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Hiraoka Shay and Climax Parts
About these parts...
- Kozo Hiraoka has written some excellent books on building Shay, Climax, and Heisler locomotives from scratch. This page contains some of the more complex components for these locomotives, to help the home builder with their project.
- Machined using high tech CNC equipment to the dimensions specified in Kozo Hiraoka's books.
- The hard parts of the Shay and Climax engine building projects made easy for you.
- Aimed at the home builder and the professional.
- Finish turned but not polished or painted, so that you can finish them as you wish. All the hard work has been done for you (but do beware of sharp edges!).
- Please see the individual item listings for details.