Scale Models & Live Steam

Live-Steam Scale Models, Pattern Castings & Heritage Collectibles

Because full-size 10-ton steam traction engines require flatbed semi-trailers to transport, generations of machinists have built working coal-fired 1/2-scale, 1/3-scale, and 1/4-scale live-steam models of Buffalo Pitts traction engines and road rollers.

1. Live-Steam Model Engineering & Pattern Sets

Working scale models reproduce the exact Stephenson link valve gear, flyball mechanical governor, worm-gear steering chains, and riveted or welded copper/steel boilers of the original Carolina Street drawings—often pulling passenger wagons at regional threshermen's reunions.

Explore the Buffalo Pitts Historical & Industrial Series

• History of the Buffalo Pitts Company (1837–1916)
• The 1916 Buffalo-Springfield Roller Merger
• Niagara Grain Threshers & Separators
• Steam Traction Engines & Road Locomotives
• Master Patent Index (1837–1915) · Steam Tractors · Steamrollers · Aviation
• Catalogs & Foundry Artifacts · Buffalo Industrial District
• Flywheel News & Boiler Preservation · Gas Tractors & Clubs · Live-Steam Scale Models
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