The Home Machinist!

Started on the swing link plates and links.
The doall saw belt gave up on me but if original I guess it was time. [1944]
Jim

Marty and Glenn have produced a piece of locomotive jewelry but unfortunately it will wear a jacket. The craftmanship is amazing and I cannot say enough thanks to them.
Jim

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This is a shot of the aux air for the blower .

Nice work Steve. Its not uncommon to wear out the first set of bolts building a locomotive. LOL
Jim

I want to start by saying Marty Knox has been a wealth of information for me on the building of this locomotive. There were some valve gear print issues which he and Ed Archer helped to resolve. Marty has at all steps kept me up to date. Thanks Marty!

Hi Steve, the nipples are screwed into the cylinder inlets to keep me from dropping foreign material down the holes. I guess I should put the painters tape on top back on. Jim

Back to the smokebox for the blower line and for future exhaust of a steam pump.

Hi Jeff here are two shots of a roller, just profile the rollers for the rail. Jim

Hi Mike, simple, cheap but works for the snowplow why not. When at the R&GN I admired the trucks under the coaches for their simple approach but still look good. I assume the truck was not captured to the car bolster.

Thanks Steve for your support, and yes me too. We have a Grandson that will be 2 this summer and the goal on this locomotive was to build a very durable and easy steamer that is comfortable to sit on. Hopefully we will meet at a club track and you can take a spin on her. Jim

Hi Steve, this loco is a deckless engine so everthing will be reachable. The sitting position will be as sitting in a chair and throttle on the backhead the turret will be in the center of the cab and i will be using walworth 1/8"npt globe valves that were bought 40 years ago in an old hardware...

The foot boards finished with non skid surface.