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dewintondave wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:02 am
It will cause extra wear, because it's an extra load for the loco. Anyway, if one can afford a ssp slomo, one can afford repairs
Running a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as well
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:47 pm
by TonyW
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:10 amRunning a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as well
Which is, of course, another solution!
Want to tame your loco? Put a bigger train behind it.
Want your loco to chuff louder? Put a bigger train behind it.
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:11 pm
by Keith S
The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:32 pm
by IanC
Keith S wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:11 pm
The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
That's so very true. I don't run my locos enough to wear them out in my lifetime. With or without a slomo or running big trains.
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:28 pm
by dewintondave
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:10 am
Running a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as well
Running a heavy train with a slomo equipped loco would be like cruelty to engines
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:53 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
Keith S wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:11 pm
The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 5:09 pm
by tom_tom_go
steveh99 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:14 pm
If anyone can better this without a slomo, paste your video here. I don't have anything else to say on this subject
I thought I would post this in response although I obviously have a Slomo fitted
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:35 am
by Keith S
Amazing. A real driver on a full-sized locomotive would be hard-pressed to drive that delicately. Also, I love the simulated drain cocks. The little spurt of steam from the vicinity of the cylinders is very convincing and adds a lot of visual appeal.
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:41 am
by dewintondave
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 5:09 pm
I thought I would post this in response although I obviously have a Slomo fitted
Here's my contribution, it doesn't have a Slomo fitted, unlike Tom's...
Zip along to 2:42
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:29 am
by Andrew
Keith S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:35 am
Amazing. A real driver on a full-sized locomotive would be hard-pressed to drive that delicately.
I recall a TV programme about thirty years ago, possibly "You Bet", in which a driver at the Mid-Hants Railway attempted to drive his loco, a Bulleid Pacific, up to another (the T9, I think) so gently that he could trap an egg between the buffers of the two without cracking it. Alas, he failed, but I reckon he must have succeeded many times before or they wouldn't have attempted it on Saturday evening telly. Although I believe Bulleid's loco's were fitted with Slomos...
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:22 pm
by Keith S
Well, I DID say "hard pressed", not that it would be impossible! Of course, on a Bullied Pacific, the massive boxpok driving wheels and chain-driven valve gear probably has the same effect as a "slomo", so I don't know if you're quite correct about them not having one!
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:16 pm
by tom_tom_go
Another Slomo example:
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:44 pm
by dewintondave
Listen to that loud chuff, the poor NA must be struggling against the non-drag of the slomo!
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:39 am
by tom_tom_go
dewintondave wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:44 pm
Listen to that loud chuff, the poor NA must be struggling against the non-drag of the slomo!
It has a Summerlands Chuffer fitted Dave.
Listen to these NA's you can hear the difference:
Re: To notch or not to notch
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:14 am
by dewintondave
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:39 am
It has a Summerlands Chuffer fitted Dave.