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mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:15 pm

I went again today with Edrig (mines the Maroon one, the green one has drain cocks!):

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:41 pm

wow

!,

reat vido! Can't what to get my edrig-hopfully soon.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:01 pm

Matt wrote:wow !, :D reat vido! Can't what to get my edrig-hopfully soon.

Yeah! They are certainly great fun after running mamods! You can modify soo easily too!

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:55 am

Great Videos Pete.

It is good to see your locos in steam action.

Maesffordd-paul · Post by **Maesffordd-paul** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:11 am

mhlr wrote:I'm hopeing for one this year. Either an Edrig, or a Bertie. But apparantly, Mille has a really large gas tank, so will run long. I just don't like the style...

Large gas tank but about the same size boiler as Bertie, which means it'll run out of water before the gas runs out.
DEFINITELY NOT a good idea! (not unless you fancy picking bits of exploded boiler out from your face) Besides, the Millie is a pot boiler, i.e. externally fired, like the Mamod. the less said about them the better!

Paul.S

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:21 am

Maesffordd-paul wrote:Large gas tank but about the same size boiler as Bertie, which means it'll run out of water before the gas runs out.

Er...that can't be right...one of my friends owns a Millie, and she'll run for about forty minutes on one filling of gas, and has never run out of water before gas. Indeed, she even has a sight glass so you can see that you've put enough water in. The external firing has never been a problem either, the flame is very well shielded by the gas tank.

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:38 am

Obviously because of the flue in Bertie there is certainly going to be more capacity in Millie, it also depends on the way you feel about filling your loco, you either fill it to 3/4 or the top. One of my friends argues strongly that the boiler isn't going to 'blow' untill it begins to glow red and all that happens then is the solder begins to melt, he has seen this happen to an '0' gauge loco, and aparently the backhead just fell off the boiler with a 'pmph', no big bang, no flying shards of brass.

Having said that I'd have a Bertie anyday, as I have a mamod which is virtually the same design as Millie and you get more for your money with Bertie.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:26 am

My Millie only ran out of water once cos I was stupid the first time I ran the engine. Since then no problem, the gas tank is huge and with no flue the boiler capacity is huge, and I can spend quite a long time in the garden when millie is running, 40 minites usually

Maesffordd-paul · Post by **Maesffordd-paul** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:45 am

MuzTrem wrote:
The external firing has never been a problem either, the flame is very well shielded by the gas tank.

That doesn't sound like a good idea, using the gas tank to shield the flame.

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:31 pm

When I say gas tanks, I do of course mean side tanks...

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