The Home Machinist!

You didn't say what scale your engine is, I would agree with Fred for the sizes if it is 1.5" scale, but a 1" scale engine looks better with 3/16". As for conversion, LocoParts and PM Research both sell ways to get from 1/8 npt to 5/16 mtp. McMaster has reducers from 1/4 npt to 1/8 npt. Another rout...

Only in the secondhand market.

Looking forward to the 1" safeties Anthony, keep up the good work.

Here's the hoist at the St Croix. You could build something like it out of lumber with a cheap electric winch or even cheaper hand-powered winch, maybe one salvaged off an old boat trailer. A pulley at each corner and casters for mobility.

Yay, every SP steam era modeler needs these.

Bridget and Marcel have both been very responsive to me on both the phone and email. My last small order took about 6 weeks, which I'd put in the category 'normal to better than average live steam supplier lead time'.

I'm sure Dianne took your statement with understanding, Barry. Whomping in my opinion is not so much "error" as more a matter of "style". Some of us are quiet and unassuming, others loud and flashy. Now in Bill's example where parts actually leave the loco, that may be more towards the error end of ...

Thanks. I've always thought they put out enough heat without the roar of some methods.

Hi Dianne, I was looking at your web page and was wondering if you'd describe your propane burner a little more? Is that a plate burner like other Manitoba folks have in their engines?

BTW, in the 1:1 world, was there a valve inline with the boiler check valve? Most locos (maybe all) had a shutoff valve either incorporated in the check valve or between the check valve and the boiler. That's what makes a boiler check valve different from an ordinary check valve. Check valves stick...

While we are at it, does anybody know where I can get a boiler check valve for a 1" scale locomotive? I'm going with a an angle globe valve mounted to the boiler fitting, with a globe check valve immediately preceding it until something better surfaces. This at least lets you shut off boiler pressu...

I would suggest the small LocoParts lubricator and the Eccentric Engineer small scale injectors. Those are both good and available.