The Home Machinist!

This is just my own experience, but I haven't had any problems with insufficient air flow with the smaller connectors. I am using 7/8" dia cylinders on 2 1/2" scale trucks, and they really don't need a lot of air. The system can pressurize very quickly. I am thinking I have 8 braking trucks plus a c...

Would these work https://www.clippard.com/part/MQC-3 ? Whats the difference between the MJQC and MQC series? One's brass and the other appears to be stainless. I have only ever used the brass ones and they still appear to be available. The MQC-3 is the heart of my brass setup. Here is a detailed li...

And here are some pictures of the 36" kit, and some 3D views.

Happy riveting!

Allen models is pleased to announce the latest major addition to the Allen Models lineup - complete laser cut steel tender tank kits for most of the Allen engines! There are two tenders - a 30" tender and a 36" tender. The 30" tender is intended for the Mogul, American, Harpur 2-4-0, 0-4-0 Yard Engi...

A few more general pictures of the day, showing good times and good friends. I had to leave before Larry got out on the main, someone else may have a picture or two of that.

All in all a great day and I feel honored to witness the birth of a new railroad.

-Mike

Part 3... Larry also brought this unpainted 0-4-0 who's make and model has left my brain since yesterday. Andy Romer brought his Raritan, a familiar sight to LALS small scales members. After a quick remedy for a leaky sight glass drain, the locomotive became the first ever to take the main at the Al...

Part 2... At lunch time the tools were put away and everyone convened in Jack's house for sandwiches and split pea soup. Then it was play time. Mike Getscher (whom you may recognize from my Live Steam Magazine cover article featuring his amazingly detailed Falk) brought a partially completed OS Port...

Hi all, Jack asked me to post a few pictures from the inagural steam run at the Alcalde and Coalfield! Part 1: The day started with a work session with mainline track being built west of the turntable switch, the opposite direction of the existing hundred or so feet of main laid. once the ground is ...

As kids we tried never to miss Walt Disney's Disneyland on Sunday nights (ca.1954) and in those years there were regular segments on the development of Disneyland (Park), including the park railroad, but I don't recall ever seeing a segment on his home railroad. There may have been, and I missed th...

I like your fixture for turning the radius on the rod ends. Faster than a rotary table.

Would like to come back to OCME for a meet sometime but won't be able to make it this weekend. Enjoy.

Also, this addition applies to the Harpur 2-4-0 as well, section 09A.