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Jersey Central Lines (CNJ) Lady Liberty - The Statue of Liberty.

There have been several threads on Facebook recently showing 148 in New Jersey and New England.

NP317 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:04 am Beautiful!
RussN

Thanks Russ!

Here is my best picture from Sunday.

A group of live steamers rode the Lake Placid Local Sunday and had a great time! I was joined by Bill Bryan and Beth Bagley from Georgia. We were joined by six people from the New Jersey Live Steamers - Gary, Cathy, and Adam Madlinger, Tom Battle, Doug Pyatt, and Paul Preuss. We rode the baggage car...

I will be riding behind 148 on the noon train from Lake Placid FL on Sunday Feb. 26. I would like to chase the later trains. Anyone have any advice on how to follow the train?

March/April 2019 Live Steam has an article by Dennis Larrick titled 'Why Two-Inch Scale'.
In it he compares 2" scale models to 2.5" scale models.
Could this be the article you're looking for?

I don't think it's worth it. In fact, I don't see how flaring the end will keep the tube from growing. I have tried several ways of fastening tubes - silver soldering, swedging, urethane expanders. I now use a commercial roller with lubricant and leave them as rolled. I roll them as lightly as I can...

I have used bearing bronze die blocks since 1980. They last a long time if you keep them oiled.

I used the Consolidation drivers for the 0-4-0. I used the Mogul cylinders and valve gear, the cab from the American,
and the domes from Chloe. I did design a new boiler.

I have located the flash drive where I saved the pictures I took of the construction of the first Allen 0-4-0. If there is a particular part you'd like to see let me know.

RThomp wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:59 pm Marty, curious very roughly what the ballpark budget is on a 0-4-0 boiler?

The base price of the Allen 0-4-0 boiler is $4800. There are two options available - a ball valve throttle in the dome, and a stainless steel arch. Each of these options is $300.