The Home Machinist!

Absolutely gorgeous headlight and worthy of a PA1 ! Well done!

I've been working on this project as much as weather and other projects allow. but since beginning the locomotive this is the current status. The trucks are cast but the axles require a bit of paring before installation. This is 1.6" scale and she's going to be one heavy locomotive. I guess that's g...

I used high temperature motorcycle paint on the smokebox of my Reading A5a. There is a shade of metallic gray which closely resembles oiled graphite, as was used back in the day. I also like to point out, unless a steamer was assigned to a regular passenger run or name train, it usually looked heavi...

ADK, the truck which you made reference to is a standard "B" truck used on yard switchers, not the road unit truck. Thank you for that lead, but unfortunately, it didn't quite hit the bullseye.
Anyone know if CLC's drawings wound up at Exporail?

I hope it's permitted to mention exceptional product and exceptional service in this section. I Recently purchased some beautiful steel wheels and axles from Steve Tune, or Tune's Trains. They were very reasonably priced, shipping within the price cited, and the machined products were works of art. ...

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Greg, should I assume you put some type of gasket or coating between the plates, or inside the tender? The homemade tool is really brilliant, but I see Bill's point as well. Interesting topic all the way around.

That truck was in Ottawa, prior to construction of the new museum building. The collection is amazing by the way, and steam lovers should make it a stopping point. The C liner you spoke of is deteriorated, but intact and will be put inside the new building along with the rest of the collection.

mark: Apparently he's a private individual who has connections with FM. He has directed me to the collection at Mid-Continent Rwy. Museum and explained that's where FM's blueprint collection went after yet another collector and archivist passed away. I feel like I'm chasing my tail. There is an H16-...

Mark: That's good lot to check out, and I will get on knocking it down. I checked out ExpoRail Canada and they don't have it in their digital archive, but would research the paper files at a cost of $40/hour. I've contacted FM in Baraboo, but they pointed me toward an independent archivist. I will c...

I am working with a professional who is interested in obtaining plans for the Fairbanks Morse "B" truck, which was found under C-Liners and H16-44 road Diesels. He is going to draw them up as 3D print data, scaleable too. FM units are rare in the large scale railroading, and this would be a huge ste...

How do I contact Mr. Hays?