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Congratulations Marty! Looks great.

I have (2) sets of my Okadee style cylinder drains in stock that were ordered but were never picked up. I have banjo fittings with 1/8-27, 1/16-27 and 1/4-40 MTP threads. The drain valves are steam operated via a steam signal line from your cab turret. The steam signal line connection on the drain i...

A lot of good posts on the importance of cylinder drains on a steam locomotive. I would like to add that having a drain that can open automatically when hydraulic pressure becomes too great when in the closed position is a nice feature to have as well. There are quite a few steam operated cylinder d...

Looks great Steve!

Hello All,
This batch of cylinder drains is (finally) finished! Orders started shipping out today. Below is a pic of some of the bagged and ready to ship sets as well as a few sets that need assembling.

Thank you to all who ordered.

Regards,
Brian Keim

Hi Pat,
I have already placed the order for castings for the first group that responded and am now busy making the hardware that fit inside them. If there is enough interest, I will do another run this fall.

Regards,
Brian

Hello All!
I now have a limited run of spanner wrenches designed to fit my 2.5" scale air compressor and water pump packing nuts. The wrenches are made from stainless steel.

Wrenches are $23.00 each + $2.00 postage in the US.

PM me if interested.

Thanks,
Brian

Hello all, Thank you for the positive responses on these drains, it has been overwhelming and very kind. I have received a few repeat questions, so let me post them here to help everyone else that may be interested. One set of drains is $330 post paid. Additional sets are $320 each. If a thread size...

Hi Steve,
Okadee and Hancock both produced cylinder drains of this style. Both are featured in the 1930 Locomotive Cyclopedia. I do not have an earlier cyclopedia to check when alternatives to mechanical drains were first introduced.

Regards,
Brian

Hello All. I am posting to see if there is any interest in 1.5" scale Okadee cylinder cocks. I have made several sets over the years built up from bar stock, but I have always wanted to improve their appearance. I had made a small batch of prototype castings for my own use last year and am now ...

John, The valve in the back is what controls the steam admission to the steam piston. It is essential to allow the pump to reverse direction when the piston reaches the end of its stroke. This is a classic design employed for over 150 years by Westinghouse, Elesco, Worthington, National, etc pump ma...

Hi Peter. Here is an example of an ALCO signal lamp bracket I made from cast bronze for my 1.5" and 1" loco's. The 1.5" scale class lamps are RR Supply. I have a pair of Nelson Gray lamps for the 1" brackets. http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s210/briantusin/imagecropped24_zpsa1...