RE: flat car loads On the topic of flatcar loads, my philosophy is to use removable loads that operators can load at the shipping point and unload at the destination. The photo ( I've provided a link) shows Denoro yard with a trestle timber load in the far left, next to the gondola, a bulldozer and grader in the middl...... 06 Aug 2012 12:59 PM Rolling Stock (0)

RE: Deck or Raised Garden? Hi   I use a raised trackbed, partly because the terrain is uneven, and partly because it makes it easier to handle live steam. Plants grow up to the height of the trackbed. The picture shows the small yard at the north end of the railway, where live steamers get tended before and after ...... 26 Apr 2012 09:23 AM Beginner's Forum (0)

RE: Steam Pipe Fittings Hi Patrick, I'm in the process of adding a whistle to my Accucraft Mogul. It's made by DJB Engineering in Britain, and it takes steam from the steam manifold via a short brass turret that screws on in place of the pressure gauge pipe. The pressure gauge can be refitted on to a threaded outlet th...... 15 Mar 2012 11:25 PM Live Steam (0)

RE: Free-lance articulated steam railcar The model looks great. By the way, there are plans on line for a 45mm. gauge railcar that looks very similar to your model. The builder is J.P. Duval, and he has plans on his webpage under "autorail a vapeur". His model has a live steam oscillating engine in the cab, and a butane fuel supply in the ...... 06 Feb 2012 10:47 PM Model Making (0)

RE: Ruby kitbashing idea I want to try - Double Fairlie I had a chance to look at the Fairlie in the National Railway Museum at York this summer. There sure wasn't much room for the poor fireman! You can justify two separate boilers from the prototype: there were Fairlie-type engines in Burma and Chile that used two independent boilers and two indepen...... 02 Oct 2010 09:30 AM Live Steam (0)

RE: Traveling to France this summer... Hi,   Here are some thoughts on traveling in France this summer:   France is a wonderful country for railroads and model railroads. Unfortunately, the best narrow gauge railway, the Vivarais, is closed this year, but the CP (Chemins de Fer de Provence) a magnificent meter gauge railw...... 14 Jun 2010 06:41 PM Public Forum (0)

RE: Bachmann Mallet Hi all, On the topic of the authenticity of the model, why not consider that outside the U.S. Baldwin exported lots of prototypical metre gaute 2-6-6-2's to Brazil. For instance there were four outside frame units built in 1909 and 1910, 4 more built in 1910 and 1912, 6 inside frame units built ...... 18 Sep 2008 06:18 PM Rolling Stock (0)

RE: Removing Ruby domes Thanks Gary: The domes do unscrew if you start with the small raised parts. I'd missed that the first time I tried to get them off. By the way, does anyone have any ideas on how to adapt the Sulphur Springs fluted Ruby domes so that they fit this particular version? Ian Pooley Deptford, Sout...... 21 May 2008 10:12 PM Live Steam (0)

Removing Ruby domes Hi everyone, I just bought a Ruby which I have disassembled so that I can use the boiler and the chassis for a project. How do I remove the domes? Are they a press fit? Are they threaded on? I'd like to replace them with larger domes. Ian Pooley... 03 May 2008 03:36 PM Live Steam (4)

RE: Roundhouse Fairlie If you wanted to build a double ended Fairlie that actually had two independent boilers, you could model one of the Junin Railway's 30 inch gauge 0-6+6-0T Fairlies. Two of them were built in 1905 for the Junin Railway, a nitrate line in northern Chile. They were 40 feet 4 inches overall, and each ou...... 08 Apr 2008 08:00 PM Live Steam (0)