The Home Machinist!

Marty_Knox wrote:The catalogs are still $5 postpaid.

If we scan one in and post it on-line, would you be mad?

Well, we made one trip around with 4 OS Mogul steamers. One after another failed until I was pulling the train alone. Still, a great time, and pretty darn impressive that we could move a bunch of those LALS monster bench cars!

kenrinc wrote:Applying more air pressure just makes the damn thing run faster.

This may sound odd, but just apply the brakes. If you don't have manual engine brakes like me (used too), I just use a rag held (VERY CAREFULLY) against the wheels.

Harlock wrote:see if it will pull its own shadow

Powered boxcar. That's what we use in N Scale!

Rwilliams wrote:removed immediately.

Easy fix though. Just saw off the post about 2" above the ground, drill a hole into both sides along the length and insert a spring. Ta-Da!

We've set up something, well, unusual. Four, count them, four OS Moguls on one train! Saturday, 10 AM

Well, you could grab a tape measure and fly to Topeka, the 3463 is on display there...

calchar in Los Angeles sells Utah coal, which is superior to Pocahontas for small engines. $15 a bag. If you own a small engine, char isn't for you. It's too hot, and melts grates. It's also prone to sudden-black firebox disease, which makes you grab for the charcoal, fan and torch to relight the fi...

Well, the signs are pretty, but as one of two in our group with seriously gashed legs from other signs during the years, please put the posts on springs at ground level. Those signs are nice during the day, but at night they are invisible hazards!

David Powell wrote:Etiquette here requires you lead, follow or stay out of the way, not get in the way.

This way of thinking will be the end of the live steamers hobby. We aren't freakin' Disneyland!

Blowing out a clogged flue is a badge of honour at MLS. Maricopa. Huh. We lost steam at a meet once. Got a visit by five different people, all wondering why we weren't immediately moving. Then, an E8 trundled down from our front end, without us asking, to pull us into the nearest siding. I just loo...

cbrew wrote:
When punching flues, don't blow the soot out with an air hose, use a small shop vac.

Shop vacs are annoying, since they need electricity. I got one of these air powered vacs from Grizzly:

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Air-Won ... Kit/T23090

$16! If you loose it, no big deal...