ONE-STOP SERVICES FOR ALL LIVE STEAM PROJECTS!
* BOILERS * PROJECT COMPLETION * DETAILING * RESTORATION * MACHINING *
BOILER SHOP
- Godshall's has 25 years experience building and repairing dozens of live steam boilers.
- We can build or repair any steel boiler with a 6"-12" barrel.
- Our steel boilers are made with certified boiler plate & rolled copper flues.
- We can add superheaters to most boilers.
- For you Pennsy fans your boiler can have a real Belpaire firebox!
- We do them all: traditional radial-stayed, Belpaire, vertical, tapered & shay for the smallest 1" to the largest 1.5"-3.75" scale.
- We only do steel boilers w/copper flues and yes, we can build a great steel boiler for your small 1" or 1.5" 4-4-2's and 0-4-0's as well as your large 1.5" 4-6-6-4 or 3.75" 2-4-2! (sorry we do not make or work on all-copper boilers)
- We have built, modified or repaired of boilers for all the popular models including those from Little Engines, Allen Models & Railroad Supply to name a few.
- Email or call us for a quote today!
Here are examples of our work, notice the real Belpaire fireboxes!
And here's a 1.6" Railroad Supply Mikado boiler we built.
CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR SERVICES
Godshall's is your one-stop shop for all construction & repair services related to live steam projects. The company has over 30 years model steam locomotive construction, restoration and repair experience, and recently completed its 154th live steam project. We do it all! Whether you have a project that just needs to be finished, restored, fine-detailed or custom-built from the ground-up, Godshall's services are performed to high-quality standards in order to achieve full customer satisfaction.
- Do you have a project that you started years ago and have no time to finish? We will finish it for you!
- Do you have parts or a kit for an engine that you have no time or skill to start? Let us get it running on air and make a boiler for you!
- Do you have an engine that needs restoration? - We love restorations!
- Don't know how to detail your engine? - Let us do this for you!
- Have an engine that has been almost done for a while? Let us get it running on steam and out on the track for you!
- Have an idea for a ground-up custom project? - Our specialty!
- Do you have castings & other parts that need machining? - We are experts and can machine everything from frames to wheels to cylinders to valve gear to the smallest detail parts...we can do it all! !
- The company is owned, managed and operated by Master Model Builder Wayne Godshall, and staffed with experienced model builders and professional machinists. We have a 5000 square foot facility loaded with modern CNC equipment. - We have the experience and equipment to get your project finished!
- We also do work on electrics, diesel and riding cars - Tell us what you have!
- Email or call us about your project today!
Here is a 1.5" Little Engines Atlantic that we restored for a customer:
Here is a custom engine we built for a customer from the ground-up:
Here are some examples of unfinished projects that customers gave us to finish and get running:
Here we are in the early stages of detailing:
This engine started out as a Little Engines Atlantic and is being converted to a Pennsy E3 Atlantic:
Here is a cool little electric that we built from the ground up:
