VOLUME 50 NUMBER 2 FEATURES Vertical Hot Air Engine JERRY R. GROVES Using PTFE in Live Steam Applications JAN-ERIC NYSTRÖM Rio Grande K-27 – Part 15B KOZO HIRAOKA Cohunu Koala Park Railway and Steam Museum KEITH WATSON Building the New "Tom Thumb" – Part 18 Piston, Rod, Crosshead and Guide BILL SHIELDS AND TIM VAUGHAN [...]
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 [...]