Western Railroad Discussion > Live Steam

If anyone lives near or around the Sacramento area and want to come see our Fall Meet at Sacramento Valley Live Steamers. We will be giving rides 12 to 4 both Sat and Sun. So far there is a GS-4 Daylight steam engine with 8 Daylight passenger cars. For the diesel fans one member has brought out his 2 GE -9's.
Come have a ride!!!!!!!!
http://www.svls.org
for info and how to get to our track


uprrman156

Just went to your website. Sure wish I lived in the area. Looks like alot of fun. Question. How do you build a live steam loco? Are there kits available? Or do you machine the parts yourself based on blueprints? What is the cost to build something like a
4-8-4 or a Shay. Looks like alot of detail. Really envy someone with the talent to do that.

I am a club member at LA live Steam. There are several ways of building a live steamer. One, be good at machining stuff at home, with all of the equipment and time. 2. Wait for a live steam person to die, and purchase the stuff that the relatives do not want. 3: Go to www.discoverlivesteam.com and look in the for sale section. There are several steamers for sale, and in different gauges (scales). I got one of my loco's off of ebay (look under live steam-other scales), and one off of the above mentioned website. Go to a local club if you have one, and ask if anyone has equipment for sale or knows on any one selling.

A great hobby.