Gary There are quite a number of very nice little live steamers on the German market at the moment and the interest seems to be climbing. There are also some very unusual machines like small Mallets up to big 750mm gauge 2-10 2 tank engines. They are of course pricey, making U.S. models very attractive at the moment, which a couple of years ago these were to expensive. Just for information I have even seen an engine "G" scale with ball bearings on the valve gear!!!
I'm looking forward to Sinsheim next weekend (the worlds biggest live steam meeting)to see whats new this year. ------------------------- Bert & Edmunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]