steam train thread

[death robotics]

hi guys ive decided to make this thread as ive discovered 3 people who like em

any intresting facts about em can be posted here

hope to find more enthusiasts

[muchalucha]

Im not much into them my self but my Auncle is amodel steam train nut , he also builds steam engines and i have huilt one with him so its sorta one of my hobbies .

[death robotics]

[daliad100]

I tried to fit a model railway one of my shelves but unfortunately I couldn't find any good layouts in a cheap enough scale

I've just found some old model railway software - the non deluxe version of this: http://www.focusmm.co.uk/shop/Create...XE-pr-671.html

Just hoping it works on Windows 7...

[leorcc]

This one was in my home town a few years ago.

[team_orr]

not exactly a fanatic but i do like trains, theres somthing hypnotic about the wa they move....so my band wrote a song about them :P

[calumco]

im not majorly interested in steam trains, but still think they are impressive in the way they work and are made etc

i've had this on the top of my wardrobe for aslong as i can remember. dads mate gave it me ages ago for some reason

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fill the water tank with water, put some methes in the little pot thing, light it, then slide it under the water tank, then the steam operates the piston and turns the wheel

im tempted to wipe off the cobwebs and fire it up again now lol

[Kenny]

where i used to work my boss made a few stream traction engines, he spent around 10 years on each of them and they were the best machined bits of kit you have ever seen, tiny ball valve around 5mm big fully working you could turn the handle with your fingers, also he made a full set of mini tools around 15mm long, spanners, verniers, hacksaw and buckets they were were perfect, before the company went into liquidation he gave me the hand drawn drawings he did of them so if someone would like to look at them just say i can't post has they are worth alot and took him ages to draw and everything is to size, i will bring to a event to have alook