I recall an N scale "Live Steam" locomotive in the hobby press sometime in the 1970's or early 1980s. It had no control, simply ran until the spirit ran out.
More recently, Hornby offered a live steam HO locomotive of British outline (the Mallard) using the rails to send control signals. http://www.scottpages.net/ReviewOfLiveSteam.html Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 2/23/12, Darrell <[email protected]> wrote: > I also added a gif. of the loco to > the Linda Hall Library file so even if you don't have Word > you can see a pic. Sorry the text didn't > convert. Here it is: > > The Smallest Locomotive > __________ > > We have several times within the last few years given > illustrations of extremely small locomotives that were > complete in all parts, but that shown in the annexed > engraving is the very smallest working locomotive that we > have heard about. It was built by a jeweler, and is > the property of Mr. W. E. Gallant , Chicago. > This elaborate toy is built to run on a track 7/8 inch wide > and has a total length of 9 ½ inches with tender > included. The cylinders are ½ x 3/8, the driving > wheels are 15/16-inch diameter. The boiler is ¾ x 3 > inches. The total weight of engine and tender is 9 ½ > ounces. Gold, brass, steel, and nickel are the > materials of which the engine is made and the pilot is of > wood. It is a real working model and spins along in > good shape with its own steam, a spirit lamp providing the > required heat. > __________ > > From: > Locomotive Engineering > Dec. 1893 > Vol. 6, No. 12 > > > Darrell > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
