stclairrailways.com » Garden Railways http://stclairrailways.com Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Sclair Train Video at 50th Anniversary for St. Clair Facility http://stclairrailways.com/sclair-train-video-at-50th-anniversary-for-st-clair-facility/ http://stclairrailways.com/sclair-train-video-at-50th-anniversary-for-st-clair-facility/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:09:50 +0000 admin http://stclairrailways.com/?p=751 Here is a short video of the  garden railway display I had set up for the 50th Anniversay Celebration at St Clair River Site Corunna.



]]> http://stclairrailways.com/sclair-train-video-at-50th-anniversary-for-st-clair-facility/feed/ 0 Building Small Steam Locomotives http://stclairrailways.com/building-small-steam-locomotives/ http://stclairrailways.com/building-small-steam-locomotives/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:11:52 +0000 admin http://stclairrailways.com/?p=431 This recently published book about building a Garden Scale Steam Locomotive is available from Amazon Books Canada.

http://www.amazon.ca/Building-Small-Steam-Locomotives-Practical/dp/184797029X


Building Small Steam Locomotives – A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges
Author Peter Jones

If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, then this book is for you. Written in his clear and encouraging style, Peter Jones demystifies the whole process for those with little or no previous experience.

Contents include:· An explanation of terms· Basic metalworking processes· Step-by-step project guides· Machining· Boilermaking· Painting and finishing

Fully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and drawings, and including appendices of suppliers and societies, this is an invaluable work for the railway modeller.

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