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== History ==
== History ==


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: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.
: Years ago, a company called '''Small Parts''' had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started [[Saturated Steam]]. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, [[Fyne Fort Fittings]], and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no [[Saturated Steam]] "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.
[[File:JimKreider BrianGittens DougAlkire MelSaslow 19890623 by Jim Kreider.jpg|thumb|center|500px|[[Jim Kreider]], [[Brian Gittins]] (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), [[Doug Alkire]], and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.]]


== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==
== Pennsy E6 Atlantic ==


See [[Pennsy E6 Atlantic 4-4-2]]


Drawings for the [[Saturated Steam]] Pennsylvania E6 Atlantic were printed over several years in [[Modeltec]] magazine.  Here is a complete list of issues that contained the drawings.
== Catalogs ==


* Oct 1987 p10–14
<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=2>
* Nov 1987 p42–51
File:Saturated Steam catalog 1986.jpg|Cover of the "Saturated Steam" catalog 1986 edition.
* Dec 1987 p48–55
</gallery>
* Jan 1988 p26–32
* Feb 1988 p35–39
* Mar 1988 p11–15
* Apr 1988 p19–27
* May 1988 p44–48
* Jun 1988 p32–37
* Jul 1988 p29–33
* Aug 1988 p51–54
* Sep 1988 p32-35
* Oct 1988 p43–47
* Nov 1988 p49–53
* Dec 1988 p26–32
* Jan 1989 p35–37
* Feb 1989 p34–35
* Mar 1989 p44–50
* Apr 1989 p35–38
* May 1989 p19–22
* Jun 1989 p27–29
* Jul 1989 p31–34
* Aug 1989 p22–26
* Sep 1989 p25–28
* Oct 1989 p14–17
* Nov 1989 p44–47
* Dec 1989 p34–37
* Jan 1990 p23–25
* Feb 1990 p34–37
* Mar 1990 p26–27
* Apr 1990 p29–31
* May 1990 p12–13
* Jun 1990 p18–21
* Jul 1990 p41–43
* Aug 1990 p29–31
* Sep 1990 p21–22
* Oct 1990 p29–31
* Nov 1990 p33–35
* Dec 1990 p38-39
* Jan 1991 p36–40
* Feb 1991 p25–27
* Mar 1991 p22–23
* Apr 1991 p10–11
* May 1991 p14–15
* Jun 1991 p32–33
* Jul 1991 p32-33
* Aug 1991 p14–15
* Sep 1991 p20-22
* Oct 1991 p34–35
* Nov 1991 p34–35
* Jan 1992 p28–29
* Mar 1992 p22
* Jun 1992 p17
* Jul 1992 p36–38
* Aug 1992 p22–23
* Nov 1992 p28–29
* Jan 1993 p24–25
* Mar 1993 p26–27
* Apr 1993 p34–35
* Jul 1993 p26–28
* Oct 1993 p28–29
* Feb 1994 p26–27
* Mar 1994 p26–27
* Apr 1994 p24–25
* May 1994 p34–35
* Jun 1994 p34–35
* Jul 1994 p32–33
* Sep 1994 p34–35
* Oct 1994 p34
* Dec 1994 p30–31
* Jan 1995 p30–31
* Feb 1995 p31
* Mar 1995 p40–41
* Apr 1995 p36–37
* Mar 1995 p36–37
* Jun 1995 p30–31
* Jul 1995 p38–39
* Aug 1995 p38–39
* Sep 1995 p34–35
* Oct 1995 p38–39
* Jan 1996 p28–34
* Feb 1996 p38–39
* Mar 1996 p20–23


== External Links ==
== External Links ==


* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]
* [http://www.smallparts.com The former official website for Small Parts, now redirects to Amazon.com]
* [http://www.mylargescale.com/Features/BuildersLogs/tabid/66/EntryId/14/The-Pennsylvania-Railroad-E-6-Atlantic-Steam-Locomotive.aspx "The Pennsylvania Railroad E6 Atlantic Steam Locomotive"]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_E6 "Pennsylvania Railroad Class E6", <i>Wikipedia</i>]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 1 September 2020

History

GWRDriver posts:

Years ago, a company called Small Parts had an employee named Leo LaFond who was interested in live steam and model engineering. He talked the owner into entering that market and started Saturated Steam. Things went well, they mostly had run of the mill stuff, Stuart castings, Fyne Fort Fittings, and the other usual stuff, but they made a contact in England and produced designs and castings for at least three really superb projects, the 1.5" scale PRR E-6 Atlantic, and the Tangye Mill engine in two scales. Two things happened to upset the apple cart, first there was a falling out of some kind between their UK contact and their source for lost wax iron castings for the E6 and Tangye engines disappeared, and not too long afterward Leo passed away. Since there was no one else in the organization who knew the live steam business they closed it down. This has been before 1991 so I would doubt that any of the stock remains. I was once in Miami and stopped in to see Leo but he was out and not another single soul knew a thing about the "steam engine stuff". There was no Saturated Steam "store", no showroom, no office, just shelf space in the back of the Small Parts warehouse.
Jim Kreider, Brian Gittins (who created the PRR E6 Atlantic), Doug Alkire, and Mel Saslow of Saturated Steam. 23 June 1989, photo by Jim Kreider.

Pennsy E6 Atlantic

See Pennsy E6 Atlantic 4-4-2

Catalogs

  • Cover of the "Saturated Steam" catalog 1986 edition.

    Cover of the "Saturated Steam" catalog 1986 edition.

External Links

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