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Post by fresnojay on Jul 31, 2010 11:01:21 GMT -5
Hello All, I am Jason Stanley from Clovis California (Borders Fresno) and am 33. I am just starting out in the Large scale section of Railroading. Have done HO and N scale layouts since about 5. I have looked into 1.5" scale offf and on for many years. But this year I took tha plunge and at the end of the month am heading over to Maricopa Live Steamers to pick up a Loco chassis and 2 gon boddies from one of the members selling them. Oddly enough I found them for sale on Discover live steam's text only adds. Anyhow No immediate track plans yet but hopefullyin the next year or 2. Till then will be visits to other clubs and railroads around the state. Jason P.S. Next big thing on horizon for me is next weekend at Bitter Creek Western Narrow Guage meet.  |
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Post by Harlock on Aug 11, 2010 0:05:24 GMT -5
Welcome Jay. Glad to have met you at Bitter Creek.
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Post by fred on Sept 23, 2010 5:17:41 GMT -5
Hi, I'm Pete from Brisbane,Australia. I'm a old newbie but my workshop has been busy, with a quad-powered railmotor set and a renovated steam 10 wheeler. If all goes well, I could be starting my own track soon www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t38SR53o6o |
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Post by hoosiertrainguy on Oct 2, 2010 23:51:11 GMT -5
Hello. I'm Jeff, from southeastern Indiana. Next weekend I'll be the newest member of THE CINCINNATI CINDER SNIFFERS. From their website, www.cindersniffers.org/ : "Cinder Sniffers is a model live steam club located in the greater Cincinnati area. Our track accommodates 7-1/2", 7-1/4", 4-3/4", 3-1/2” and 2-1/2" gauge trains. Although, as our name implies, our foundation was based on coal-fired live steam engines, we also run oil fired, propane fired, battery powered, and gasoline engines." The first time I was there, I was about 8 yrs old. 35 yrs later, I decided it's time to join the club & move up to the big trains!  I've model HO (early teens), G (in my 30's), & currently have a N scale layout. Last month I drove a 7-1/2" gauge for the first time. VERY COOL!! ;D <-- This is what I looked like the entire time. Well anyway, I found DiscoverLiveSteam.com several yrs ago & here I am. I'm planning on building a small switcher, probably a center cab, electric motors (2), & a riding car. For now, I can operate the club equipment, which consists of a Rail Systems SW 1500 & 3 riding cars with air brakes.  |
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Post by Harlock on Oct 5, 2010 21:32:07 GMT -5
Welcome Jeff. I have a 3 3/4" Shay here built by three members of the Cincinnati Cinder Sniffers.
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Post by kavita on Apr 9, 2011 5:51:35 GMT -5
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Post by mildsteel2002 on Apr 26, 2011 5:51:03 GMT -5
Hi All
Dennis from Victoria. Australia. I have just started building the new Shay in 3/4 scale So far i have spent weeks acquiring the materials 95% collected so far and about 1 week building the frame and wheels.I am a fitter/Turner by trade with a good workshop including a Gosan Lathe and a First universal mill. my biggest problem is holding some of the small parts in my Lathe as my smallest 3 jaw is 10 inch diameter should make it interesting tapping 1.6 mm threads on the Lathe.
Regards Dennis
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Post by pkastagehand on Apr 27, 2011 16:03:22 GMT -5
Welcome to the (somewhat slow right now) group!
I have a 12" lathe although my chuck is smaller (6" I think) and maybe an 8" four jaw so I know whereof you speak. Similar problems with fiddley little bits in the mill as well. I set my lathe up to do 5c collets and most of my small work gets done that way.
For the mill I bought a little 1 inch wide tools makers vise which can hold very small parts and in turn be clamped in the big vise or right onto the table of the mill.
Sticking parts to larger pieces (2 side tape, adhesive, soft solder, etc.) are some of the other ways to hold little stuff for various operations.
Paul
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Post by dave56cali on Aug 19, 2011 19:22:50 GMT -5
My name is Dave and i am going to start construction on a back yard railroad in Apple Valley Ca. It will be for my personal enjoyment. Has any body have legal issues with running your railroads?
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Post by steamingspud on Oct 11, 2011 11:39:18 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I'm Matt, and I go to Norwich University in Vermont. I've been on here for quite a while, but haven't been in the shop. I had some live steam stuff goin, but it got stowed and scrapped. I pulled out one of Kozo's books though, so I'm back in.
I figured I'd reintroduce because I'm not in middle school this time. I was kinda wondering if anyone on here is or knows anyone in college doing live steam. I can't exactly go to a steam club for a while, due to the nature of my academy, but I'll hopefully have an engine by sophomore year and maybe have my senior project involving a steam engine.
Cheers
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Post by pkastagehand on Oct 21, 2011 15:47:42 GMT -5
I can't exactly go to a steam club for a while, due to the nature of my academy, but I'll hopefully have an engine by sophomore year and maybe have my senior project involving a steam engine. Cheers Welcome back to the group. Don't fret too much about not getting to visit or join steam clubs. My experience has been that they can be a mixed bag. I'm more of a shop guy (need a project to keep me in the shop) than I am a railroader. Fun to go out to a track and see what's doing but clubs can also be negative experiences. Not to slam anyone in particular nor do I mean to imply that all clubs are bad but you CAN SOMETIMES run into some curmudgeons and/or elitists. I'm doing the Kozo A3 in 3/4". I joined a club and went to a meet. It seemed to be mostly 1-1/2" gauge and I was pretty much looked down on or out right told I was building the wrong size (in seriousness, not in a joking manner). So you pays your money and you takes your chances. I expect my experience is based on the behavior of the minority since a couple of other members of the same group were very cordial and encouraging. So just a warning to not take the curmudgeons too seriously and don't worry about clubs unless you have lots of questions and can't get answers elsewhere, or you need a track to play trains on. Then when you are in a position to join you can go looking for one. The online "clubs" (like this BBS) I hang out at are generally as much as I need since I can usually get good answers to questions without spending in gas to go to a club meeting or track. Paul |
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Post by shay906 on Apr 1, 2012 18:24:13 GMT -5
Hi all Chris from Sydney Australia To my wife's often displeasure i,m a big fan of the shay loco. I started out in "N"gauge,dabbled in ON30 and went back to HO. My current HO layout runs 3 brass 13 ton,shays 5 (actual running) KLW 20ton shays, 2 of those dodgy bachmann 80 ton units and a dozen other shays from different manufactures, these do team up with a couple of 2-8-2 saddle tankers for something different.
I think i have every book on the shay loco, (Rick if you happen to read this , when is the pictorial shay book to be out).I also have a pile of original and reproduction shay memoribilia? Most of which will be pride of place in my new entertaining area/trainroom. we are moving to a larger 5acre property sometime next year that has a streem running through it, perfect for that trestle.
Once we move i want to start building the "garden" railway. I eventualy want to build and run a couple locos , the first a replica of shay #2800 then a "Bundy" fowler or a indian hill loco, track will be 5" gauge and this will represent the actual 2" gauge used for the sugar cane locos of Nth Queensland so i think the locos will scale out at around 2 1/4", i work in metric(5mm=1").
I am lucky in that i can get measurements for two of the locos as there is 2ft gauge steam museum about 2hrs drive that has whats left of a shay (boiler/trucks)and a working fowler.
I worked in the auto fabrication trade for over 35 years but an injury put an end to that . My wife said i need a new hobby as i can't build much more on the "HO" layout . We took a visit to the local live steam park and both agreed that live steam is the way to go as it is a very time consuming hobby.
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Post by grege on Apr 4, 2012 6:25:52 GMT -5
Welcome!
Sounds like quite a group of interesting projects that are capable of swallowing as much time as you can possibly feed them....
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Post by cbrhs819dc on Jun 12, 2012 22:13:58 GMT -5
INFO & HELP NEEDED. I have a couple of early Railway Supply F units, "A"&"B" Road name Burlington #168 & 168 B. They have 4hp Kohler elect start engines coupled to a Bowlus Flo Toqure clutch & a Apex Gear transmission with a disk brake. The power is transmitted to all 8 wheeles via a 1/2 wide timming belt to the drive shafts to the differentials. Does any body out there have, or know any info about these units. Also I need to know what type of fluid dose the Bowlus Flo Torque Clutch have in it. Is it ATF or is it hydraulic fluid.
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Post by jamesa on Jun 13, 2012 18:00:25 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm Jim and am just getting into 1 1/2" scale. Like many I've been modeling in HO, but after spending a Saturday helping someone local to me fix track and run trains it's time to make the jump. I have no machining skills at the moment so that is something I will be learning along the way. I'm currently obtaining parts to build the Goose as my first project. I would like to start a Steam Loco after that. I've been looking at different engine manufacturers and am wondering who is a reliable supplier. I'm thinking in the 2-6-0 variety. Any help/opinions would be great.
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I've model HO (early teens), G (in my 30's), & currently have a N scale layout. Last month I drove a 7-1/2" gauge for the first time. VERY COOL!! ;D <-- This is what I looked like the entire time. 
