The Home Machinist!

Thanks for your comment and encouragement, Dave. We are having fun and learning together at the same time. On the previous post, I neglected to include the photo of the frames as the chain-drilled sections were removed. IMG_8485.JPG IMG_E8486.JPG Back at John's, we milled the top and bottom edges of...

Before heading back to John's, there were a few more things that needed to be done. We had to go back and knock through all the webs between the drill holes. It was a tedious, but effective method for opening the holes. Eli is seen doing that work. IMG_2720 copy.jpg And the boys showing the complete...

Paul helped with the drilling. Eli also helped with the drilling. A milestone - one month after the project restarted, we had a good start on locomotive frames!

After leaving John's, my first stop was to Joe's for some bandsaw work. I have a HF horizontal bandsaw that can do some small vertical work, but the frames are a bit much for my machine. Joe's machine with the big table made quick work of some long cuts. IMG_2666.JPG IMG_2665.JPG IMG_2669.JPG From J...

Gentlemen: thank you for your words of encouragement. My boys really seem to be enjoying the work! Next step was taking the material that had been sawed at home by Eli and Paul to John's shop. There I drilled the pedestal binders for the fasteners that will eventually hold them to the bottom of the ...

On August 4th, 2018 I met with my friend, John Bailie, to discuss restarting a locomotive build he had been helping me with several years ago. The build - Fitchburg Northern - originally started in October of 2002. I got as far as the boiler, drivers, axles, eccentrics, bearing boxes, crank pins and...

As many of you know, 7 idea productions has created a video for the 2012 and 2015 Triennials. Aaron Bentsen has done it again, and is currently in post-production of the 2018 Triennial video. Here is a teaser of the video that is expected to be available sometime in October. Chris Donhost TM Social ...

Kyle-

I believe the owner's first name is Robert, I don't know his last. I believe he frequents the Sagebrush Shortline in California. He told me that it is a Railroad Supply mogul, but I didn't inquire as to modifications that were made from the original plans/design.

Chris

There is a new web page for Train Mountain Railroad that will be of particular interest to those that enjoy prototypical operating sessions on a model railroad that involve making up trains in the yard, crew calls, dispatching locals for switching jobs, through freights, mail trains, passenger train...

One other point of interest- #1828 that was built by Andi Clereci was last owned by Sellar Nugent. Sellar lived in the Dunsmuir area, and frequently visited Sacramento Valley Live Steamers in the late 80's. He stopped coming around as Train Mountain took off, as he became heavily invested in that ra...

Kyle- SP #1829 in the video is mine, and is indeed a LE mogul. This photo might be of interest to you, as Robert brought his Railroad Supply mogul to Sacramento a few years ago, and we were able to double head. Gives a comparison of the two. I That was a fun day, and I hope to do it again! As for my...

That is unfortunate, and I'm sorry that happened to you. I had an incident with my electric locomotive at Train Mountain last weekend that required help. The first two people I asked said no, not to be mean, but they were already committed to helping someone else at that moment. The third person I a...