For the cost of a good, used automobile, you can own a working railway steam engine.

It would be 1/8th scale, run on track, tow other cars and come with its own challenges.

They’re complicated pieces of machinery requiring continual maintenance. That means it’s good to have the skills of a machinist, the skills of a welder, track to run it on and a trailer to haul it in.

It’s also good to have lots of free time by being