7.5 Gauge Rideable Trains

[7h9h_]

i am looking in making a 7.5 Gauge Rideable Train (battery powered) that is less then 3ft

dos any one know were to get blue prints, drawings for chep or for free?(

thanks

Aaron

[Rene Schweitzer]

 Hi Aaron,

 I'm not sure you'll get many answers here (but if anyone has info, please chime in!). Ride-on trains aren't typically covered by our magazine. However, you might try:

Grand Scales Quarterly web site: http://www.grandscales.com/

Live steaming: http://www.livesteaming.com/

Great American Train Company: http://www.greatamericantrain.com/

[GearDrivenSteam]

Ride on stuff isn't cheap or free....but you want cheap or free plans???  Hmmmmmmmmm

[7h9h_]

 i know.. i mean by cheap is $150 or less

[cprted]

 What exactly do you want plans of?  The emphasis of large scale ride-on trains is model engineering as opposed to model railroading.  Basically what I'm saying is that, with the exception of a few companies that do offer kits and such, most 1.5" scale equipment is largely built from scratch.  As far as drawings, you usually pick a prototype, find erection drawings (MR magazine has great ones!), scale it down and then design the guts yourself.  If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.

[GearDrivenSteam]

You thought about looking for blueprint drawings? That would work, wouldn't it?

[7h9h_]

yes i did thought about looking for blueprint drawings

[ONEHAGGIS]

A great source for scale (blueprint) drawings of a steam locomotive is Model Railroaders "Cyclopedia-volume 1, steam locomotives, edited by Linn H. Westcott.". This volume "includes more than 125 scale drawings of steam locomotives" from the small 0-4-0T engines right on up to the mighty 4-8-8-4 Union Pacific Big Boys.

While their drawn to scale in H.0. size, they can easly be scaled up to 7.5 scale/gauge size. Page 4 gives you the scale-up information you need for all the drawings.

Available new from Model Railroader or Walthers.

I hope this helps you.

Mark.

[Benjamin Maggi]

I would suggest you contact the customer service staff at the magazine Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading. They can point out lots of past articles that cover this subject, and $150 will pay for a LOT of back issues/copies. By the way, I am currently building a battery powered engine on 7.25" track that is under 3 feet long. If you join the http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/ forum, you will also get lots of great FREE advice.

Good luck!

[fredswain]

Try this link:

http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/A-e-magazine.htm

Start with issues: 67, 83, 86, 87