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DolwyddelanLightRail wrote:Is "Dougal" a coal fired loco? if not what is that pipe doing over the side tank?

It's a fake drain cock set up off the boiler over flow vaule

Nice! Certainly sounds like an industrial steamer, I guess that's the feed pump clacks bouncing. How long is that siding on your railway? the point is 24feet long it goes up in to my loco shed and workshop the noise is the ball vaule is the axel pump boucing around due to worn seats ./myff/825535/I...

Nice locos aren't they,my mates have one, i toke it round Derby MES track (goes up and down everywhere) with 6 coaches and it was fu, i didn't do the whole track (only half), but my mate did 2 1/2 laps with it, very simple, but nice locos :D My club track is the Vale Of Aylesbury Model Engineering ...

here is a video of my sweet pea locomotive which has had a complete overhaul <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JS0v485NpN0&hl=en_GB&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="tru...

sweet pea is now all fix and have just finish sweep the tubes and smoke box

good to know it's fixed mine is well on its way to recovery super heater epair just need to put it back together

oh cool i have a 1959 NSU quickly 2 speed moped in the garage got in runs for the first time in 39 years

mines in the works as well as the super heater has started pissing out steam hope to finish it in the next day for two

mhlr wrote:

My Polly 1 1/2, "Bluebell". Needs some work doing to it before she runs again, but won't take much *I hope*! Hopefully be in steam this half term.

whats wrong with it???

his mine ./myff/786293/sweet+pea+q1.JPG My steam loco sweet pea ./myff/786295/IMG_0141.jpg My Ride On Railways Saddel Tank Loco 39 There is a video of 39 on u tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQXXANpbGA shot and driven by a mate ./myff/786297/IMG_3629.jpg The other Ride on Railways Loco 49

i also have two other battery locos as well

mhlr wrote:Ah, Andy wanted that one but was put off by the steel boiler. Looks lovely though if you ask me. We will all have to go up to Joys of Life sometime and have a GRF 5" gala  :lol:

He should of got it steams like a dream

it well

yep but the tubes are fine got a hydo test next week end

here are some photos of her on the dealers website ./myff/785492/0501010008%2520Maroon%2520Sweet%2520Pea%2520040ST.jpg ./myff/785494/0501010003%2520Maroon%2520Sweet%2520Pea%2520040ST.jpg ./myff/785495/0501010005%2520Maroon%2520sweet%2520Pea%2520040st.jpg this is her before her repaint and genrol ove...

the loco is a 0-4-0 and it weels when pull hard

beat it sound good

very nice drove one this weekend very powerful

Hi all been away for about a month for many reason the main one a power spike in my street killing all computers but i have great need i am now a prowd owner of a 5 inch gauge sweet pea saddel tank she has 1.5''by 2.75 cylinder a boiler with a 3 gallon capattity and a steel boiler which is superheat...