Locomotive at the machine shop

[Heo]

Was to the machine shop today to get my block and took pictures of
the locomotive. Was hard to get nice pics ,the owner had his pristine
Mercedes E500 parked next to it and there was some stuf in the way
i did not wanted to risk scratcing the Mercedes by moving stuf around
He said there was some detailind to do on the locomotive but was in running
condition. So here you go Doug

[cjshaker]

That's pretty cool, Heo. It's hard for me to imagine a steam engine in that scale, because there just isn't that much volume available to make steam. It would be interesting to know how it was fired, like using a gas or actually using coal.

[Drew Pojedinec]

I dunno.... we have some small steam engines:
(click on it it's a video)

MVI_1636 by Drew Pojedinec, on Flickr

[Heo]

That's pretty cool, Heo. It's hard for me to imagine a steam engine in that scale, because there just isn't that much volume available to make steam. It would be interesting to know how it was fired, like using a gas or actually using coal.

He had started to build an oil burner (Diesel fuel) but never finished it, but it have a working
steamboiler .They had tested the boiler with a gas torsh. And they  laid out tracks in the old shop and run it on compressed air
to test the engine under driving conditions

[BattlestarGalactic]

Looks like about 3 1/2" scale?    Or maybe my perspective is off and it's only 1" scale?

The typical ride behind is 7 1/2" scale.  The smaller scale is usually on elevated tracks so you can hang your legs over the side while you ride behind them.

I enjoy live steam videos on Youtube.  Some of the stuff is outstanding.   One guy even built a UP Big Boy in 7 1/2" scale.  We have a club about an hour away.  Love to get involved, but I have enough money pits in the garage now!!

Website I like to dream on:
www.discoverlivesteam.com

Drew, I have one of those.  Got it when I was very young.  Still have it packed away.  I always wanted to buy the accessories to run off it.

[Drew Pojedinec]

Larry, my neighbor bought a house to be made into a rental (he has many), he found it in the attic.
My son and I wanted to run a lil sawmill with it, we still fire it up once in while, I could totally see getting heavy into these if I lived up north and was socked away all winter in a basement.

[BattlestarGalactic]

I could see building a scale steam engine.  Like a 4-4-0.  Something relatively simple. 


Though a diesel would be a quicker "Get started" kind of project.

But, I checked around on "speeder" sites also.   Get an old track inspection car and do the day/2 day trips traveling the rails.  Oh, the money I could spend.  LOL!

[Heo]

I dont know the scale but its defenitly to small to ride on

Drew i think my steam engine is from the same maker but
smaller. With the steamengine and flywheel atop of the boiler
fired with alcohol. Same red baseplate same red and metal
finnish flywheel. Me and my dad built a sawmill for it from
Meccano that i cut icecream sticks and matches on
Then we put wheels under it so it could move under its own
power
I have it stuffed away somewhere

[Heo]

There was this guy, "Gante" in Sweden. That built auto transmisions his
real interest was trains. He had his own small railroad around the garden
with a train big enough to ride on
And remember now there was this guy somwhere from the bible belt that
hired me to drive him and his bride from the church on their wedding with
the Galaxie
He was in some locomotiv club. they restored fullscale locomotives
You should have seen the brides face  whe he asked me to do a burnout
in the church parkinglot