The Home Machinist!

Hi, we know that problem Peter, our Y6b was about 8 years unpainted in service. But it is such alot work to keep all the brass shiny and clean, an advantage is , a good(!) painting upgrades the loco . You can ruin the best builded loco with a bad painting. We will painting the J for sure, i like tho...

Hey Guys, In full anticipation of the next visit to the USA in May, I would like to show you some progress on the 611, the streamlined cladding is now ready except for the boiler tapes. The next step will only be to lift off the kettle and make the lower cladding. Can't wait a few days on the route ...

Hey Bull, thats not a Problem, 3 hours of cleaning after a run day is a normal procedure. We do it with industrial cleaner in a spray bottle and brush. Taking out the grates , and cleaning the ashpan with vacuumcleaner. The only problem of cleaning the J will be the smokechamber,but we will find a s...

Hello colleagues,
thanks for your words. It is a puzzle, with what felt like 1 million parts. But as Jack said, thats what makes the cool look.

kind regards
Chris

Back again… it was a lot o work to built all those complex shapes, especially the cover underneeth of the smokechamber. Every Picture you find, this part looks a little bit different. IMG-20200109-WA0008.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0014.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0009.jpg After the front was almost finished we going...

Hi Guys, some time ago after my last post, now it´s time to show Progress on our J 611. The Cab outside structure is almost ready , so we have outside Points to work with. IMG-20200109-WA0016.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0005.jpg The Streamline cover is still under process, we did it all from brass sheet meta...

Hi folks, after finally getting a CAD program I was able to make the J characteristic nose. I did not want to do the work of a sheet metal construction, so I opted for a CNC construction from scratch. To be able to soak the raw material on the mill, I had to prick a groove. Then it went to the proce...

Hi Guys, some more pictures about the new parts on our J. The smokebox and stalk are under construction . The running gear is almost ready, suspension works fine and also the axle compensation from axel 1 to the last one of the trailing truck. IMG-20190607-WA0015.jpg IMG-20190607-WA0017.jpg IMG-2019...

Hi,

sooo sad...i was in Montreal a week ago...never heard of your club....i would like to came by.

Regards from Germany

Hey Harold,

all the hopper cars are from 5 or 6 live steamers from germany and swiss. The biggest part with 25 ore cars are from a swiss guy .

All the best
Chris

Hey Fred,

in the USA everything is bigger i know i know

for german railroad , it was the haviest train with 4000 tons.

All the best
Chris

Hello everyone On the last Weekend we held our meet to the "long Heinrich ." This meeting was a tribute to the most famous ore Train in germany, 50 ore wagons pulled by two locomotives of class 44, an oil fired and a coal-fired three cylinder locomotive. We had a very good time on the track of the S...