Steve's Live Steam Railroad Page
Links and Building Page
Updated Nov 2006
Clubs Visited
Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers - The RR that I am a member of and home of the Eagle Point Railway.
Canton, St Paul & Pacific Railway - Located in Canton, GA
Other Clubs
Joshua Tree & Southern Rail Road Club
North Georgia Live Steamers - Georgia
Ridge Live Steamers - Good links. South of Orlando, FL
Sacramento Live Steamers - California
Southwestern Live Steamers - Texas
Lee's Trains - A very detail oriented web site.
Nelson Locomotive - Building a Shay Locomotive
White Creek Railroad - Michigan
Train Mountain - Oregon
Forums
Discover Live Steam Forum Kozo Site
Home Machinists Live Steam Forum
Suppliers of Live Steam Products
Mountain Car Company - Supplier I have used.
Other Vendors - List from Discover Live Steam
General Material Sites
Small Parts - You name it! They have it.
Clippard - Makers of pneumatic fittings
SDP/SI - Stock Drive Products & Sterling Instruments
Electric Driver Locomotive
Batteries
Northeast Battery - Distributors of Trojan Battery
AutoZone - Deep Cycle Batteries
Anderson Connectors - Battery quick disconnects
Electric Controllers
4QD Controllers - Controllers for electric motors. (UK)
Diverse Electronics - Carry the MC-7 controller
Motors
Briggs and Stratton E-Tek motor - ~$400
Bosch 750W - ~$225
Robot 101 - Motor (UK) - Bosch 750W 24V
Motor Suppliers - Many are Robot , Scooters, or Wheel Chair Suppliers
NPC Robotics - National Power Chair in Minnesota
S D Scooters - California
Robot Marketplace - California
Technobots - United Kingdom
Leeson Motors - See motor M1120046
Pike Lake and Eastern Railroad Hartford Shops - Supplies the motor above with gear box.
Electric Supplies
All Electronics - All sorts of supplies from switches, relays, wiring, connectors. Online and .pdf catalog available.
Digikey Electronics - All sorts of supplies.
Electronics Plus - Washington, DC area
Jameco Electronics - California
Mendelson Electronics Company Inc (MECI)
Sound Cards
Dallee Electronics - Sound Systems
Laurier's Handy Dandy Circuits - Train sounds
Power Transmission - Belts, gears, universal joints
General Bearing - 22612-88
Surplus Supply - Cheap parts / sprockets, chain, bearings / Parts not great.
Tol-o-matic - See the Products/Power Transmission/Gearboxes page on the menu
Gasoline Driver Locomotive
Gasoline Engines
Small Engine Warehouse - Gasoline engines
Engine Meter - Hour / Tachometer Display
Hydraulic Parts
Hydraulic Supermarket - Pumps and motors
Hydraulic Supply Company - Eaton Model 7
Steel Suppliers
National
Local - Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Steel Supply - I have used them before. Great Service.
Industrial Metals & Surplus - Products - Steel