little description of the 3-1/2 inch ...ut seven years I have nearly completed my Boston & Albany Hudson, 3/4 inch scale, but most of the time has been in building working detail which required a
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• George Hoopes
  File:Reading No 176 May 1961.jpg|[[George Hoopes]] Three-quarter inch scale Reading No 176. From eBay, August 2020. Seller stated photo was taken May File:Penn live steam 1960s ebay-11-crop.jpg|George Hoopes Three-quarter inch scale Reading No 176. Photo taken in Pennsylvania in 1960's.
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• Bobber caboose
  ...bberCaboose byGordonGore.JPG|Rio Grande 4-wheel bobber caboose in 1.5 inch scale built by Gordon Gore. From [http://discoverlivesteam.com/discoverforsale/f ...NewEngland BobberCaboose.JPG|Lehigh New England Bobber Caboose in 1.5 inch scale. From [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=102415&p=3
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• Al Barkdull
  Photos of [[Al Barkdull]]'s 0-4- while under construction. The chassis is identical with the English "Juli ...per 3-1/2 inch in diameter, 3 inch diameter wheels and the cylinders are 1 inch bore. She has inside steam chests making her a simple job for a first atte
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• Mark Piper
  ...[[Gordon Sherwood]] on the rear. Corwin's 1-1/2 inch narrow gauge (4-3/4 inch gauge) Shay running on a portable compressed air tank. ...LALS.jpg|[[Mark Piper]], retired city employee, pretties up his 1-1/2 inch scale American engine, car and caboose. He built the whole thing himself, with mo
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• Henry Greenly
  ...ineteenth century. His most impressive work was the construction of the 15 inch gauge [[Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway]] in Kent. ...e no less than seventeen designs in 7 ¼” gauge, thirteen in 5”, fifteen in 3 ½” and eighteen in 2 ½” gauges, plus a range of ancillary items in ea
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• Marty Burners
  That 3 inch long 1/8 brass pipe nipple cost $1.75. This will make two Burner Bodies. ...keep the pipe from slipping in the chuck. I hand thread the end for about 4 turns, that's usually more than enough.
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• Ken Souser
  ...e proud of. It is now in three gauges, 2-1/2 inch, 3-17/32 inch and 4-3/4 inch. They like to have visitors come to their meetings and bring their engines ...sylvania Live Steamers]] is shown driving George Thomas's 1 inch scale RDG 4-6-0 camel-back at the 20th Anniversary [[IBLS|BLS Meet]] on August 31, 1952
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• Slide Valves by Professor Green
  ...the valve closes to steam; (3) Release, when the valve opens to exhaust; (4) Compression, when the valve closes the exhaust. Looking again at Figure 1 ...to be smaller than scale because our cylinder head screws are usually over scale and so require thicker cylinder walls. When the cylinder diameter is decid
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• West Michigan Live Steamers
  ...t Michigan Live Steamers at their summer meet. We have 3 egines in 1 inch scale and operate on 600 feet of track laid on the ground. We use standards of [ ..., Pacific engine; John C. Pugh, Berkshire 2-8-4; Ed Moore, Hudson 3/4, 4-6-4.
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• Blackstaffe Beginner's Locomotive
  ...BC. Blackstaffe had developed plans on the construction of a beginner’s 0-4-0 with a slip eccentric valve gear. ...taking a turn on the [[Golden Gate Live Steamers|GGLS]] track behind his 0-4-0. From "The North American Live Steamers", January 1956.
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• IBLS Journal 1931
  In doing this work Ronald developed the ability to draw accurately to scale which aided considerably. A sufficient amount of rolling stock had been bu ...f which was an unoccupied barn about 40 by 16 feet. Using second-hand one inch by eight feet boards, a platform four feet wide and three feet high was con
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• Jesse Livingston
  ....jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jesse Livingston with his Mich-Cal Shay in 1.5 inch scale, 2015.]] == Filer and Stowell 0-4-0 ==
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• Wulf-Dieter Oil Burner
  ...l" you'll find a drawing. First built into my Model of DB class 44 fuel, 5 inch gauge this worked out fine. No dripping, smokeless and adjustable from 15% File:Oil burner 7.5 at full output red.jpg|Wulf-Dieter oil burner for 7.25 inch gauge locomotive test firing.
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• Oil burner
  ...fting burner that was described in [[Live Steam Magazine]] November 1988. 4) is a [[Harold Timm]] type of burner that was described in [[Live Steam Mag * [http://www.oneinchrr.com/forum/OilBurners.htm Oil Burner for 1-inch scale]
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• Atkinson Railroad
  ...rated width my grandfather seemed very comfortable with despite his 1-1/2” scale plan. My dad’s recollection was that the answer to how the gauge was chos ...headlight. A small motor driven cam actuates a limit switch operating a 6 inch diameter Edwards single stroke bell. The two trumpet air horn is a loud Ita
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• Small Scales Meets
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] ...s. We wanted something that focuses on us. We have done the Saturday small scale only with Sunday being for all at [[Golden Gate Live Steamers|GGLS]] and it
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• Gerry Penrose
  ...really was quite a guy, can't comment on his writing as I was not into 3/4 scale locomotives. ...y Penrose|Gerry]] designed and published drawings for an 0-6-0 in 3/4 inch scale he called <i>Beaver</i>. The design was published in <i>[[Live Steam Magaz
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• Eastern Central Railroad
  ...gauge is 3-17/32 inch and the distance between backs of flanges is 3-21/64 inch. This tread form can be used for car and locomotive driving wheels.
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• Gary Kubicek
  ...n the bottom photo entertaining some neighborhood kids behind his 3/4 inch scale, "Dixie Dee". ...ention. Gary has one of [[Lester Friend]]'s articulated locos in 3/4 inch scale underway. He will affiliate his live steam activities with the [[Southern
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• Tanski Model Engineering
  [[Category:3/4 Inch Scale]] [[Tanski Model Engineering]] provides drawings and castings for the 3/4 inch scale <i>Raritan</i>, made famous by [[William Morewood]].
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• Robert Breckshaw
  ...ghany.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Robert Breckshaw 2-6-6-6 Alleghany in 3/4 inch scale.]] I am enclosing two pictures of my 3/4 inch scale C&O 2-6-6-6 Alleghany 1526. due to reasons beyond my control I have to sel
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• First Texas Live Steam Meet
  ...kend in Falfurrias, Texas. Mr. Yates' <i>Bright Star Track</i> is a 7-1/2 inch gauge large oval about 500 feet long with a 200 foot lead track to a turnta ...locomotive. The ladies were most fascinated by her. Not having any 3-1/2 inch gauge track, <i>Juliet II</i> performed in an admirable manner fired with c
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• Warren Weston
  [[Warren Weston]] and [[Gail Gish]] design a 1.5 inch scale, 4.75 inch gauge model of the T-12. ...30&t=100085&p=318567&hilit=warren+weston#p318567 "1.5" Scale, 4-3/4" Gauge 4-6-0 Castings For Sale", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• Buddy L
  .... It was designed for the 3/4 inch scale Buddy-L trains. The rail is 5/8 inch high. === Rail for Scale Locomotives ===
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• Throttle valve
  ...r the throttle opening & closing using axle collars set screwed onto the 1/4 rod running from the throttle control. It works very smoothly, with a good ...afety valves.jpg|Screw valve throttle design from Henry Greenly's 1.6 inch scale Northern/Hudson.
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• Despatch Railroad Products LLC
  ...inch gauge and 5-inch gauge equipment. Formerly Guy Wicksall's line of 1" scale trucks.
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• Tom Bee Car Frame
  [[Tom Bee]] shares a simple yet sturdy frame for 1.5 inch scale railroad cars. '''Rule #3: Put coupler height in proper dimensions.'''
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• Eastern Live Steamers
  [[File:EasternLiveSteamersTrack NewJersey.jpeg|thumb|center|500px|A 3/4 inch scale NYC Hudson (Langworthy) that was built by the late Harry Hansen of Lyndhurs * [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=107782 "3/4" Scale J1e", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• Al Carpenter
  Sunday, October 3, 1965 ...003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A.H. Carpenter, retired railroad man, built this scale model steam engine in his basement in South Fort Mitchell, KY. Carpenter s
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• Small Pressure Gauges
  The appearance of many an otherwise true to scale model is often marred by a [[Pressure gauge|pressure gauge]] which scales t ...bent tube is the essential working part. To make this take a piece of 1/4 inch diameter [[Tobin bronze]] welding rod 2 inches in length, chuck it in a uni
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• Automatic Blower Valve
  ...st be large enough to reduce the back pressure on the bellows. I used 1/8 inch [[ID]] tubing with no reduction in area at the stack end. Another critical
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• Harry Heil
  ...oto took me 38 years to complete and the last engine after retirement took 3 years. So I guess I am hooked on trains. It’s been a wonderful hobby and File:Harry Heil with his 4-4-0 in Nephi Utah.JPG|Harry Heil at the throttle of his first live steam loco
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• Kenneth Shattock
  ...e United States because of the vast knowledge they held in the building of scale miniature steam locomotives, from scratch, using raw materials. One of the ...Victor T. Shattock]] from Oakland, California who owned and operated a 2 ½ inch gauge Live Steam railway empire in the large basement of his home and where
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• Popular Science
  ...y constructing miniature steam engines of all kinds, ranging from accurate scale-model locomotives to engines for miniature industrial plants. One of these ...n inch to the foot, and start with the plans of a simple model such as a 4-4-2, which has four wheels under the pilot, four drivers, and two wheels unde
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• Dynamometer car
  ...rated for the scale of engine to be tested. The one shown is for 3/4 inch scale locomotive. As the load is applied to this spring the silphan bellows tran ...es/BLSMeet_1975/content/Page_79_large.html Gary Kubicek and his 1-1/2 inch scale Dynamometer Car, LALS 1975 BLS Meet]
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• Some Thoughts on Cold Weather Operation
  My 0-4-T 3/4-inch scale engine had her first steam trials in November 1954. The ensuing winter was ...to heat the oil. This was easily accomplished by installing a loop of 1/8 inch copper tubing in the lubricator and passing steam through it. The steam wa
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• IBLS Journal 1970
  File:OscarHueter 34 Invicta BLS1970LALS.jpg|[[Oscar Hueter]] and his 3/4" Invicta. From the 1970 BLS meet at [[Los Angeles Live Steamers|LALS]]. Osc ...ic.php?f=8&t=80600&p=196915&hilit=BLS#p196915 "The Home Machinist 3/4 inch Scale Roster", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• GGLS Live Steamers
  ...steam generated in the engines, usually 100 pounds of pressure per square inch. Membership in the club is limited to builders of such engines and there a ...'s home, where members meet regularly and operate their engines over 2-1/2-inch gauge railroad.]]
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• FA1 Mechanical Green Monster
  ...ble components, having an 8hp Briggs (all cast iron) gas motor, an unknown 3 speed gear box, 7 - SEVEN pillow blocks with right angle spur gears, dozens File:McCamey GreenMoster 3.jpg
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• Lucky 7
  The [[Lucky 7| Maxi Lucky 7]] was scaled up to 3-3/4 inch scale, 7.5 inch gauge from the original [[Lucky 7]] design. File:Maxi Lucky 7 DLS 20191211-3.jpeg
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• A New Design for Piston Valve Locomotive Cylinders
  ...les by means of a jig already described in notes by the writer on 3/4 inch scale "President Washington." It will be noticed that both bushes are made short
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• Harry Herder
  ...good bite. Reinforcement against cracking was by a single large strip of 3/4 hardware cloth placed in the form before pouring. He had enough forms to ge : His track was the "Train Mountain" 4 decades ago.
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• Charles Titus
  ...were built by Charles “Bud” Titus of Mattoon, IL. They are a [[Hudson 4-6-4|NYC Hudson]], two free lance Atlantics, and an [[LBSC's Virginia|LBSC Virgi
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• R.E. Thompson
  ...from Charlotte, North Carolina. He owned a fine 3/4 inch scale Hudson 4-6-4.
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• Vacuum brakes
  ...harles A. Purinton|Carl Purinton]] copied from the British, so us 'smaller scale' guys are very familiar with their operation. ...et any appreciable force from them as the maximum pressure available is 30 inch of Mercury, i.e. 15 PSI.
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• Victor Shattock Basement Railroad
  File:N1983 Shattock 4.png * Scale and Track Gauge: ½ inch scale; 1/24th full size; 2 ½ inch gauge. (Known in the United Kingdom officially as “Gauge Three”)
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• Live Steamers and PCs
  ...tly because few shared his interest in 3/4 inch scale; most liked 1.5 inch scale.
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• BLS Summer Meet 1936
  The two gauges, 2-1/2 inch and 3-1/2 inch, are laid in the shape of an ellipse, about 1,000 feet in circumference. T ...a second, though this is not meant to disparage those who build accurate, scale, non-working models. The Live Steamers must be more than good machinists,
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• Adirondack Car Foundry
  [[Adirondack Car Foundry]] provides castings for 1 inch, 3/4 inch, 1/2 inch and smaller live steam scales. ...www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=111337 "RESERVATIONS OPEN: 1" scale Borden "butterdish" car", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• Handrail post
  .... Then file away half the diameter at the outer end for a distance of 3/4 inch, or enough to let the formtool get at the work. In use, the piece is of co ...tp://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=102169 "PENNSY True-Scale Stanchions For Sale", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• High-line
  ...i.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100271&hilit=+high+line+ "3/4-inch Scale Steam in November - VIDEO", <i>Chaski.org</i>] ...ewtopic.php?f=8&t=99867&p=316646&hilit=+high+line+#p316646 "Purinton-style 3-1/2" gauge highline, completed!", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• T. Goodhand
  ...m Scrap|C. J. Van Gorp]] used a T. Goodhand boiler on his 3/4 inch scale 0-4-0 switcher.
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• Joe Wilson Ramapo Valley
  ...New England Live Steamers|Danvers]] meet in 1948 with his 3/4 inch scale 0-4-0 "Ramapo Valley" No. 5. Photo by [[David Mackie]] of Ashland, Wisconsin. File:JoeWilson RamapoValley No5 Danvers 1948-3.jpg
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• Daris A Nevil
  * [[3/4" BN SW1500]] * [[A Scratch Built Freelance 0-4-0 in 2-1/2 Inch Scale]]
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• Grafton McInnish
  ...do GGLS 1957.jpg|[[Grafton McInnish]] of Plainview, Texas and his 3/4 inch scale Mikado which is an excellent miniature locomotive. : [[Grafton McInnish]] was shown with his scale-model replica of a freight locomotive which he started in 1940 and complete
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• Fair Weather Foundry
  ...ir Weather Foundry]] produces various castings for 3/4 inch and 1-1/2 inch scale equipment.
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• Electric Bell
  ...t and easily constructed bell to use on 1-1/2 inch diesel locomotive. The scale size bells do not have the proper tone. I have seen solenoids and automobi ...gong rate and striking power (intermittent current) is achieved. A small 3 amp meter, temporarily connected in series with the battery, is useful to a
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• Elmer Redmond
  .... Engineer & Builder, [[Elmer Redmond]], who combined 1 inch and 3/4 inch scale castings to make this fine engine.]]
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• Robert C. Johnson
  ...own pressure gauge and this has a case measuring 5/8 inch diameter by 3/8 inch in depth. Unlike the commercial efforts, the case has a prototype appearan
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• Percy Eldon Hunt
  ...esigns" for a New York Central (NYC) J1b live steam locomotive in 3/4 inch scale. On many of these drawings the initials P.E. Hunt appear so it is certain t
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• Jack Stanton
  ...tanton]] of Madison, Wisconsin, assists his engineer son on their 3/4 inch scale Pacific, October 1956. Listed on eBay by Ralston Antiques and Collectibles, File:JackStanton and son Oct1956-3.jpg
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• Elevated Track
  ...KenShattock May1955 PortableElevatedTrack.jpg|Ken Shattock operates a 3/4" scale Pacific on the GGLS portable track at the Model Engineering Show-May,1955. ...memachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=83559&p=165024&hilit=elevated#p165024 "3.5 inch gauge Track Techniques", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
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• Stoker
  ...oker engine]] is visible just under the cab on [[Harry Austin]]'s 3/4 inch scale Hudson
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• Bill Yoder
  [[Bill Yoder]] maintains the [[3/4 Inch Scale Registry]]. He is the son of [[Enos Yoder]].
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• Decomposed granite
  ...nder the direction of Charlie Linck the railroad has switched to using 3/4 inch crushed limestone. The large diameter rock is rough so it "locks" into pla
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• Bill Treadway
  ...highline 1950s.jpg|[[Bill Treadway]]'s "Ginny" 0-4-0 on three-quarter inch scale high-line. From eBay.com, August 2020. Seller stated the slide was from th ...was his family. His 59 year marriage to Ginny, who predeceased him January 3, 1998, begot three children, Judith Appleton Treadway L'Ecuyer married to P
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