 A Live Steam Festival displaying equipment ranging from small stationary engines to full-size locomotives. Porvoo, Finland, 2003 Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. The steam is used to operate stationary or moving equipment. See steam engine, steam locomotive, steam roller, stationary engine, steamboat, traction engine. Live steam is also used to produce sound in steam whistles. Image File history File links Lsfestival. ...
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Founded 1346 Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Porvoo Area - Of which land - Rank 663. ...
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A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated under pressure. ...
// The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ...
One of the last mainline steam locomotives built in the UK: British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 no. ...
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A stationary engine is an engine that does not move. ...
Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ...
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Steam Whistle Brewing is a microbrewery in Toronto, Canada. ...
Festivals
A live steam festival (often called a live steam "meet" in the USA) is a gathering of people interested in steam technology. Locomotives, trains, steam rollers and tractors, steam boats and stationary steam engines may be on display, both full-sized and in miniature. Rides may also be offered.
Scale models and railroads
 A handcrafted, coal fired, 1:8 scale 2-10-0 Live Steam locomotive in 7-1/4" gauge, built in 14,000 hours over a period of 15 years. The term live steam also refers to a model steam locomotive, or any other steam-operated model that is powered by steam produced by boiling water. Steam rollers and traction engines are popular, in 1:4 or 1:3 scale, as are stationary model steam engines, ranging from pocket-size to 1:2 scale. Image File history File links Photo 2001 by J-E Nyström User:Janke Photo shows Juhani Saloranta, Finland, running the Live Steam locomotive he built in 14,000 workshop hours during a period of 15 years. ...
Image File history File links Photo 2001 by J-E Nyström User:Janke Photo shows Juhani Saloranta, Finland, running the Live Steam locomotive he built in 14,000 workshop hours during a period of 15 years. ...
This 2-10-0 steam locomotive is a Pennsylvania Railroad class I1s, the most successful class of such locomotives in North America. ...
HO scale model railroad. ...
Ridable, large scale live steam railroading on a backyard railroad is probably the most popular aspect of the live steam hobby, but it is time-consuming to build a locomotive from scratch and it can be costly to purchase one already built. Garden railways, in smaller scales (that cannot pull a "live" person nor be ridden on), offer the benefits of real steam engines (and at lower cost and in less space), but do not provide the same experience as operating one's own locomotive in the larger scales and riding on (or behind) it, while doing so. A backyard railroad, with a 4-4-0 locomotive in 1:8 scale, on a portable track. ...
Mamod live steam locomotive and train on a garden railway layout A garden railroad or garden railway is a model railway system set up outdoors in a garden. ...
One of the most famous live steam railroads was Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific Railroad around his California home; it later inspired Mr. Disney to surround his planned Disneyland amusement park with a working, narrow gauge railroad. For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ...
Walter Elias Disney, (1901-1966), founder of Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company, seen here in the cab of the at Main Street Station. ...
For other uses, see Disneyland (disambiguation). ...
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Comparison of standard gauge (blue) and one common narrow gauge (red) width. ...
The Live steam hobby is especially popular in the UK, USA, and Australia. All over the world, there are hundreds of clubs and associations with track gauges from 3-1/2" to 7-1/2", as well as many thousands of private backyard railroads. The world's largest live steam layout, with over 25 miles (40 km) of 7-1/2" trackage is Train Mountain in Chiloquin, Oregon, USA. Another notable layout is the one operated by Los Angeles Live Steamers. Chiloquin (IPA: ) is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. ...
Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area Ranked 9th - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 2. ...
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 public benefit corporation that was founded in 1956 by train enthusiasts for the purpose of educating people in railroad history and lore and to further the avocation of Live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic scale model...
Technology A live steam locomotive is often an exact, handcrafted scale model. The ridable track gauges range from 2-1/2" to 15", the most popular being in the 4-3/4" to 7-1/2" range. Gauges from 10" (254 mm) and up are called "Miniature Railways" (in the USA these are known as "Grand Scale Railroads"), and are used mostly in amusement park rides and commercial settings. A scale model of the Tower of London. ...
The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ...
Miniature railways are ground-level, large scale model railroads (railways) that haul passengers and use locomotives that are models of full sized railway locomotives, powered by diesel or gasoline engines, live steam engines or electric motors. ...
Grand Scale refers to a scale model railroad with a track gauge of 10 (254 mm) or more. ...
A wide variety of boiler designs are available, ranging from simple externally fired pot boilers to sophisticated multi-flue internally fired boilers and even superheater boilers usually found only on larger, more complex models. A Pot boiler is an externally heated, simple enclosure in which water is heated to produce steam. ...
A fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler in which hot gases from the fire pass through one or more tubes within the boiler. ...
General arrangement of a superheater installation in a steam locomotive. ...
Fuels There are several common fuels used to boil water in live steam models, depending on their scale: Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1397x948, 538 KB) Photo by User:Janke 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1397x948, 538 KB) Photo by User:Janke 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Finnish Railway Museum (Finnish: Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää. It was originally founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. ...
Small scales:
- Hexamine fuel tablets - which produce relatively little heat but are cheap and relatively safe. They are often used on "toy" live steam locomotives such as the range produced by Mamod.
- Methylated spirit, (methanol/ethanol mixture) - which burns hotter than solid fuel, but is more dangerous.
- Butane gas - clean burning and safe, but relatively expensive to engineer the burners.
- Electricity - delivered via the track and used to boil the water in an immersion boiler. In 2003, Hornby launched a range of 00 gauge models that run from a 12 volt power supply, making this method safer than previous, higher voltage versions.
Large scales: Hexamine Fuel Tablets, also known as Esbit, or heat tablets are a solid fuel in tablet form, used by campers, hobbyists, the military and relief organizations. ...
A Mamod SP1 stationary engine circa 1977 The Mamod company is a British toy manufacturer specializing in building live steam models. ...
Methylated spirit (Meths or denatured alcohol — but not Rubbing alcohol which is different [1]) is ethanol which has been rendered toxic or otherwise undrinkable, and in some cases dyed. ...
Butane, also called n-butane, is the unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms, CH3CH2CH2CH3. ...
Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hornby Railways is the leading brand of model railway in the United Kingdom. ...
(Redirected from 00 gauge) OO gauge model railways are the most popular standard in the United Kingdom, being one of several 4 mm scale standards (4 mm to the foot (305 mm), or 1:76. ...
- Oil - also a popular fuel for large, ridable trains.
- Propane gas - an alternative to coal or oil in large-scale models.
- Coal - which is the prototypical fuel for most full-sized steam locomotives, and the preferred fuel for ridable trains. It can also be used on boilers down to at least 16mm:1 foot scale.
 Sept/Oct 2005 issue of Live Steam magazine Synthetic motor oil An oil is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state (oily) at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally water fearing) and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally fat loving). This general definition includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated...
Propane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a liquid that is transportable. ...
Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...
Mamod live steam locomotive and train on a garden railway layout A popular scale of model railway in the UK which represents narrow gauge prototypes at a scale of 16 mm:1 foot. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata LSmagazine. ...
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Live Steam magazine "Live Steam" is a U.S. magazine, founded in 1966 and devoted to the live steam hobby, as well as to other uses of miniature and full-size steam. Originally, it was a mimeographed newsletter, but soon expanded into magazine format. In 2005, the name was changed to Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading. It is currently published bi-monthly, in full color, with a press run of slightly over 10,000 (Dec. 2004). For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...
Mimeograph machine The Mimeograph machine (commonly abbreviated to Mimeo), or stencil duplicator was a printing machine that was far cheaper per copy than any other process in runs of several hundred to several thousand copies. ...
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. ...
Print run is a term primarily used in book publishing, and less often in the magazine market (usually for the first few editions of a new title). ...
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