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[[Brenton Barnfather]] wrote the following in <i>[[Live Steam Magazine]]</i>, June 1980: | |||
: This story starts back in the 1930's when the [[New England Live Steamers]] in Danvers, Massachusetts and club activities were in its infancy. [[Norman Steele|Norm Steele]], an engineer on the Old Colony division later taken over by the New Haven R.R., started building miniature Live Steam locomotives to scale from 1/2 inch scale into 3/4 inch scale, of which he built and sold many. One went far west to Colorado to a gentleman by the name of [[Arthur Wegner]], an engineer on one of the railroads in that area. Norm built two in 1 inch scale and, as the photo below shows, built one in 1.5 inch scale to 7-1/4 inch gauge. Norm built these locomotives from scratch and used no prints of any type. He used scrap box material and came up with very well proportioned locomotives. The picture shows Norm sitting on the 711 talking to Walter Kleinfelder of the [[New Jersey Live Steamers]] club back in the 1960's. This is one of the first engines in 7-1/4 inch gauge to run at the [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] club and has an interesting background. Using no prints of any kind this Atlantic has 10 inch drivers with a 10 inch copper boiler. The cylinders came from an old Stanley steamer and were modified for a locomotive. It has [[Southern valve gear]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://www.waushakumlivesteamers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wls_journal-2012_01.pdf Two locomotives built by Norman Steele, <i>Waushakum Journal</i>] | * [http://www.waushakumlivesteamers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wls_journal-2012_01.pdf Two locomotives built by Norman Steele, <i>Waushakum Journal</i>] | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 25 January 2020
Brenton Barnfather wrote the following in Live Steam Magazine, June 1980:
- This story starts back in the 1930's when the New England Live Steamers in Danvers, Massachusetts and club activities were in its infancy. Norm Steele, an engineer on the Old Colony division later taken over by the New Haven R.R., started building miniature Live Steam locomotives to scale from 1/2 inch scale into 3/4 inch scale, of which he built and sold many. One went far west to Colorado to a gentleman by the name of Arthur Wegner, an engineer on one of the railroads in that area. Norm built two in 1 inch scale and, as the photo below shows, built one in 1.5 inch scale to 7-1/4 inch gauge. Norm built these locomotives from scratch and used no prints of any type. He used scrap box material and came up with very well proportioned locomotives. The picture shows Norm sitting on the 711 talking to Walter Kleinfelder of the New Jersey Live Steamers club back in the 1960's. This is one of the first engines in 7-1/4 inch gauge to run at the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers club and has an interesting background. Using no prints of any kind this Atlantic has 10 inch drivers with a 10 inch copper boiler. The cylinders came from an old Stanley steamer and were modified for a locomotive. It has Southern valve gear