This is the Baldwin no. 3003 live steam model I've built in my spare time, spending about 1,500 hours on it in 2000-2003 - some details which have been added later are still missing in this photo, shot on September 22, 2002, less than a month after I ran the engine on steam for the first time. The loco and tender are together almost two meters (6 1/2 ft) long. Add the four cars, and the whole train is close to 6 meters, or 20 ft.

Here's a video shot in August 2003, just one year after "first steam":

More of my videos HERE!

Below is a table of contents - just click on the desired page, it will open in a new window. If you want to read the "story" in chronological order, read the construction pages in reverse order - i.e. start with the oldest! To get back to this page, close the new window that appeared when you clicked one of the page links below.

Please note that some ideas, questions etc. on older pages may not be relevant anymore, since the design or the solutions changed during the process of construction...

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Click on the small drawing at right for technical data and measurements of the locomotive model.

    

Please note: Due to a change in ISP, some pages may be missing / incomplete. This will be fixed in the near future.

Constructing a 4-4-0 model loco, newer pages:

A couple of pictures...

Two Steam Festivals

Two steamups

Loco Autopsy
2003-11-12

Two Museum outings
pics added 2003-07-21

Shovel work
pic added 2003-08-04

New burner design
Info added 2003-07-20

Another 3003 model
pic added 2003-05-20

Farewell for this season
2002-10-16

Picture gallery
2002-09-22

Work continues...
2002-09-17

Slight problems
new pics 2002-12-05

Experiences...
updated 2002-09-01

First steam!
2002-08-26

Powerful pokers!
2002-08-25

Lots of stuff...
2002-08-22

Safety Valves
2002-08-02

Water gauge & track solutions
2002-07-23

Hydro test...
2002-07-18

Boiler making!
2002-07-17

Track work
2002-07-07

Progress report...
2002-07-02

Hot stuff!
2002-06-27

A productive weekend...
2002-06-16

Flash boiler test... :-(
2002-06-04

The smokestack
pic added 2002-05-21

Turnout design & other stuff
updated 2002-05-05

Tender stuff!
2001-09-13

Track design
pic added 2002-03-20

Constructing a 4-4-0 model loco, older pages:

It's taking shape!
2001-08-14

The Slide Valves
pic added 2001-08-11

Fabricating the cylinders
2001-07-13

Making the cab
2001-07-13

Quartering
2001-06-27

Machining the wheels
2001-06-21

Succesful casting!
2001-06-14

Casting, first attempt
2001-06-05

Eccentric Mechanism
pics & movie added 2001-01-31

Reversing mechanism
2001-01-27

Crosshead & Tender Pumps
pic added 2001-01-15

Links, hangers, rockers
expanded 2001-01-09

Perspective correction of photo
2001-01-08

Axle boxes & Suspension
2000-12-23

Number & builder's Plates
etching work added 2000-12-17

Eccentrics & bearings
expanded 2000-12-15

Rods & brasses
pics added 2001-01-25

Front bogie/truck
pics added 2001-02-18

Cutting, soldering, welding the frame
new pic 2000-11-30

Making the wheel patterns
added pics 2000-12-10

Old drawings from 1875
(downloadable files 2001-01-14)

How to design the track?
2000-09-14

Other old pages:

Next project?
2003-03-01

3003 Digital Art
Poll results 2002-11-16

Novel boiler design?
2000-11-19

Baldwin steam engines used in Finland

Vintage pics of the BLW 4-4-0s

Similar Baldwin engines



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