The Home Machinist!

All, We are a mere 25 staybolts or $250.00 away from being fully funded! Don't miss your chance to be a part of making history. BTW, you can now get your very own serialized old staybolt from the 2100 as your own paperweight or gift for that special steam friend AND you'll sponsor 3 new staybolts in...

So how does the front end of your 2900 look right now? Loved the shot of your smokebox front. BTW, I just broke down a bought a very nice custom painted HO 2926. Now I just need to get a DCC throttle so I can enjoy running it. Can't wait to see your 1.6" scale model continue to take shape. Looking b...

Thank you all! Your generosity is much appreciated. Saw Chan yesterday as I had to get a start on two (2) new crankpins for my 1" 4-8-4 and needed badly to get out of the house, lol. He asked how we were making out. We are now only 50 staybolts away from being ready to start forging and machining! W...

Wanted to give all of you a quick update on where we're at with the work on Reading No. 2100. We are currently running a fundraising campaign to raise the funds needed to make the 560 new flexible and rigid staybolts needed in the firebox. We are at about 72% on the fundraising drive. We have 154 st...

Marty, I was elated to see that particular order come through! Hopefully we won't have to reschedule the event, but it's looking more and more likely that that will be the case. We will let everyone know as soon as we have some idea what our options are.

Rob Gardner

American Steam Railroad Brian J. Smith, Communications Director 440-935-1816 Brian.Smith@AmericanSteamRailroad.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stories of the Nickel Plate Road with Doyle McCormack BELLEVUE, OHIO – A man who has roots to one of America's greatest railroads will return to the heart of it to...

American Steam Railroad Brian J. Smith, Communications Director 440-935-1816 Brian.Smith@AmericanSteamRailroad.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stories of the Nickel Plate Road with Doyle McCormack BELLEVUE, OHIO – A man who has roots to one of America's greatest railroads will return to the heart of it to...

Keith, is your LV 2095 a standard LE 1" Pacific?

Rob

At the Ensworth's track can also be seen Fritz Birkheimer and his LE 0-6-0, Joe Whittaker and his B&O USRA Light Mike (Wayne Godshall currently has this engine) and the very last image appears to be Clint's own 4-6-4 Hudson. I think that is the Bleil's Atlantic before it was painted blue. I don't kn...

Looking forward to watching this video. I got to visit Bob a couple years before he passed away in Erie. His track was still in place around the house and crossed the driveway and sidewalk and had 25' radius curves. Sadly he donated his Mikado and cars to the museum in Northeast and they have no int...

Great movies, there, Paul! In the 2nd video is an interesting and unknown 1-1/2" scale Hudson at PVLS as well as a black Pacific, 7-1/4" gauge, number 6870 as I recall, that the Metcalf family had bought some 30+ years ago and had in Ashtabula. I had heard that someone supposedly was working on rega...

If I can get the photos off my phone, I can post some pics I took of some of Howard's work that is indeed on display at CRRM. I saw them this summer. I believe the 844 and the Big Boy are on display there as well as a D&RGW 4-6-6-4. Very nice work but build largely out of wood and plastic. Static di...