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Re: Locomotive building?

 

I thought people might like to see another example of a scratch-built steam locomotive built by a friend of mine who is also riding on it.? This is a 1 inch scale 0-4-0 running on the 1 inch track at the Illinois Live Steamers.? They have track for 3/4" scale (hardly ever used today), 1", and 1 1/2" scales (gauges).

The only parts he purchased were cylinder castings and driver castings from a company called "Little Engines."? He had been a tool and die maker by profession at the time with a well-equipped home shop.? So, this was easily within his existing skill level.

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Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer

On Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 01:08:01 PM PST, davesmith1800 <davesmith1@...> wrote:


They use rail road is 1060 steel.?
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I found aluminum has a short life.
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This size that will last a long time.
I had the other end but scrape makes nice bench Anvil?
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Dave?
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM, Carl wrote:

Hi Gang:

The group I visited near Atlanta GA used extruded aluminum. The load dynamics are different at smaller scale, plus the usage is usually lower, so aluminum is OK. The aluminum extruder I dealt with had a die.

There was a rail and fittings dealer at Cabin Fever one year.

Carl.

On 2/15/2025 2:24 PM, davesmith1800 wrote:
What do they use for rail.
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The last time I purchased rail the smallest was? purchase was 16 pound. That real big for back yard model rail road.
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Dave?
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