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March / April 2024

VOLUME 58 NUMBER 2 FEATURES: My Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeple Cab Build by KENNETH SCHROEDER Scaling-up the K-27 - Part 2 by KOZO HIRAOKA Plowing Snow on the Erskine Tramway by MIKE DECKER Three Unusual Model Engine Designs by MIKE MARSH 7.25"/7.50" Dual-Gauge Track Construction by ROBERT HORNSBY Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 8 [...]

By |2024-02-15T22:10:18-05:00February 15th, 2024|Current Issue|0 Comments

January / February 2024

VOLUME 58 NUMBER 1 FEATURES: The Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Museum 50th Anniversary by STEPHANIE HUNTINGDALE Scaling-up the K-27 - Part 1 by KOZO HIRAOKA My Heinrici Stirling Engine by ROBERT JOHNSON Wahya: A Freelance American-Type Locomotive for 4-3/4" gauge - Part 3 Lead Truck by LUKER A Simple Track Radius Finder by DENIS LARRICK [...]

By |2023-12-10T20:57:18-05:00December 10th, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

November / December 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 6 FEATURES: The Holly Pumping Engine by CHRIS RUEBY Sacramento Valley Live Steamers' Santa Run by CHRIS SMITH Wahya: A Freelance American-Type Locomotive for 4-3/4" gauge - Part 2 Frames by LUKER Modernization of a Shunter by JOSEPH-JEAN PAQUES Hersheypark's Dry Gulch Railroad by JEFF TERRY Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel [...]

By |2023-10-03T23:59:25-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

September / October 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 5 FEATURES: Wahya: A Freelance American-Type Locomotive for 4-3/4" gauge - Part 1 Introduction by LUKER It's all About the Journey - The Story of the VC&W Railroad by DAVE SALAMON Forming Brass over 3D-Printed Formers by DAVE GARRETT Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 5 Yoke Block by CHRIS [...]

By |2023-07-30T23:14:09-04:00July 30th, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

July / August 2023

VOLUME 57 NUMBER 4 FEATURES: The Walnut Creek Railroad's 35th Anniversary by STAN HEPLER Building an Electric-Drive Santa Fe 4-6-4 in 7-1/2" Gauge by BILL KOSTER Track Maintenance Equipment on the Erskine Tramway by MIKE DECKER Building the Marion 91 Steam Shovel - Part 4 Chain Sheaves by CHRIS RUEBY Building a 1905 Combine - [...]

By |2023-06-13T17:57:23-04:00June 13th, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2023-04-14T17:31:21-04:00April 14th, 2023|Current Issue|0 Comments

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
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