The Home Machinist!

Building one of pacific design shops wooden reefers...its a great kit !!!....I have a couple good reefer car books, with a lot of pictures for reference......just curious, trying to come up.with the reason why they most all had a black area painted on the siding just below the side loading doors ??

Sounds like your valve gear is set up correctly. Thats exactly whats supposed to happen,,when the link block is centered in the link, and the johnson bar is in nuetral...your valve should be centered over the ports, and the valve stem will impart no motion to the valve

Is alco west locomotive co. Still in business?...I have emailed them 6 or 8 times in the last year, with no responses ??

Typical american business management....how much money can we make, with the minimum investment....and to heck with everybody in between

So far, its just in the dreaming stage...lol

I had the same thought, I just completed a rrsc mikado last spring..I also thought about using the chassis for the texas type.....I never thought if the berk ?...it allready has baker gear...interesing !!!!!!

All the locomotive projects I have built over the past 40 years( gee has it been that long, guess time flies when your having fun..lol)..have all been commercially available locomotives, that I have "kitbashed"..in one form or another...the newest locomotive, that I keep finding myself thinking abou...

Yep, me too....ive been a toolmaker for 40 years...cut my teeth on manuel with no d.r.o......im just now getting into cnc....sure is a different world, for this old dog to learn new tricks...lol

I have several different sizes of elliot rollers....they work great...

Yep...lol....ive buult all my locomotives on.a mill and lathe with no d.r.o......it can be done...lol

I.guess it all comes down to, what type of machinery you have at your disposal, and if your comfortable doing it?..there are plenty of guys in the live steam world, who could lend a hand with them...theres about as many ways to set them up and machine them as there are guys to think.it up. Dont be a...

Does anyone know if Truson Buegel is still around?...At one time he supplied copies of locomotive drawings?..He was located in Downey California, the last time I.purchased drawings ?