Of the three live steamers I had for several years, including a super premium Roundhouse Engineering RC SR&RL #24, My favorite was the more modest Aster/LGB Frank S. Butane fired, with a nice water sight glass and an added Goodall boiler filler check valve, it was a delight to fire and run for about 15-20 minutes! It had a touchy gas control valve and an equally touchy throttle, and there were after-market fixes I never availed myself of, but all the same great fun to run! I had two of them over the years, and still somewhat regret selling them.
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