In the Beginning, God Created Steam...
This whole thing started one day after completing another project and was looking for something new to do. My wife knew I liked trains and suggested that I build a train to go around the house. Well, she was thinking one about the size of a microwave oven. I was thinking much larger. I quickly proceeded to figure out what type engine to build. My conclusion was to build a Southern Pacific Daylight GS-4. This is a Northern 4-8-4 and is big and heavy. I didn't know much about metal working except for some welding I've done and I didn't know much about steam locomotives either. I was driven to plow ahead and purchased a set of "New Northern" plans from "Little Engines" and began studying them. I was looking for a live steam club so I could learn from the experts. To my amazement, the Illinois Live Steamers were just a few miles from my house. It was fate! Over time it was built and here's what was done.
If you want to see what this journey
was all about, click this away...
You can also navigate to areas directly below
