Live Steam

Leading manufacturers for over 43 years

Roundhouse Engineering have been manufacturers of live steam locomotives for ‘G’ Scale, SM45 & SM32 since 1982 and are the major supplier of this type of model in the UK.
G SCALE HOBBIES are the Australian Agents for Roundhouse Engineering’s Living Steam and can help bring your garden railway layout to life with Roundhouse Engineering’s Living Steam locos. Further information and details of Live Steam locos are available at Roundhouse Engineering. For advice and assistance, a Roundhouse Catalogue, or to order Live Steam please Contact Us.
Chris Loxley shows Rod the new high tech plant on a recent visit to The Roundhouse Engineering factory.
Rod with Harri Harrison & Chris Loxley in the Roundhouse Engineering Showroom.

Roundhouse locos in stock

Linda

History

‘Linda’ was designed and built in 1893 by the Hunslet Engine Company for use on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway. She worked at the quarry until 1962 and then entered service on the Ffestiniog Railway very shortly after. A part of the Ffestiniog Railway has actually been named ‘Linda’s Leap’ where Linda jumped the tracks later in 1962. Despite this early set back she has been a staple of the FR loco roster and has been through serveral conversions, alterations and rebuilds down the intervening decades. In 2021 her boiler certificate expired and she has once again been stripped down for another restorative overhaul. Our version of Linda represents the 0-4-0 loco pre-1970.

 

Technical specifications for ‘Linda’.

  • Internal gas firing using our ‘FG’ type burner.
  • 0-4-0 outside framed chassis using ROUNDHOUSE inside value gear.
  • Exhaust enhancer.
  • Controls fitted as standard are :- steam regulator, safety valve, pressure gauge, displacement lubricator, gas regulator and reversing gear.
  • Water gauge and top up system as standard.
  • Dimensions (loading gauge) are :- length 460mm over buffers, width 105mm, height 130mm.
  • Weight: 3.66kg (with tender and R/C)
  • Full radio control is available for both regulator and reversing valve gear using 2.4GHz R/C.
  • Also available with manual control.
  • Featuring glazed cab windows
  • Includes 4 wheels tender with resin coal load.
  • Rechargeable battery pack and 240V charger supplied.
  • The wheels on the loco are adjustable between 32mm and 45mm gauge, but a gauge conversion kit is needed to change the gauge of the tender.
  • Insulated wheels available at additional cost.
  • Supplied with etched brass works plates.
  • Minimum radius 2’6″.
  • Available in any Standard Roundhouse Colour, shown here in Mid Brunswick Green.

 

SR & RL #24 2-6-2- Baldwin tender locomotive

Billy 0-4-0 Koppel locomotive

Accucraft Trains, manufacturers of Live Steam and Electric Models, was formed in 1994 in Mountain View, California. The company’s first project was a 1:24 scale boxcar. The following year saw the production of detailed 1:24 scale 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 locomotives. The models were painted and hand assembled in the little California office, and the company was soon off and running.
As Accucraft has grown, so has it product range. The firm now caters to model railroad enthusiasts in scales from On3 up to 7.5″ gauge ride-on equipment. Electric and live steam locomotives are offered, along with detailed rolling stock and an extensive line of track to fill out the range.
Live steam locos have appeared in 1:32, 1:20.3, 1:19 and 1:13.7 scale, covering everything from diminutive 0-4-0s to massive 4-8-8-4 UP ‘Big Boys’!
Details of current models are available through Accucraft.

G SCALE HOBBIES are agents for all Accucraft models. Contact us for details of new releases.

Accucraft are currently developing a 1:32 scale live steam version of their very successful electric LNER A3 Class “Flying Scotsman”

The model will be gas-fired with slide valves and have all the features the Gauge 1 fraternity have come to expect from an Accucraft locomotive. The cylinders are drilled, tapped and plugged to accept DJB Engineering’s automatic drain cocks.
The chassis is constructed from stainless steel. Boiler, cab and tender are constructed from etched brass. Like other fine scale models from Accucraft, it will provide many years of enjoyment.

Technical Specifications:

  • Scale / Gauge: 1:32 / 45 mm
  • Construction: Brass & Stainless Steel
  • Mini. Radius: 6′ 6″ (2 M)
  • Copper Boiler, Brass boiler jacket, Gas Tank in Tender (Water Bath)
  • Brass Cab, Brass Tender
  • Steel Drivers
  • Walschaerts Valve Gear, Safety Valve
  • Water Level Glass, Water Hand Pump with Check Valve, Axle Water Pump with Bypass Valve, Pressure Gauge, Lubricator, Slide Valve Cylinders
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