Welcome to the Railroad Shop. On this page is were the 1 1/2" and possibly 2.5" scale projects are going to be shown. I have several projects in mind.
Many years ago I belonged to the Finger Lakes Live Steamers Club and got very interested in 1 1/2" scale live steam. At that time I had intentions of building the Clishay that was written up in Live Steam magazine. I got as far as getting some angle iron and flat plate to make the platform for the loco back in 1997. That's as far as I got. Now with finally having a house and a shop I can get back to the live steam projects. Here it is 2011 and I haven't touched that project. Much has happened in those years. I originally I started this page in 2003. Since then I've gotten interested in other things mechanical. Steam is still at the top of the list though. I still plan on building the CliShay, but modified somewhat and then the big project will be the Ken Schroeder 3 cylinder 4 truck Shay.
Although I still have a lot of finish work to do on the house I think I can squeeze in a few hours of machining on CliShay.
I am also interested in HO, HOn3, O, On3 and On30. If your interested you can go to my other site dedicated to model railroading at New York, Vermont, & Northern Railway. When done, just close the window.
NOTE: The Electric Box Cab project has been scrapped do to lack of interest and progress
| The Clishay Engine
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| The Four Truck Three Cylinder Shay |