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May / June 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 3 FEATURES: The Pennsy S2 Direct-Drive Turbine Locomotive by CHUCK BALMER Steampunk Clock by MIKE "SID" PILESKI Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 3 Dipper Boom by CHRIS RUEBY Remembering Clover McKinley by NEIL KNOPF Building a 1905 Combine - Section 7A Roof by W. A. "ANDY" MORRISON A Lifetime [...]

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March / April 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 2 FEATURES: The Pioneer Valley Live Steamer's 70th Anniversary Meet by KEN CHERMAK Oscillating Engine Design by MARTIN GEARING Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 2 Dipper Bucket by CHRIS RUEBY Building a 1905 Combine - Part 6 Finishing the Car Body by W. A. "ANDY" MORRISON Rio Grande K-27 [...]

By |2023-02-10T13:52:40-05:00February 10th, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

January / February 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 1 FEATURES: Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 1 Introduction by CHRIS RUEBY The Oak Grove Southern by RAY GROSSER Building a 1/8-scale CN Van by GARY CLARK A Modified PM Research Drilling Engine by MIKE F. MARSH Improving the Dv12 Battery "Diesel" by JAN-ERIC NYSTROM Live Steam Accessories for [...]

By |2022-12-29T13:43:21-05:00December 29th, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

November / December 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 6 FEATURES: The 2022 Train Mountain Triennial by MIKE MASSEE The Nevada Northern Railway Museum by DAVID BRUSH My Steam Locomotive Engineering Experience by GERALD LEE Building a 1905 Combine Part 5A Underbody Equipment by W. A. "ANDY" MORRISON The Club Wobbler by ROBERT JOHNSON Grandpa's Christmas Present by JEFF FROST Rio [...]

By |2022-10-08T22:00:14-04:00October 8th, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

September / October 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 5 FEATURES: The Berkshire Reunion by FRANK FOTI Copper Boiler with Flat Endplates by JJ PAQUES Build a 1905 Combine - Section 4B by ANDY MORRISON Slide Bars and Crossheads by MATT JEFFERY Small Boiler for a Small Steam Engine by TIM STRAW Erskine Tramway’s Bulkhead Flatcars by MIKE DECKER Switcher versus [...]

By |2022-08-17T17:24:55-04:00August 17th, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

July / August 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 4 FEATURES: First Run of the K-27 by KOZO HIRAOKA How to Keep Busy When You Retire by MIKE MARSH Build a 1905 Combine - Section 4A Body by W. A. "ANDY" MORRISON A Bar Stock Interpretation of the Green Twin by JAMES DONNELLY Genius, Victorian Style - Part 3 by DENIS [...]

By |2022-06-15T22:40:17-04:00June 15th, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

May / June 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 3 FEATURES: Build a 1905 Combine - Sections 1, 2, and 3 by W. A. "ANDY" MORRISON 2022 Cabin Fever by JEFF FROST The Cagney C+/- by JAMES KUNC Genius, Victorian Style - Part 2 by DENIS LARRICK The Rock Creek Railway by DAVE SALAMON Rio Grande K-27 - Part 42 Engineer's [...]

By |2022-04-10T13:18:02-04:00April 10th, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

March / April 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 2 FEATURES: A 1.6"-Scale Southern Pacific GS-1 by DONALD YUNGLING A Vintage-Design Tender Hand Pump for 3/4" Scale by WAYNE DAVIS Genius, Victorian Style - Part 1 by DENIS LARRICK The Erskine Tramway Car Shed by MIKE DECKER An American Old-Timer: the Philadelphia (1849) by LOUIS-PATRICK ERNST Building My Homemade Backyard Train [...]

By |2022-02-03T23:38:03-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Current Issue|0 Comments

January / February 2022

VOLUME 56 NUMBER 1 FEATURES: The NYC 999 Project: Richardson Snifter Valves by DAVID SMITH Mill Creek Central's 2021 Large Engine Meet by BOB WINKEL Optimizing a Propane Flame with a TC by FRED WRIGHT The Green Twin Oscillator - Part 6 Assembly by PAT JORGENSEN Upgrade a Two-Bay Hopper Car by RYAN DRVIES A [...]

By |2021-12-06T14:32:27-05:00December 6th, 2021|Current Issue|0 Comments

November / December 2021

VOLUME 55 NUMBER 6 FEATURES: Twin Hot Air Engine Fan by JERRY GROVES Building Sparky for the Erskine Tramway by MIKE DECKER Optimize the Performance of a Coal-Fired Locomotive Boiler by KEITH STERNBERG The Special Forces Meet by RAY GROSSER The Green Twin Oscillator - Part 5 Flywheel and Paint by PAT JORGENSEN A Four-Cylinder [...]

By |2021-10-24T15:22:04-04:00October 24th, 2021|Current Issue|0 Comments
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