Hello everyone, my name is Keith and am a retired machinist for the local power co. I have wanted to build a model steam engine since I was a kid but never got around to it because of life. I have been a steam nut since my grandfather took me to the Steam Pageant in Canandaigua N.Y. as a10 year old. I found you folks the other day when I went searching for info on Cole's Power models Corliss engine. I have an original set of plans from them in the 80's but never got around to building it . The other day I found them and asked myself wasn't it about time to get with it. The several threads out there this past year on this model really got me going. I don't have the castings but think I could sub with solid stock or weldments. That's what I had to do a lot of when I was working at RG&E. The newest machines we had were from the 60's dating back to Tom Edison. Mostly GE,Westinghouse and Allis Chalmers, all turbines and no recips. Nice to be here.