LIVE STEAM 1/85 USRA MIKADO, MACK SWITCHER, TRACTION ENGINES, CLIMAX, FALKLANDS

"Live Steam" Vol. 19, No. 1, January 1985. Refer to the scans for more info.

68 pages. Subscription copy in Very Good condition: all pages intact, lightly handled, no marks inside. 

Contents:

- Building a USRA 2-8-2 Mikado in 1.6" scale, Part 1. 6 pages, 10 photos and a profile drawing.

- Modifying the 1.5" scale battery-powered, 4-wheel "Little Mack" switcher, Part 2. 3 pages, 1 photo and a few drawings.

- Hot air-engined boats. 4 pages, 7 photos and a drawing.

- Steam tractors and traction engines in the collection called "Oscar's Dreamland" near Billings, Montana. 3.5 pages, 5 photos.

- Handbook of model steam locomotive construction, Part 4: machine shop organization. 1 page, 2 photos.

- Steam in the Falkland Islands. 2.5 pages, 8 photos.

- Arthur Sherwood's miniature steam locos. 3 pages, 9 photos.

- Building a 3/4"-scale Climax locomotive, Part 22: boiler fabrication. 6 pages, several drawings.

- Understanding the strength of materials, Part 12. 1 page.

- Examples of fixed plant horizontal return tube boilers. 3 pages, 2 photos, 2 drawings.

- Uniflow and the Baker Engine. 2 pages, 4 drawings.

- Valve gears: a practical approach to analysis and design, Part 22: Hackworth Valve Gear. 4 pages.

- An improved toolmaker's vise. 2.5 pages, a few drawings.

- Plus maintenance tips, readers' projects, live steam meets, etc.

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