Battery & steam in Nebraska
By John Franks Friday, Jan. 4, 2013
Marty Cozad’s 10th annual battery- and steam-powered meet was held Sept. 21-23 and was possibly his last. My friend Tom Burns and I had never been and wanted to see this beautiful railroad in Nebraska and to also run live steam on it.
Marty and Carrie’s place is located a few miles south of Nebraska City on Country Road 66, between crossroads K and N.
3 new Accucraft locomotives
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012
Using the National Summer Steamup in suburban Sacramento as a launching pad, Accucraft Trains Co. announced three new locomotives in July.
The Union City, Calif.-based maker of museum-quality brass models showed engineering models of a Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy,” a 1:13.7-scale 0-4-0 locomotive and a new entry-level engine that will retail for less than $400; all run on 45mm track.
Roundhouse int’l locos
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012
Small-scale live steam locomotives from World War I — designed in Britain, built in the United States and used in France — highlight the latest releases from Roundhouse Engineering Co. Ltd.
The Doncaster, England-based maker of 32mm- and 45mm-gauge trains last summer released its “Alco,” a 2-6-2T locomotive that is a model of British War Department Light Railways locomotive. The “Alco” uses Roundhouse’s standard “FG”-type
Sunny Saturday at Sonny’s
By Gary Woolard & Carla Brand Breitner Friday, Sept. 28, 2012
Sept. 15 was a day of record temperatures in Los Angeles, but that didn’t keep folks from showing up at Sonny Wizelman’s to run trains. Many did seem to gravitate toward the shady end of Sonny’s loop though.
‘Willamette’ Shay from Regner
Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Regner Steam and Rail Technology’s new Shay is based on an engine illustrated in the book “Willamette Locomotive,” which says it was built by the owner, Ford Mill Co., using a Lima driveline and a traction engine boiler in the early 1900s.
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