VOLUME 50 NUMBER 1 FEATURES Rebuilding a Small Steam Engine – The Heavy Horizontal TIM STRAW Soo Line Combination Car – Building an MCC Kit RAY GROSSER Live Steam Gauge Marking MARTIN J. GEARING Trees and Rails – Growing a Forest with a Railroad RICK HENDERSON WITH LARRY TAYLOR Rothwell Park Railroad BOB SCHAFER Rio [...]
VOLUME 49 NUMBER 6 FEATURES Train Mountain Triennial 2015 NEIL KNOPF Medford Railroad Park NEIL KNOPF Live Steam Gauge Marking MARTIN J. GEARING The Penfold Papers – A Look at Steam Engineering of the Past JONATHAN PALTERMAN Building a Steam-powered Railroad Wrecking Crane – Part 6 BOB REEDY Rio Grande K-27 – Part 14 KOZO [...]
VOLUME 49 NUMBER 5 FEATURES Chime Whistles for Scale Steam Locomotives KEITH STERNBERG The Grand Finish of the Eagle Point Railroad RICK HENDERSON Seat-of-the-pants Slide Valve Setting – The Easy Eyeball Method DENIS M. LARRICK Building a 1-1/2" Scale Wood Refrigerator Car RON SHUPARD, SR. Steam Powered Railroad Wrecking Crane – Part 5 BOB REEDY [...]
Don't miss the July/August 2015 issue! Now that vacations are on everyone’s mind, take a moment to find out how you can improve your video filming techniques! Going to the Train Mountain Triennial or another major track meet? Read in the July/August 2015 issue how Jan-Eric Nystrom plans his filming storylines. With a few of [...]
by Neil Knopf Several days ago, I was reading of promotions put on by the Union Pacific Railroad. Much to my surprise, there on the “project photos” page (http://www.up.com/whatdidyoubuild/photos.shtml) was a photo of a locomotive I thought I recognized. A quick email was sent to Chris Brew of Vancouver, Washington, to see if his was [...]
July / August 2015 Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading VOLUME 49 NUMBER 4 FEATURES Steam on the Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad NEIL KNOPF Spirted Away – A New Home for Traverse City's 4-4-2 CLOVER MCKINLEY Building an Irregular Locomotive Cylinder Assembly KAZUO KUMAMOTO Steam's Next Generation – Staying Upright DENIS M. LARRICK Rio Grande K-27 [...]
Live Steam May / June 2015 Current Issue VOLUME 49 NUMBER 3 FEATURES Restoring Two Antique Model Steam Engines TIM STRAW Building a Steam-powered Railroad Wrecking Crane – Part 3 BOB REEDY Mr. Doepke's Yardbird MICHAEL BANKS Rio Grande K-27 – Part 11 KOZO HIRAOKA The WWII Liberty Ship S.S. John W. Brown's Steam Powered [...]
Live Steam March / April 2015 Current Issue VOLUME 49 NUMBER 2 FEATURES The WWII Liberty Ship S.S. John W. Brown's Steam Powered Plant T. PARKINSON Building a Steam-powered Railroad Wrecking Crane – Part 2 BOB REEDY Wooden Gondolas in a Weekend BENJAMIN MAGGI How to Make Piston Rings – Working With Gray Cast Iron [...]
Live Steam January / February 2015 Current Issue VOLUME 49 NUMBER 1 FEATURES Steam Powered Crane Part 1 by BOB REEDY Water Glasses for My Berkshire by GENE LURWIG How to Make Piston Rings - Working with Gray Cast Iron - Part 1 BY DAVE MOORE The Second Phase: Integrating 3D CAD into Our World BY DR. BILL ZINGHEIM [...]
LocoParts is now owned by Dute Machine & Locomotive Works. LocoParts has changed hands after many years of quality service to the live steam hobby. Don Orr has decided to pass on the torch to Jeffrey Dute of Dute Machine and Locomotive Works, LLC, as the new owner and operator. The ownership transfer of LocoParts [...]