Back in the late 40's or early 50's, The Model Railroader had an
article about essentially live steam locos in O gauge that used dry
ice for power rather than a steam boiler. Does anyone here know of
anybody who has done this? Despite the threat of contributing
to global warming by powering a model loco with a chunk of solid
CO2 in a sealed tender cannister, it's a very interesting idea to me.
Add modern radio control, rather than the crude controls back then,
and you'd have a small scale backyard "steam" RR without blowers,
silver soldering, etc...
Just wondering,
Dale
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