2007 work day on the new tunnel
These are links that the reader might find of interest to the model engineering community or were passed on during some of our 'Bits and Pieces' seminars and club meetings. If there is any link that might be a beneficial to add, is in error, is out-of-date or broken, please contact the web personr.
Live Steam Clubs
2110 S. Halcyon Road
Arroyo Grande, California
93420
Passenger Depot
101 N 5th St
Skykomish, WA
98288
Mesa Grande Western RR
A private railroad in the Mojave desert near
the community of Valyermo. Owner is Bill Semerau.
P O Box 3216
Costa Mesa Orange County, California
92628
Portola Valley & Alpine Railroad
Redwood Empire Live Steamers
Youth Community Park,
1500 Fulton Rd
Santa Rosa, California
1421 Iowa Avenue
Riverside, California
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers
Box 273
Rancho Cordova, California
95741
799 Berrydale Ave
Medford, Oregon
97501
36941 S. Chiloquin Rd.
PO Box 438
Chiloquin, Oregon
97624
Truckee Regional Park
Box 3838
Truckee, California
96160
(916) 716 7897
Ventura County Live Steamers
270 Mt View Ave
Fillmore, California
(805) 525-1278
Railroad/Non-Railroad Attractions
34600 Ardenwood Blvd.
Fremont, CA
94555
(510) 544-2797
"A visit here is a journey back to the time of the 1850s Patterson Ranch--a prosperous, 19th-century country estate with a beautiful Victorian mansion and elaborate Victorian Gardens." A full size Porter locomotive runs on the farm.
Vasona Park,
110 Blossom Hill Rd,
Los Gatos, California
95032
A locally operated 18" gauge non-profit organization for the enjoyment of the local
public.
California State Railroad Museum
125 "I" Street
Sacramento, California
95814
Located in Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions. Widely regarded as North America's most popular railroad museum, there is something here for everyone! Throughout the year, experience lavishly restored trains, engaging exhibits, and unique special events. Every weekend April-September, ride behind a real locomotive!
A site dedicated to enthusiast of all skill levels and disciplines of the metal working hobby.
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI
48124-5029
Jim House visited the massive Allegheny mallet (2-6-6-2). It was slightly slightly elevated which allowed the locomotive to be motorized and show the motions of the locomotive running gear.
Pier 45,
Fisherman's Wharf,
San Francisco, California
"The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is one of two remaining fully functional Liberty ships of the 2,710 built and launched during World War II. The O'Brien has the distinction of being the last unaltered Liberty ship and remains historically accurate. Moored at Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, she is a premier San Francisco attraction."
(PO Box 1392)
81 Eureka Street
Sutter Creek, California
95685
The Knight Foundry, set in the heart of Sutter Creek, is America’s last water-powered foundry and machine shop. Established in 1873 by Samuel Knight, this extraordinary facility includes the unique historic equipment and machinery, still in place in its original context, just as it was during its gold rush-era heyday.
Knight Foundry is nationally recognized as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark and a California Registered Historical Landmark. The Foundry is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been named by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America’s eleven most endangered historic places.
910 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, California
92101
(619) 544-9600
The USS Midway Museum is a 501(c)3 non profit organization established in 1992 to preserve the historic USS Midway and the legacy of those who served, inspire and educate future generations and entertain our museum guests.
Museum of Science & Technology
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL
60637
Recommended by Mark Johnson, he highly enjoyed looking at the captured U505 German submarine housed within.
McKinstry Stree Station
1275 McKinstry Stree
Napa, California
The Napa Valley Wine Train provides a relaxing three-hour, thirty-six mile round-trip journey from the historic town of Napa, through one of the world's most well known wine valleys to the quaint village of St. Helena, and back.
5 Kidder Court
Nevada City, California
The 'Never Come, Never Go' narrow gauge railroad was a 22-mile connection between Nevada City and Colfax, California in the gold country of California. Visitors are offered a docent-lead historical tour of the museum, rail yard and restoration shop.
1100 Avenue A
Box 150040
Ely, Nevada
89315
"Rent a locomotive for a day and 'Work on
the Railroad' programs on a full size
railroad."
Niles Station
37001 Mission Blvd
Fremont, California
94536
The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. operates the Niles Canyon Railway as a living history museum interpreting the importance of our heritage railroads in the development of California and the nation.
Northstar Mine Powerhouse Museum
10933 Allison Ranch Road,
Grass Valley, California
95945
(530) 273-4255
"This historic site includes a fascinating exhibit of hundreds of Sierra Nevada gold mining artifacts, including a working Stamp Mill and Cornish Pump, the largest Pelton Wheel ever constructed."
Oregon Railway Heritage Center
2250 WE Water Avenue
Portland, Oregon
97214
The ORHF mission is to secure a permanent home for the City of Portland’s steam locomotives and establish a Rail and Industrial Heritage Museum. This is the home for the SP #4449, SP&S #700 & OR&N #197
5401 Graham Hill Road
Felton, California
95018
Rail Excursions Await - The Redwood Forest Steam Train and the Santa Cruz Beach Train.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Box 15
Strasburg, Pennsylvania
17578
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania houses one of the most significant collections of historic railroad artifacts in the world.
PO Box 1250
18115 5th Avenue
Jamestown, CA
95327
(209) 984-3953
"The Historic Sierra Railroad Shops and Roundhouse complex at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown is one of a very few survivors of its kind in North America."
1337 Canal Blvd., Berth 6A
Richmond, California
94804
Welcome to SS Red Oak Victory, the historical World War II cargo Ship owned and maintained by the Richmond Museum of History.
908 Vance Avenue
Samoa, California
95564
Just minutes from Eureka, California, the Samoa Cookhouse, the last surviving cookhouse in the West, continues the tradition of serving lots of good food, lumber camp style! After a hearty meal, take a step back in time; Visit the Historic Logging Museum and gift shop full of relics and photographs from the old logging and Cookhouse days.
The San Leandro Historical Railway Society (SLHRS) is housed in the San Leandro depot which was built in 1898 by the Southern Pacific Railroad to replace the original depot built by the Central Pacific Railroad in 1865. Construction of the HO scale model railroad display began in 1991. As with most model railroad displays, there is always more work to do. Per the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Kalmbach Memorial Library, the SLHRS has the largest HO scale helix in the United States both in height and in diameter.
330 South Sierra Avenue
Oakdale, California
95361
The tourism aspect of this railway feature the Sierra Dinner Train, the Sacramento River Train, the Skunk Train and the unique Zombie hunting Train.
Willits Depot
299 East Commerical Street
Willits, California
95490
One of the Most Scenic Railroads in North America, trips are offered from our two stations located at opposite ends of our railroad line in Fort Bragg and Willits.
2150 Green Hill Rd.
Sebastopol, California
95472
Sturgeon's Mill Restoration Porject is a non profit organization to restore what is considered on of the last great saw mills of its kind since 1914.
299 Swanton Rd,
Davenport, California
The railroad is located on the beautiful 3200-acre Swanton Pacific Ranch in Santa Cruz County. The rolling stock consists of 3 one-third scale Pacific-type steam locomotives built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition and a diesel switcher.
Trinity Alps Mountain Railroad
Trinity Center, Northern California
A marveleous 15" gauge private railroad that boasts 4 1/2" miles of track laid at a 4% grade that has 2 cureved trestles, a bridge, a long concrete tunnel and a 2-stall engine house.
370 F Street
Virginia City, Nevada
775-847-0380
Nevada’s most famous short line, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad connects Carson City, Virginia City and Minden.
5848 State Highway 12
Suisun City, California
94585
Take a 10-mile electrically powered train trip through the peaceful, picturesque Montezuma Hills over the original historic main line of the Sacramento Northern Railway
Yaquina Pacific Railroad Society
100 N.W. "A" Street
Toledo, Oregon
97391
The Yaquina Pacific Railroad HIstorical Society, chartered in 1993 as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, operate a railroad and logging Heritage Square in Toledo, Oregon
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine RR
56001 Hwy 41
Fish Camp, California
93623
An exciting 4-mile railroad excursion at Yosemites Park's South gate on highway 41. Ride into history where powerful locomotives once hauled massive log trains through the Sierra Mountains.
Machining and Welding
Silver Brazing Technical Aspects
Sent in by Bernie New who found this link useful in learning about silver brazing.
Recommended by Rick Reaves, this series of YouTube videos by a gentleman with the handle of weldingtipsandtricks which when viewed might make you a better welder.
Miscellaneous Links
Oracle Operating System "virtualizer"
Recommend by Rich Lundberg, this application allows an earlier unmodified operating system & its environment like XP to run on a special environment on top of a current PC or mac operating system like System 7 at near host speed.
For those using or are thinking about using Propane to power their steam locomotives, here is a starting link providing some general information about this interesting fuel.
Brief History of Home CNC Machines
For those interested in an introduction to home CNC machining history and what it is all about, this link is something which the membership might find interesting.
Vendors and Suppliers
1701 South 400 East
Columbia City, IN
46725
The 'Industrial Erector Set' used by Charlie Reiter to construct his adjustable track
stand. See also 8020 and itemsoutheast
23638 Lyons Avenue
Newhall, Calif
91321
Live steam and locomotive supplies for 3/4", 1", 1.5" and 2.5" scale including trucks, whistles, injectors, lubricators, blowdown valves, water gauges, water treatments, books and steam oil.
Accucraft Trains
33260 Central Avenue
Union City, Calif
94587
4.75", 7.5" gauge steam locomotives, rolling stock, accessories and parts.
"Our company has industry leading experience in pattern making, industrial archeology, 3D CAD design, rapid prototyping, 2D CAD, resin casting, restoration project management, and much more. Our hands-on experience goes back over 20 years!"
AJ Reeves Appleby Hill
CV9 3ER Austrey
Warwickshire England
"Widely accepted as being the world's
largest stockist of model enginering supplies."
Box 848
Gardnerville, Nevada
89410
New owner Steve Alley now supplies Gene Allen plans and parts for 1.5" scale Wabash mogul, Chloe plantation engine, ten wheeler, consolidation, Fitchburg Northern and others.
315 E. North St.
Kalamazoo, MI
49007
Silicon mold making rubber & urethane casting resins.
American Model Engineering Supply
800 Valastics Ave.
Valparaiso, Florida
32580
Nuts & bolts, live steam fittings and supplies including new MTP taps & dies, pressure/
water gauges, lubricators, model hex bolts/
nuts, valves & MTP fittings, oilers, grease cups, unions. Noteworthy is the supply of model hex bolts/nuts.
37530 Enterprise Ct
Newark, California
94560
(510) 797-1562
A hard-to-find source of fasteners used by Ken Brunskil. Similar to Bowlin Equipment of Berkeley, California or Harrison & Bonini or R.J. Leahy Co. of San Francisco, California.
Unit 1 Victory Court
Flagship Square
Shaw Cross Business Park
Dewsbury
WF12 7TH
United Kingdom
Suppliers to Model Engineers of Drawings, Castings, Tools & Materials
100 Research Road
Hingham, MA 02043
866-337-9888
Bolt Depot is an internet fastener retailer. In the tradition of the old hardware store, Bolt Depot maintains its family owned atmosphere and commitment to service while offering our complete catalog of fasteners online.
2624 Hanson Street
Fort Myers, Florida
33901
(800) 282-8378
Reflex sight gauge for steam boilers and Box-pok drivers for sale
Bowlin Equipment (fasteners)
1107 10th Street
Berkeley, California
(510) 527-8282
Highly recommended by Rich Lundberg as a hard-to-find source of fasteners. Similar to BHJ Bay City Screw & Bolt Co of Newark, California or Harrison & Bonini or R.J. Leahy Co. of San Francisco, California.
"1.5" - 1' Narrow Gauge Scale Detail Parts For the Discriminating Live Steam Modeler."
20811 Upper Hillview Dr.
Sonora, Calif
95370
Foundry Supplies for industry and hobby .
Cannonball Scale Rail Products
11501 E. Waterloo Rd.
Arcadia, OK
73007
"Cannonball ... Your 1.5", 7.25" and 7.5" gauge manufacturer and supplier of model railroad. Over 20 years experience and
200 products available. Locomotives,
freight cars, trucks, couplers, rail & railroad building supplies."
768 S Blakeland Dr
Pueblo West, CO
81007
Clecos and cleco accessories (sheet metal clamps).
Box 1775
Waskom, TX
75692
1.5"/1.6" scale locomotive, trucks, cars, rail, rolling stock.
702#, 15 Building, 3th block,
Golden Harbor,
Economical & Development Zone,
Wuhan, Hubei Province
Used and recommended by Bob Cohen, this is a company who has three generations research on toolholders and have licence of import & export from Wuhan China Bureau of Commerce. Fine quality, competitive cost & great service.
Dave Moore's Live Steam Catalog
4186 La Canada Rd.
Fallbrook, Calif
92028
"I sell kits for 1.5" to the foot through 1.6" to the foot scale live steam models. Each kit comes with unmachined castings, drawings and specialty components. Kits include cold water pump, heater tops, hot water pump, Alco power reverse gear, butterfly fire door and air compressor dummy. "
Live Steam & Diesel Model Railroading newsletter.
4992 Allison Parkway Suite G
Vacaville, Calif
95688
"Electronica" line of Digital Readouts for
mill drills and lathes.
310 Jefferson Park Drive,
Pataskala, Ohio
43062
Very similar to the offering of PM Research.
Parts and components for the stationary engines and live steamers.
1055-A S. Melrose St.
Placentia, Calif
92870
"We specialize in miniature hobby screws in metric and standard sizes and have a wide variety of materials from anodized aluminum, stainless steel, plated and alloy steel screws to nylon and titanium."
2715 Curtiss Street
Box 854
Downers Grove, Illinois
60515
"Fastener Buying Made Simple
The Fastener Superstore is your one stop shop for nuts, bolts, washers, rivets, standoffs and more! We have everything you need right here.
34,000+ Distinct Parts
All Pricing Online
No Registration Required
Same Day Shipping on Most Orders
Order online, via phone, email or fax Extended Customer Service Hours (7am-7pm CT)
Quotes Available for Larger Quantities
250 Gibbs Road
Islandia, NY
11749
"Virtually perfect replica casting of internal and external forms with flexbar Reprorubber, the Flexbar Tirga-bore, Flexbar Posiitioning System and the Flexbar Visorguard ."
Franklin Automatic Machine Co.
Box 1975
Brentwood, Tennessee
37024
Locomotive class lamps/flags rotating caboose marker lamps, tender marker lamps 1.5" scale, electric style, assembled and ready-to-use, 12 volts.
Freeman Manufacturing & Supply Co
1101 Moore Road
Avon, Ohio
44011
"North America's largest materials supplier
to anyone making parts, patterns, tools or molds."
96 Cummings Park
Woburn, Mass
01801
"Providing Traditional 'Rough Castings' and Hand-Drawn Blueprints for Small-Scale,
Coal-Fired Live Steam Locomotives."
2301 Industrial Prkway West
Unit 4
Hayward, California
(510) 259-0299
705 Comstock Street,
Unit A
Santa Clara, California
(408) 654-0500
"Gorilla stocks stainless, aluminum, brass, copper, cold rolled, alloy, and mild steel in tube, sheet, plate, bar and pipe. We can source any hard to find alloys for you as well."
Box 1118
Fall City, Wa
98024
Sapon-A-max steam cylinder oil, PB&J220 pin, bearing & journal oil.
1821 Valencia St.
Bellingham, WA
98229
"Since our inception in 1983, Grizzly Industrial®, Inc. has grown into one of the largest machinery companies in the United States."
"Quality tools at ridiculously low prices and the largest tool and equipment retailer in the U.S.A."
Harrison and Bonini (fasteners)
1122 Harrison St
San Francisco, California
(415) 861-8300
Used by Charlie Reiter as his source of hard-to-find fasteners. Similar to BHJ Bay City Screw & Bolt Co. of Newark, California or Bowlin Equipment of Berkeley, California
906 N 10TH St.
Decatur, IN 46733
(260) 724-9430
Used by Anthony Duarte, they described themselves as: "Since opening its doors Hoosier Pattern has seen continual growth in the pattern making business. Known for its reputation of quality workmanship and commitment to 'On Time Delivery,' HPI has gained recognition as a premier pattern shop."
5150 S. 48th Street
Phoenix, AZ
85040
'Industrial Metal Supply Company (IMS) is
a full line metal distributor serving Southern California and Arizona metal users in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Inland Empire and Phoenix.'
2727 Main Street
Riverside, Calif
92501
"We're more than just metals; Service first, since 1941."
Little Engines of California
now The Locomotive Works
Russell Stewart
439 Georgetown Road
Georgetown, Pa
15043
1/4", 1/2", 3/4" and 1" scale castings.
LittleLocos Model Engineering
411 N. Colonial Dr.
Hagerstown, MD
21742-6527
A family owned business that sell plans & castings for model stationary IC, hot air, glow plug engines. They also sell charts for machinist and model engineers.
KeimSteamPump@gmail.com
"To provide the practical live steamer operating accessories that are realistic, dependable, and cost effective."
Christopher Machine Mfg.
17877 St. Clair Ave.,
Cleveland OH,
44110
Call: 216 383-9199
"Lawntracks providing kids and adults a way to enjoy the great hobby of live back yard railroads with our riding rail kits that you can ride on.
Check out our products and start enjoying model railroading. Take a look at the power chassis page for our selection of power chassis that you can use to do it your self.
Or if you want something ready to ride out of the box, take a look at the locomotive page, our engines has proved strong and reliable, racking up many miles.
With the controls it is extremly easy to use, everyone can enjoy the thrill of riding trains."
396 W. Washington Blvd. #500
Pasadena, Calif
91103
"The premier source of tooling, parts and accessories for bench top machinists."
Live Steam Hobbiest
300 E. Sherman
Newberg, Oregon
97132
jkel12@yahoo.com
503-538-9175
Useful products for the live steam hobbiest. Email them to find out what is available.
Roger Goldmann
413 Morrison Lane
Santa Paula, Calif
93060
"Live Steam Locomotives is your hobby supplier for precision 7.25" - 7.5" gauge locomotives, including the Union Pacific Challenger, the only articulated live steam model on the market. We also have an extensive collection of reproduction locomotive and tender drawings from railroads of the live steam era."
Unit 7, Dept IN
Old Hall Mills
Little Eaton
Derby DE21 5EJ
United Kingdom
"Live Steam Models is an established
family-run business offering complete
traction engineering capability for today's enthusiast."
Offerings include valves, water pressure gauges, displacement & Foster lubricators, oilers & grease cups, whistles & sirens, injectors, unions & nipples, rivets, screws
and bolts.
Box 639
Traverse City, Michigan
49685
Home of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading, Machinist's Workshop, Home Shop
Machinist magazines.
1471 Spring Meadow Lane
Suffolk, Va
23432
Globe and angle steam valves, boiler check valve, whistles, sight glass, whistle, blow down valve, lubricator, mogul tender kit.
1318 E. Nebraska Ave
Spokane WA
99208
"This site is designed to inspire you to get started casting just like in a foundry."
375 Troyer Avenue
Palisade, CO
81526
Parts and plans for a 7.5" gauge mogul,
2.5" scale C 16, 2-8-0, 0-4-0, 30-ton Davenport switcher and some 1.5" accessories.
Box 1342
Scappoose, Oregon
97056
Many stationary and tool castings such as the Quorn, stationary pillar, die filer and strong arm shaper and many more.
P.O. Box 4355
Chicago, IL
60680
"490,000 products for your business and hobby."
P.O. Box 299
Eagle Point, OR
97524
"Mesa Tool designs & manufactures tooling for the machinist with durability & simplicity
in mind."
Box 88
Pine Grove Mills, PA
16868
(814) 234-3543
Machine-it-yourself kits for a wide variety of lathe accessories, primary to fit the 9"-10K South Bend lathes. Detailed drawings and clear instructions included with each kit, as well as fast, friendly service from owner Andy Lofquist. Items include flat cross slide with T-slots (also one for the Atlas/craftsman lathe), milling attachment, and other toolings. Projects include a small diesel model and filing machine.
520 Abilene Drive, 2nd Floor
Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2H7
Metal Supermarkets is the world’s largest supplier of small quantity metals.
24 Cokesbury Rd Ste 2,
Lebanon, New Jersey
08833
"Affordably priced socket screws, machine screws, locknuts, washers, sheetmetal or
self tapping screws, wood screws, other fasteners and related items in US and
metric sizes."
340 Snyder Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ
07922
Specializing in Tools and Accessories for
the Model Craftsman.
2834 Midway Rd
Shady Dale, Georgia
31085
Graphics and Decals for the large scale
train modeler.
Steve Morris
421 N. Sheldon St.
Charlotte, MIchigan
48813
1.5" ready-to-roll EMD diesel locomotive,
40' gondolas, box cars.
219 Rowan Street
Salem, Virginia
24153
"Mountain Car Company was formed in
1983 as a one man operation with the idea
of manufacturing reasonably priced 1.5"
Scale Train Cars that looked good and preformed well. The company has
expanded with people and equipment while we have designed, developed, machined
and manufactured our way into becoming a large supplier of 1/8 scale train products."
75 Maxess Road
Melville, New York
11747-3151
"MSC Industrial Supply is one of the nation's largest direct marketers of a broad range of industrial products to industrial customers, satisfying their maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply requirements."
Murray Design & Manufacturing
1931 NE 69 St.
Oklahoma City, OK
73111
"We supply 1.5" scale, electric powered, diesel locomotive models, power trucks, and accessories for the large scale backyard railroad hobby, AKA the live steam hobby. We primarily model locomotives built by the Electromotive Division of General Motors Corp. though many of our parts and accessories may be used to model diesel locomotives built by other manufacturers.
Our models are built to the scale of 1.6" to
the foot and to a track gage of either 7.25"
or 7.5"."
Naylor Steel
2680 McCone Avenue
Hayward, California
94545
1 510 783-4688
Recommended by several members as a source for metal. From their web site:
"Naylor Steel has been serving the Bay Area since 1957! We are a customer service orientated company where the customer comes first. Al Naylor and his son Richard Naylor started a second hand store at 941 W. A Street in Hayward CA selling used tools and machinery. The company saw a need for small amounts of steel. The business took off and began to grow. In 1989 Naylor Steel moved to our current location and has been serving the Bay Area ever since. Richard's daughter Lori Naylor joined her family business in 1988."
Box 1
Benalto, Alberta TOM OHO
Canada
"New West's mission is to provide a service to anyone who would like to own and operate their own steam locomotive, traction engine or stationary engine but who doesn't have the
time or resoures to build it themselves."
21 Pamaron Way, Ste. G
Novato, California
94949
"Ball Turner and other hard-to-find tools"
1138 W. Ewing Street
Seattle, WA
98119
"The Web's superstore for small quantity metal orders welcomes you to explore exceptional metals sales and service from metal buyer's guides, to metal project ideas. At OnlineMetals.com, no order is too small
for our high standards."
Pattons Metal Working Solutions
1095 E. California Street (P.O. Box 273)
Ontario, Calif
91762
"Patton's has four divisions, Steel, Industrial Tools and Machinery, Ornamental Supplies and Office Furniture."
RD 1
Box 557
Claysburg, PA
16625
Pocahontas Live Steam coal is $15.00 for a 50 lb bag plus shipping.
Ed Perry
Box 455
Five Points, California
93624
"Custom boilers to your blueprints."
5112 Graneros Rd
Box 19818
Colorado City, Colorado
81019-0818
(719) 676-2700
Located in Colorado, PlasmaCAM, Inc. specializes in making this one CNC plasma cutting machine. Design of the revolutionary PlasmaCAM cutting system begain in 1994. It quickly became the world's best selling automated plasma cutting machine.
19.Linwood Place
Gloucester, Massachusetts
01930
Battery powered 7.5" gauge box electric locomotives including battery powered DRG&W Goose kit.
4110 Niles Hill Rd
Dept 4.
Wellsville, New York
14895
Model boilers, model machine tools, solar engine models, steam engine models and their accessories; Model pipe & fittings, flywheel castings, rod & shapes, tools, popular books & misc. Noteworthy is a tree
of model pipe castings and globe valve kit
of 4.
6655 Ashe Knoll
Hamilton, OH
45011
1/8 Scale Train Car Kits and Accessories.
A Division of P.I. Engineering
101 Innovation Parkway
Williamston, MI
48895
"These historic cyclopedias, now available
on CD, provide the dedicated modeler or railroading fan with hundreds of pages that are filled with scaleable high-resolution images and searchable text."
8244 Allport Ave,
Santa Fe Springs, Calif
90670
Model gas powered speeders, wheels, cars, train parts.
12 Westray Road
Nashua, New Hampshire
03062
Products include Central Pacific American No. 173, B&O C16 and C16A, Baldwin
Mogul & Consolidation, SD & GP diesels,
25-ton diesel switcher.
59 Miles Road, Unit A
Mound House, NV
89706
"We specialize in Live Steam Locomotives and Accessories for the Live Steam Hobby."
This is the link to the LS Manufacturing mentioned on the nelsonslocomotive.com web site.
32215-D Dunlap Blvd
Yucaipa, Calif
92399
Beginners train set, locomotive, car and
track.
9961 Buck Rd.
Freeland, Michigan
Marty Knox offers the live steamer complete boiler services including design, build, inspect and repair.
Builders of custom steam whistles.
1475 Yosemite Avenue
San Francisco, California
94124
(415) 861-7161
Brass and copper sales, fasteners of all kinds Contact Karen or Russell. Suggested by Michael Smith. R.J. Leahy is similar to BHJ Bay City Screw & Bolt Co of Newark, California, Bowlin Equipment of Berkeley, California or Harrison & Bonini or R.J. Leahy Co. of San Francisco, California.
760 W. Ventura Blvd
Camarillo, Calif
93010
7.5", 12", 15" gauge steam, propane, gas-powered locomotives, rolling stock, accessories, parts, tracks, signals and miscellaneous items.
Round House
Box 821
Midway City, California
92655
Bettendorf Trucks
7054 C.R. 521
Bayfield, Colorado
81122
Signals & Structures, all scales, all types.
44 W 28th St, Floor 12
New York, New York
10001
Cast detail parts for the 3/4", 1" and 1.5"/1.6" scale modelers. A division of Keim Steam Pump to deliver highly detailed and functional castings for your steam locomotive.
They also provide a service to produce 3D objects from customer designs.
A web site that has product reviews about knives, sharpeners, stones, swords, workshop and garden. It has guides & articles that can be download and their creed is to offer an honest opion on each piece of equipment based on quality, price, functionality and ease of use. The areas of interest for us would probably be in the workshop page.
Shay Locomotives Castings and Drawings
Ken Schroeder
1016 Irma Lane
Gardnerville, NV
89460
1.5" scale castings for class 'B' 2-truck or class 'C' 3-truck shay.
Shooting Star Technology
52023 Yale Road
Rosedale, BC Canada
Digital Read Out display for mill drill or
lathe.
Slater Tools -- Rotary Broaching
44725 Trinity Drive
Clinton Township, Michigan
48038
Slater Tools Inc. offers the largest variety of internal and external rotary broaches, also known as wobble broaches.
8005 Ore Knob Drive
Fenton, MI
48430
Custom decals & paint masks, patterns for castings, engraved builder's and number plates. Also 2.5" scale hoppers, flat cars,
tank cars, box cars and cabooses.
SteamCad is a collection of free AutoCad© Line Drawings of steam locomotives and tenders.
Staverton Court,
Staverton, Cheltenham, GL51 0UX
"The Society is established for the purpose
of promoting 7¼" and 7½" gauge railways,
in particular to meet for rallies, publish a magazine, improve liason with the trade and to undertake such activities as may from
time to time be incidental and conducive to the attainment thereof."
Stephenson Machine Industries
1090 NE Delta School Road
Lee's Sumimit, Mo
64064
Bettendor Trucks for 7.25" or 7.5" gauge track.
Grove Works
West Road
Bridport DT6 5JT
United Kingdom
"We offer sets of castings, machined kits and ready to run models, catering for modellers, collectors or simply those individuals with an eye for great quality.
Allowing you to machine your own model steam engine our sets of castings come with drawings, with the majority of kits including necessary materials and fixings. For those who do not have their own workshop or machinery we also have a selection of Machined Kits turned, threaded and milled ready for you to finish the model with no more than a set of spanners, small files, screw driver and paint brush.
Established in 1898, Stuart Models is the oldest company in the world committed to providing you with a great range of model steam engines. Our founding principles of quality, service and commitment, very much to this day remain a key focus of our business."
12419 E. Nightingale Lane
Chandler, Arizona
85286
"Taig Micro Machines and Accessories"
Tanksi Model Engineering
8927 Notre Dame Drive
Eden, New York
14057
3/4" Scale Raritan drawings and casting.
Box 4158
Houston, Texas
77210
Propane ring burners for the firebox of boilers.
48621 Warm Srpings Blvd
Fremont, California
Found by Rich Croll, who was looking for a device to help him rerail a derailed locomotive, they sell a 2.5/5 ton hydraulic Toe Jack which seems ideal. Very substantial & heavy duty, the price seems quite reasonable.
Much better than a scissors jack.
204 Moravian Valley Rd
Suite N
Waunakee, WI
53597
"With more than half a ton of iron behind it, the PNCN 1100 Series 3 has the precision and rigidity you need. Whether your work requires milling intricate linkages, heavy casting or complex 3 dimensional reproductions, this 3 axis CNC mill is ready when you are."
"The Ultimate Steam Page" - Steam locomotive Information Resource
PO Box 541550
26th Avenue
Flushing, New York
11354-0108
A metalworking tools & industrial supplies company like MSC or Enco. Has the
Mitee-Bite 5C Collet Stop Model #10105, Order number 69-600-020; $27.49 for a 24” long piece.
Triton Waterjet
Box 6827
Napa, California
94581
Waterjet service used by members to cut
out locomotive frames.
934 E. Victor Rd.
P.O. Box 537
Lodi, CA 95241
(209) 368-5137 or (800) 368-5140
Used by member Loren Byron to cast a production run of tractor tread shoe plates, this is a "Manufacturer of Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminum and Cast Iron castings. We specialize in castings ranging from 1oz. to 100lbs. Some of the services offered; Machining, Heat Treating, Plating, Painting & Testing."
They don't do "one-offs", so this might not be something that a live steamers could utilize.
Winton Locomotive Company
See Mammoth Locomotive Works