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Never thought I'd see something like this.
Not far off that "strategic steam reserves" myth.

Looks great.

You must have missed the original thread, which did wander a bit. :D https://www.gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=14528&p=176056#p176056 Oh, now I remember - colander brain strikes again. :lol: Well technically I think it's a rail traction engine. I'm pretty sure that's what Aaron meant. ...

Never would've imagined a traction engine, you don't see many around. That'll be a really interesting project.

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Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:57 pm

How about the version with three axles, just like the first picture?

Can't be bothered scratchbuilding the radiator and cast frame.

You're gonna need something bigger if you want it to work. As I mentioned in your intro thread, your best bet would be a cheap used "toy" steam engine as a donor. Every critical part is already made and works. You could build something like this, but with the boiler mounted transversely. https://gar...

Rather attractive little engine that, sideways notwithstanding.

Judging by the not-black smokebox door, maybe something pre-Victorian?
Far as bodges go, that penny doesn't seem half terrible..

Looking forward to seeing what's next.

Very tidy.

Love that mossy cutting in the first photo. Looks like a great day.

Too soon to say, but the layout situation may just change in the next year or two.. 8) 15/11/23 A suitably-short driver has been painted, along with a whitemetal spanner, oil tin and the customary water bag. Wasn't happy with the bag, some further work got it sorted. https://i.postimg.cc/Z5XZYHFr/IM...

Bit late to the party here, but to say you've outdone the commercial larger-scale offerings at so little expense, is quite impressive.

Lots of developments, that's for sure. Love the new rollingstock, and I'm glad to hear you've finally got a kettle that works.

You definitely need to add 4WD, otherwise it's "stationary rice puddings" and all that. My Malcolm Moore uses a very similar IP chassis. (same wheelsets, bearings, motor and gearing, besides the extra 1:1 jackshaft of the Simplex) It will comfortably move what the prototype might be expected to drag...

I like your ingenuity!
It's just as well you had the pipe venting the steam - if that boiler were sealed, pressure would've built up and you'd have a shrapnel bomb on your hands! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R348vGkjyw

Another shop started, this time a rather large butcher.This one incorporates more "firsts" for me: Individually-spaced slats on the awning ends. A "concrete" foamboard slab at the front was made by cutting "chips" away from the outer edges and a texture was made in the top with a hard, dry clump of ...

An unexpected spare week with nothing to do for the first time in years - and bored out of my mind - had me pulling out anything to fill in the time. Worked on five different projects (starting three of them) over less than a week. Didn't finish anything, I usually work in bursts. An IP Eng. Simplex...

I've been meaning for quite some time, to start a general sugar mill rollingstock thread, akin to Andrew's wonderful (WH)WHR Rolling Stock . Plan is to cover various wagonry development here in future. Locos will retain their own threads. 12/11/2019 A favourite prototype of mine is thought to be the...

Sometimes preservation means starting over. You've done a bang-up job.

Looks good, you work quick!