Digital Subscription Rate Increase
- Written by Scott McDonald
After 10+ years of holding our digital subscription to only $19.00 a year, a recent increase in cost to host our online presence is requiring us to raise the rate. Effective 1 November, the yearly subscription to the digital version of Steam in the Garden will be raised to $28.95. This is only a price increase of $1.65 an issue @ 6x per year. The Print/Digital cost will increase as well to $55.00, a savings of $4.85 for the digital subscription portion.
If you were on the fence about getting a digital subscription or are close to renewing your subscription, act now to lock in the old price of $19.00 before 1 November.
We look forward to seeing you online here at Steam in the Garden!
New Menu Item - Reprints and Specials
- Written by Scott McDonald
The Steam in the Garden digital publishing department has added a new menu to our website! We are expanding our digital media publications to now provide a Series Reprint compilations page as well as easier access to digital publications such as "Starting in Steam".
We have added a new menu item of "Reprints & Specials" under our "Magazine" menu item in the websites left column. Complete with simple "Buy Now" buttons that allow you to purchase and immediately download to your computer or tablet. No more waiting around for the pesky humans to answer the e-mail.
We are in the process of re-editing and republishing older construction series into PDF files. These new compilations of construction series that spanned several issues will be available with color photography that wasn't available in the early print days of the magazine. As part of our review, we are double-checking sources for materials and updating those sources to ensure that you will be able to find what you need for your project.
We are working closely with original authors, where we can, to ensure that any new or updated drawings and photos meet the same publication standards as if they were published today.
These compilations are not just copies of the original pages, but completely new digital typeset versions to be easy to read in digital format.
Check back to see our catalog of publications grow as we go back in history and bring improved series into your digital library of small scale live steam!
Online Issue Archive Now Available
- Written by Scott McDonald
The Steam in the Garden Magazine online Archive is now available. 
New Menu Item - Workshop Project Plans
- Written by Scott McDonald
A new menu item has been added to the www.steamup.com website to make it easier to find downloadable project plans that have been feature in the pages of Steam in the Garden.
Registered users of the website will see a "Workshop Projects" menu button appear under the Magazine section on the left side of the our main webpage after they login. Clicking this button will bring up a page that will indicate the title of the published project along with the issue(s) where the plans were first published. Clicking on the title of the Project will take you to the plan(s) needed for downloading. These are PDF files that can be further saved and/or printed so that you can get started on that project. 
We will be going back in time to bring you fresh scans of previously published plan drawings. Full instructions to go along with the plans can be found in the original magazine which may be available for order as a back issue (if still in stock) or download with you digital subscription.
Stay tuned - more plans to come in future issues of Steam in the Garden.
Blowing off steam
- Written by Administrator
On Jim Coplan’s Ardmore Division of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Pennsylvania, two passing trains blow off excess steam at the same time. On the left is Eric Schade’s mainly scratch-built Forney (with Roundhouse cylinders and valve gear). On the right is Jim’s Roundhouse Engineering No. 24. The covered bridge is Jim’s scratch-built replica of one of the railroad bridges on the now-abandoned Boston & Maine’s Concord & Claremont line. Photo by Jim Coplan.
