Building of a Live Steam locomotive.

Last updated: December 9, 2007




In an 8 foot by 10 foot furnace room I have set up this workshop with the grand ambition of building a 3/4" scale live steam locomotive. Detailed plans are available in the form of a book from Village Press. I expect this project to take a minimum of 3 years and, at the rate I am progressing, it will likely be 6 years. This project was started in June 2005. Anyway, here is my set up and work so far.
Here are links to different pages with photos showing stages of my project:

  • My workshop and machines.
  • The tender and its components.
  • The Locomotive frame and wheel components.
  • Construction of the boiler (nothing here yet).
  • Final assembly of the locomotive (nothing here yet).



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