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    Hah, Feb already. How about your new paint job or road?

    The locomotive, a Roundhouse live steam Lady Anne, was already painted. I did the stripes with tape. The coaches were kit built, Brandbright U.K. I painted them.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Tom, Here is a picture of a nice Commodore. Not much in the way of scenery, but the locomotive is a gauge 1 live steamer. It started life as an Aster electiric. A friend of mine had it converted to live steam.
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    Feb. 06, Trains, Planes and Automobiles

    Here is a shot of Amtrak Cascades, stopped in Portland--cars in background...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    By 10 mm he means 10 mm to the foot. That translates to a scale of approximately 1:30.5, which would be a little big for O Gauge. Also he says his coaches require a minimum radius of 10 feet, although I have run his coaches on a radius of 7 feet. The only trouble at that curvature is the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    WR, Nice Texas Special. There is a gentleman who lives up near Vancouver who makes custom coaches in Gauge 1. He says he also builds coaches in 10mm gauge. I don’t know if that is British for O gauge, but it might be. His coaches are magnificent. I have a set of British Southern...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Merry Christmas from The Michigan Small Scale Live Steamers
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    Livesteaming

    Yea, I'm a live steamer, G-gauge track, with one O-gauge locomotive. At first I got into garden railroading. Then I got hooked on live steam, and I lost interest in the garden part of it. I guess I liked the machines better than the garden or the scenery. I've even gone so far as a coal fired...
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