Steve's Live Steam Railroad Page

Links and Building Page

Updated October 2017

DAKOTA 312
Locomotive built in Fall 2002 - Click here.
DAKOTA 28
Locomotive built in Summer 2006 - Click here.
DAKOTA 4
Riding Car built in Spring 2005 - Click here.
Air Brakes
2012 Version - Click here.
OLD CABLE BRAKES
Built in 2003 - Click here.

SS-Directions.pdf (161k)

SS-Drawings.pdf (254k)

SS-Materials.pdf (28k)

SS-Total_Package.pdf (444k)
Switchstands

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

        Mid-South Live Steamers - Located in Columbia, TN

        Houston Live Steamers - Located in Hockley, TX (Houston Area)

        NE Florida Live Steamers - Located in West Tocoi, FL

        North Georgia Live Steamers - Located in Conyers, GA - Georgia

        Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad - Located in Spring Hill, FL - Florida

        Ridge Live Steamers - Located in Dundee, FL

        Big Boots & Western RR - Located in Candler, FL

        Big Creek & Southern RR - Kansas City, MO

        Sacramento Live Steamers - Located in Sacramento, CA

        Mill Creek Central - Located in Coshocton, OH

General Material Sites

        Grainger

        McMaster Company

        Northern Tool & Equipment

        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)

    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

        Team Delta

        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.

        Electronic-circuits-diagrams    

        Jameco Electronics - California

    Sound Cards

        Dallee Electronics - Sound Systems

Power Transmission - Belts, gears, universal joints

        Boston Gear

        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

    Hydraulic Parts

        Hydraulic Supply Company - Eaton Model 7

        Bailey

Steel Suppliers

    National

        Industrial Metal Sales

        Online Metals

        ARLO

    Local - Atlanta, Georgia

        IMS Georgia Steel Supply - I have used them before. Great Service.

        Valiant Steel