It isn't inexpensive, but if you have any talent with wood, metal, and reading plans, you can begin to get into it by constructing a freight car or an electric locomotive. I build two at a time, selling one and keeping the other. If you buy a locomotive built by somebody like Dave, you pay both for materials, his tool wear, and his efforts. You are getting a precision loco, in the end. Sometimes a hobbiest will sell you a loco as he gets out or retires.
It isn't inexpensive, but if you have any talent with wood, metal, and reading plans, you can begin to get into it by constructing a freight car or an electric locomotive. I build two at a time, selling one and keeping the other. If you buy a locomotive built by somebody like Dave, you pay both for materials, his tool wear, and his efforts. You are getting a precision loco, in the end. Sometimes a hobbiest will sell you a loco as he gets out or retires.
PRR5406 11 months ago
is live steam very expensive? i would like to get into the hobby someday
UPRRfan 11 months ago