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  2. Live steam - Wikipedia

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    Live steam. A hand-crafted, coal-fired, 1:8 scale 2-10-0 'live steam' locomotive in 71⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge. A "high line" representation of a Whitelegg-designed Baltic Tank in LT&S Livery. This engine runs on a track gauge of 3.5 inches and is powerful enough to pull several people. High lines are a configuration of a continuously elevated ...

  3. Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALSRM) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology. The museum is located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California and ...

  4. USATC S100 Class - Wikipedia

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    The S100 is a side tank design by Col. Howard G. Hill.In 1942, the USATC ordered 382 S100s from Davenport Locomotive Works of Iowa, H. K. Porter, Inc, of Pittsburgh and Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre.

  5. Steam locomotive components - Wikipedia

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    Steam locomotive components. Main components found on a typical steam locomotive include: enlarge. The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era. Some components shown are not the same as, or are not present, on some locomotives – for example, on smaller or articulated types.

  6. Rail transport modelling scales - Wikipedia

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    Live steam: 1:16: 89 mm Ridable, outdoor gauge. The gauge is 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) the world over. Originally defined to be 89 mm 3 gauge in Europe. Gauge 3: 1:22.6: 63.5 mm One of the original model railroad scales standardized in 1909, a minority interest, which is undergoing a revival in the UK and in Germany (where it is known as Spur II).

  7. 4-4-0 - Wikipedia

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    Between 1959 and 1989, the Crown Metal Products Company of Wyano, Pennsylvania built live steam reproductions of classic 4-4-0 designs for use by amusement parks. The largest of these, of which 18 were produced, ran on 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge track.

  8. LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 - Wikipedia

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    The London and North Eastern Railway Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were designed for main line passenger services and later express passenger services, initially on the Great Northern Railway (GNR), a ...

  9. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    1:22.6. 2 + 1⁄2 in (64 mm) The smallest scale able to pull real passengers. Was one of the first popular live steam gauges, developed in England in the early 1900s. In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot.