Event Calender Up And Running

Send me your Live Steam events and I will post them in our new Events Calender.  Please include

Smooth Transition

The update to this website has been completed almost seamlessly, although I am still transferring all of the galleries.  Please let me know what you think of the new site.  You can drop me an eMail or leave a comment on

Waushakum Live Steamers Annual Meet Weekend

I always know that summer is over when we reach the Annual WLS Meet Weekend.  This past weekend was our annual meet weekend.  Check out the pictures in the gallery.  If you have any pictures to share, just send them to me in an eMail. For more information about WLS, visit Waushakum Live Steamers.

Valve Gear & Timing

Stevenson Valve Gear In 1841 two employees in Stephenson’s locomotive works, draughtsman William Howe and pattern-maker William Williams, suggested the simple expedient of replacing the gabs with a vertical slotted link, pivoted at both ends to the tips of the eccentric rods.

Stage 1 & 2

(November 7, 2007) Stage 1 and 2 contain the frame and drive wheels. The frame is beautiful.  It is probably made on a CNC and is powder coated.  It is held together in four places – the front and read frame spreaders.  There is also a spreader that holds the front spring

Fittings

(November 2, 2007) The first section of the locomotive included everything necessary to build the entire kit. Typical OS fashion, the kit is immaculate – everything is done with great thought and precision.  My first order arrived just about two weeks after I placed it.

Nasonville Valley Railroad

The Nasonville Valley Railroad Company is a private track located in the northern most part of the little State of Rhode Island. We are a 1-1/2″ scale, 7-1/4″ gauge Live Steam Railroad. It has been my dream to have a back yard railroad since I was just 13 years old. Although this is a

OS Baldwin Mogul 2-6-0

I have always loved the early American style locomotive.  In fact, my fist project was a 1-1/2” scale American 4-4-0.  My next locomotive was the 3/4” gauge OS Porter.  I purchased this as a kit from an older gentleman who never finished it and just enjoyed looking at a partly assembled locomotive on his dresser each morning.  He finally [...]

LE Baldwin Mogul 2-6-0

Here are a few pictures of my Little Engines, Baldwin Mogul during her first steam-up.  I plan on rebuilding this locomotive in the future and selling her.  The track is the Waushakum

Consolidation 2-8-0

I’m building the Railroad Suppy 2-8-0 Consolidation. I really have not kept up with updating this page, but will post pictures here and there to give you a look of where I am in the project. I’ll have to re-post pictures, since they are in separate galleries. Drivers on the Frame – 3/29/2005 I’m a bit behind [...]

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