Live Steam

[TrainsRock]

I want to purchase a live steam locomotive. I was wondering if there were any inexpensive Mikados.

[New Haven I-5]

 What's your price range?

[cabbage]

The last one I saw was about £1,600.

regards

ralph 

[DMUinCT]

 Guess they are safe enough. Your time stamp puts you in the eastern U.S.A.

  Th Aristo Mikado can be had at a street price of about $1,000.  The "soon to be shipped" Aristo 0-4-0 Penn. switcher with tender will be in the $700 range.

  The Aristo-Craft web site, click on Forum, has a special section on "Live Steam"

[TrainsRock]

I am looking for something pretty inexpensive.

[kstrong]

For live steam, a mikado for $1,000 is inexpensive. In fact, finding any live steamer for under $500 is a rarity.

 

Later,

 

K

[two tone]

Hi If you are thinking s/hand make sure you check boiler cert and has loco been repaired does owner have repair cert

[kstrong]

In the US, there are no requirements for small scale boilers (what we run in the garden) to be certified, so asking for a certificate (or a repair certificate) in a 2nd-hand sale will generally get you rather quizzical looks. They rarely exist--it's just not something we do unless we run on a public track that requires them for insurance reasons. Still, if you're buying second hand, it is always a good idea to--at the very least--steam the locomotive yourself to see how it runs and to look for leaks, etc. If it's possible to have the boiler hydrostatic tested prior to purchasing, then by all means do so. (If there's a local ride-on scale live steam track, they'll probably have the equipment to do the test for you.)

Later,

K