Combine that with a love of railroading and you have the natural ingredients of someone who finds his way into operating small-scale live steam locomotives. This G scale live steam model was manufactured by Roundhouse Engineering of Doncaster, England. Aster Hobbies is the best-known manufacturer of these locomotives with models of American, British, German and Japanese prototypes. Denatured alcohol, butane gas or even coal fuels them. They operate on O gauge and G gauge track, and most can be changed from one gauge to the other by adjusting the wheels on the axles.
Butane is the fuel of choice.
Roundhouse Engineering Co. and Accucraft Trains are manufacturers in this scale. The displacement lubricator inside the cab oils the internal parts of the locomotive gear. Click on the picture for a closer view. First, take a look to see that the mechanical gear is in good condition. If not, now's the time to tighten them up.