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Nice displays - thanks for posting those pics up here. Do you have details, web links, or background stories on these:?:

Yup, and there's a lot of SAVINGS in the VIAGRA department after a boiler failure too.

I figgurd that would get somebody's attention. Just be WARNED.... Many a man in the LIVE STEAM hobby has be NEUTERED by an EXPLODING boiler. Never take shortcuts with a STEAM GRENADE between your thighs.

Yes, it seems that many of us (or at least a noticable group) share addictive genes from both sides of our family trees. I guess daddy was train-man and momma wore combat boots. I was raised just a block and a half from a railroad crossing. My grandfather would walk the little 3- 4- 5-year...

While the Full-Scale Locomotives were my ultimate dream, I was willing to settle for a smaller scale, but LIVE STEAM model hobby..... But even THAT requires more land than I have for laying track. There's nuttin' like riding around with a pressurized boiler (over 212F) between your legs :driver:

OPCOM, If you're referring to my post.... I meant that she's just TOO BIG to fit into my yard, let alone giving her any track to run on. I suppose she would "fit" if I stood her up on one end like the Cadillacs at the Cadillac Ranch!.... Now THAT would be a sight.... but I'd have to "drain all...

:-)Sweet ! Live steam was my former addiction, then I realized I could HAVE an MV, but a full-scale locomotive just wouldn't fit into my yard ! Thanks for posting this up :-)