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model of NYC # 999. He owned the Industrial Gear & Machine Works at 5th & Alice Streets in Oakland, CA.  Walter Brown & [[Victor Shattock|Vic Shattock]] were co-chairmen of the NMRA's Live Steam Standards Committee in the 1940-1945 time slot.
model of NYC # 999. He owned the Industrial Gear & Machine Works at 5th & Alice Streets in Oakland, CA.  Walter Brown & [[Victor Shattock|Vic Shattock]] were co-chairmen of the NMRA's Live Steam Standards Committee in the 1940-1945 time slot.


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File:WalterBrown FrankDee VicShattocksBasement.jpg|(L to R) "Walter Brown" & "Frank Dee", taken in Vic Shattock's basement. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrown FrankDee VicShattocksBasement.jpg|(L to R) "Walter Brown" & "Frank Dee", taken in Vic Shattock's basement. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951 merged.jpg|Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern 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 right: [[Walter Brown]], Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.
File:WalterBrown 060SP GGLSRedwood.jpg|At GGLS--Redwood Regional Park--Oakland with uncompleted 1" 0-6-0 SP switch engine. Larry Duggan at the right. Larry was the Founder of the GGLS newsletter, "The Callboy". Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrown 060SP GGLSRedwood.jpg|At GGLS--Redwood Regional Park--Oakland with uncompleted 1" 0-6-0 SP switch engine. Larry Duggan at the right. Larry was the Founder of the GGLS newsletter, "The Callboy". Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrown Eastbay.jpg|Walter Brown, taken at Eastbay Model Engineers Society in Emeryville, CA. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrown Eastbay.jpg|Walter Brown, taken at Eastbay Model Engineers Society in Emeryville, CA. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrowns Completed 060SP.jpg|Walter's completed 1" scale, SP 0-6-0 switch engine. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:WalterBrowns Completed 060SP.jpg|Walter's completed 1" scale, SP 0-6-0 switch engine. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.
File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-3.jpg|[[Walter Brown]] at the throttle of live steamer.  Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 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.
File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-5.jpg|Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by [[Walter Brown]], shown here preparing for a run.  It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.
File:LiveSteaming at GGLS PopSci Oct1951-6.jpg|[[Victor Shattock|Vic Shattock]] and [[Walter Brown]] spiking rail.  Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties.  Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.
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Revision as of 22:54, 27 March 2016


Walter Brown was one of the original Founders of the Eastbay Model Engineers Society in Emeryville, CA. He built electric and Live Steam models in 1/4" scale, O-gauge. He was also a member of the Golden Gate Live Steamers and built a stunning model of a Southern Pacific 0-6-0 switch engine in 1-inch scale in polished brass and a 1/2" scale model of NYC # 999. He owned the Industrial Gear & Machine Works at 5th & Alice Streets in Oakland, CA. Walter Brown & Vic Shattock were co-chairmen of the NMRA's Live Steam Standards Committee in the 1940-1945 time slot.

  • (L to R) "Walter Brown" & "Frank Dee", taken in Vic Shattock's basement. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

    (L to R) "Walter Brown" & "Frank Dee", taken in Vic Shattock's basement. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

  • Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern 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 right: Walter Brown, Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.

    Biggest live-steam locomotive is 0-6-0 Southern 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 right: Walter Brown, Louis Lawrence, Loris McKenney, Ray Wieber, unknown, Gary Kubicek, Bill Anderson, unknown, unknown, Harry Dixon.

  • At GGLS--Redwood Regional Park--Oakland with uncompleted 1" 0-6-0 SP switch engine. Larry Duggan at the right. Larry was the Founder of the GGLS newsletter, "The Callboy". Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

    At GGLS--Redwood Regional Park--Oakland with uncompleted 1" 0-6-0 SP switch engine. Larry Duggan at the right. Larry was the Founder of the GGLS newsletter, "The Callboy". Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

  • Walter Brown, taken at Eastbay Model Engineers Society in Emeryville, CA. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

    Walter Brown, taken at Eastbay Model Engineers Society in Emeryville, CA. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

  • Walter's completed 1" scale, SP 0-6-0 switch engine. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

    Walter's completed 1" scale, SP 0-6-0 switch engine. Photo provided by Ken Shattock.

  • Walter Brown at the throttle of live steamer. Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 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.

    Walter Brown at the throttle of live steamer. Special four-rail track takes three gauges of locomotives - 2-1/2-inch gauge for 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.

  • Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by Walter Brown, shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.

    Most models are reproductions, but this dock-side switcher is an original design by Walter Brown, shown here preparing for a run. It weighs 100 pounds, burns wood alcohol instead of coal.

  • Vic Shattock and Walter Brown spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.

    Vic Shattock and Walter Brown spiking rail. Aluminum rails are spiked down on eight-inch wood ties. Continuous 30-inch-high, 1,331-foot-long trestle is made of old railroad bridge ties, donated by Southern Pacific, resting on 147 piers.

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