A New Acquisition---1984 Roundhouse Dylan

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A New Acquisition---1984 Roundhouse Dylan

Post by Paul H » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:11 am

After a long and tense 9 days, my newly acquired 1984 vintage Rouundhouse Dylan arrive home from Diamondhead, Mississippi, home of the International Small Scale Steamup. I was really pleased to find it available for sale in the flea market at what I thought was a reasonable price. Without further ado...
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Post by Spule 4 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:51 am

Well done, an object of desire of my younger days!

I liked your Old Colonial posted over on FB as well.
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Post by Paul H » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:04 am

Garrett,
I got lucky with the Dylan. The Old Colonial took a fair bit of work to get back up to scratch cosmetically. Dylan appears to have done limited running and the original paint is in good shape. I need to sort out a bit of timing, but I am really looking forward to relaxed running with the meths fired Roundhouse pair.

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Post by JMORG » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:26 am

Well done! :)
Deffinatly a model Roundhouse should redo (I remember seeing a Gas fired and Walshaerts Dylan)!
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Post by MDLR » Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:39 am

JMORG:79863 wrote:Well done! :)
Deffinatly a model Roundhouse should redo (I remember seeing a Gas fired and Walshaerts Dylan)!
............... and all Roundhouse need to do is to modify the body etch to fit the Silver Lady mechanicals - the two were always the same in that regard.
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Post by Chris Bird » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:05 pm

Fine looking loco Paul! My 1983 Lady Anne runs very well still, and my 1985 Pooter does too - after a "little" work :)
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Post by Paul H » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:55 pm

Chris,
Both of your vintage models are an inspiration. Dylan's packings seem a little in the hard side and will probably end up being replaced. I did the valve glands on my 1985 Old Colonial last year during its restoration, and I think I should do the same on Dylan. Fortunately, there is no appreciable wear on the valve gear components, so a bushing job is not in the offing.

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