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Charles T. McCullough wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:37 pm Well, obviously, it should have had it.

i heard that, lol

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Hello My Friends There hasn't been much happening with the New York Central Hudson for quite a while. I have been having fun with other projects like the Gauge one 7/8" scale Forney. Also the OS Porter Mogul. There have been other non model related projects too. I've had these cool New York Ce...

Adapting to propane so I could operate my steamers at several tracks was an easy decision. especially for Train Mountain RR in southern Oregon. My background includes decades operating full-sized oil-burning steam locomotives. My propane fired steam locomotives are similar in operation, and bring m...

i came across this today, granted it talks about what is going on the full size world. but it really makes me start to wonder where we as live steamers will stand on this. yes the ban on coal is great here as well as in england and elsewhere in the world for that matter. me personally i'll keep burn...

some news today from my sources at merrick locomotive works today. 4001 was joined to it's tender today. more work is still in progress but everything is moving along at a steady pace. attached are some pics taken today.

Dan

Hey Dan, When Fred built his Niagara Boiler, he talked about "proceering"(sic) the copper tubes in his steel boiler. He mentioned that the process would make an interesting article in a hobbyist magazines. Do you have any information as to how this process is done, including amount of tub...

bill muller's 3/4 NYC J1 Hudson for sale on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/135018494230

Dan
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There is a 3/4 inch J1 Hudson listed on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/135005233834?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Ya_Qqi4zRPy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Upg-f6A_Shu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL Can anyone identify it? Who the original builder was? Wh...

Hi Guys, what an awesome model of the Y6 class. We also build a Y6b here in Germany, and the compound system run very good, we also installed a booster valve so you can give fresh steam on the bigger front cylinders, fun to run. IMG-20210908-WA0012.jpg IMG-20211118-WA0005.jpg nice line up chris. im...

hi guys, this is kind of live steam related it's ad from the NYCHS for an upcoming show at the end of the month and one of the highlights of the show is dave wheeler's "new" 1.6 scale NYC J3 Hudson 5412.

Dan

Fender wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:03 pmGood luck!

thanks