The Home Machinist!

Sold.

For Sale: Buckeye Brass Works three-chime whistle in good condition with typical wear for its age and in excellent working condition with the valve having been rebuilt last spring. Dimensions: Overall length = 12" from the top of the nut to the valve inlet. Bell Length = 6" from the top of...

Thanks to Anthony Duarte of Eccentric Engineer (www.eccentricengineer.com) for rebuilding two Riverside & Great Northern Railway's 3/8" Penberthy injectors. It was actually an upgrading with 954 bronze nozzles and a new bottom cap. Now the injectors reliably pick up water with as little as ...

Keep up the good work!

Hi Derek, PM me for more info on the Invicta. You're on track with the modifications. Some others you haven't mentioned. Hope I can help you out. It was a fun locomotive when I had her as a coal burner and had wanted to convert to propane. The name plate "Gretchen Anne" is my wife and goes...

The "Hazards of Helen" silent film series gives a good look at railroading and railroaders at the turn of the century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hazards_of_Helen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tRPevyuYQ

Hi Glenn, I'm a member on the board of directors of the 15-inch gauge Riverside & Great Northern Railway in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The R&GN is a non profit preservation society that took over the Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works when the business closed in the early 1980s. Most loc...

I have since sold my locomotive and can't remember if I had used Railroad Supply brackets, but I know brackets are available. Here's some pics on the Fitchburg Northern Builders Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212860617404327&set=gm.1876117399067479&type=3&th...

Railroad Supply Item 193-A?

http://www.railroadsupply.com/pdf/Railr ... 014-06.pdf

That was fun. Thanks Dave!

Locomotive is sold. Thanks for your interest!

George, thanks for your interest. There is a pending sale. I'll update the post once the sale is final.