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== External Links == | |||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=103712 "Reading Camelback 0-4-0 Castings For Sale", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
Revision as of 14:51, 19 July 2016
Jack Bachmann was a licensed boiler operator, who kept his license until the day he died. If anyone could build a steam vehicle relying on a boiler, it was Jack. On top of that, he was trained to repair and build chronometers. He was fanatically precise in everything he built.
0-4-0 Camelback
Jack Bachmann's 0-4-0 camelback in 1.5 inch scale was sold at auction, November 2015. The auction listing provided the following information and photos.
- Details
- Copper Boiler
- Built: 1987
- Last fired around 1991
- Runs on coal
- Train was run at Mid-South Live Steamers in Columbia, TN.
- Gauge: 7.5 inches gauge
- Length 40 inches
- Width 16 inches
