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 – Part 12
KOZO HIRAOKA
Building a Steam-Powered Railroad Wrecking Crane – Part 4
BOB REEDY
Build the New “Tom Thumb” – Part Fourteen
BILL SHIELDS and TIM VAUGHAN
Columns and Departments
Animated Steam – Making Better Train Videos
JAN-ERIC NYSTRÖM
From the Editor’s Desk by NEIL KNOPF
Mail Stop
Book Reviews
Regular Run Days
LS&ORR News
LS&ORR Market
Advertisers’ Index
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