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Chris, what scale will you be building in? 1" or 1-1/2? You have picked a very impressive locomotive to build. Rob Gardner Hi Rob, Sorry but i dont know the scale in Inches but i want to built it in the german scale 1/10 and 5" gauge. My dad builts the "Y" and a friend builts th...

Hello steamers, Im Chris from Germany and i need your help. I will start with my new project in the next months, I want to built the N&W J class 4-8-4. In the last month the Drawings from the NWHS arrived me. I dont buy all the Drawing i will buy it step by step. My Problem is that i will never ...

Hi Hudson Honey

Nice work it looks great !!!!

Here you can see our pump in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXk8PSSx ... ature=plcp

Hi All Here is a video about our current project. It is a german narrow gauge locomotive in Scale 1/6 and 5"gauge. The wheelarregement is 2-10-2. The original loco has round about 800hps and drives in a permanent passenger service in the east part of germany. You can drive erveryday of the year...

Hi all,

this is a link to a video of the 13th Indoor steam meeting in Karlsruhe,Germany.
There were a lot of Locomotives Steamboats and Tools. Have fun.....

Hi Steam Chris Yes, the Feedwater heater is just there for the looks... Yours is really an amazing locomotive... Is it 5" gauge or 4 3/4" ? The craftsmanship is outstanding. Where is your track located ? I would love to visit there someday... Thanks for the videos. Dave hi dave It is a 5&...

Hi Rob; Don't know where you heard the feedwater heater story, but my Pop never had the feedwater heater working in the system... Also we've never had any issues making steam... or running appliances while pulling long trains around PA live steamers (and most of the other 7 1/4 tracks in the NE USA...

wow thx for sharing!!! never senn one before.

Rich: Oh what a cutie she is :mrgreen: Excellent choice. I was just down in Pamona last summer. I was there specifically to see this......... SP_5021.JPG But took some shots of 9000 as I figured they probably be useful to someone... :mrgreen: UP9000_FRT.JPG UP9000_SD.JPG Center gear between frames ...

Chris Yes this model is a “Dummy” On large 1 1/2 locomotives it is not practical to have a working stoker. Yea I know you will tell me some guy built on a ¾ locomotive that works The model stoker could not keep up with the coal demand of the larger locomotives. My experience with them is jamming an...

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