32mm battery powered steam outline

[Woodfields Light Railway]

Does anyone know anywhere where you can buy 32mm gauge battery power steam locos? does such a thing exist? I'm a newbie to garden railways and frankly, live steam scares me and I don't want to power my track, when I get one.Any suggestions?

[Gremlin]

there are quite a few of those about, check out IP engineering and Andel models to start with. Depends how much you'd like to spend.

[Woodfields Light Railway]

Brill, just checking now...

[Woodfields Light Railway]

Ahhhhhhh I kinda meant steam locos that were battery powered,but thanks

[Vapouriser]

Midel tiwn do a vertical boilered battery loco. Only 6 parts to it! Plus chassis. Easy to add detail to later.

[Vapouriser]

MODEL TOWN- Damn phone!

[Gremlin]

OK GRS do some steam loco kits

[andymctractor]

Accucraft have short runs of electric powered steam outline locos similar to their live steam versions. Trackshack and others have some on their website but they don't come cheap. Also they may need to be adapted to battery.

[andymctractor]

I'm a newbie to garden railways and frankly, live steam scares me.

When I started, which wasn't that long ago, I had problems with my first live steam locomotive but really that was just down to inexperience and some bad luck with the choice of the first steam loco I owned.
Don't be put off live steam just give yourself time to learn the basics before you invest. Go to some open days or steam ups and learn from those others who will spare you the time to explain what they are doing and why.
Good luck

[Big Al]

The only thing scary in live steam is the price if you can run to buying a steam loco then their is not much to be worried about and their are plenty of us out here to let you know what to do. All locos have safety valves and are manufactured for the novice and expert alike. Modern gas fired steam trains are well made so don't worry about them. Their are always battery locos on e.bay, mainly diesel but some time steam trains.

[LnBmad]

I've been very tempted to convert one of the slaters quarry hunslets to battery power...

[jim@NAL]

I p engnering are good kits sometimes theres locolines kits on e bay but iv never made one of theses

[jay1976]

I've been very tempted to convert one of the slaters quarry hunslets to battery power...

Saw these on a stand at nec the other week not much room for batterys but rc and esc would be ok underneath as long as they was micro units.
£100 or so pounds as well

[Enginehouse]

I p engnering are good kits sometimes theres locolines kits on e bay but iv never made one of theses

Locolines website is now www.rail-roadmodels.co.uk and Roy's prints are very good. He will provide just the printed sheets (not card based) that will stick happily on Plasticard or material of choice to aid cutting sections out and overlaying with detail as required. Cheap way to build a steam loco body for a few quid and postage. As to chassis, there are motor blocks widely available on the web - several for sale on G Scale Central at the moment. Building a chassis is not difficult as the dummy cylinders motions and bits can all be found on the net from any number of suppliers - Essel Engineering being one who I find particularly helpful. Once you have the patterns almost anything can be built from Plasticard or brass. Both equally simple to work with.

There is also a yahoo group specifically set up for cheap loco builds called unsurprisingly Low_Cost_Garden_Railways. Lots of help there and a real fountain of good ideas.