Garden Railway Forum

... the loco has a pronounced side to side motion of the rear axle ... Probably the cranks are not fully located on the axle ends. Remove the rods then on all three axles: - Remove the crank fixing screws - Using soft jaws (e.g. wood) in a vice squeeze the cranks fully home on to the axles - Re-fit...

Hi all, I'm Jack and I'm pretty new to live steam but am a steam crew volunteer and am an engineer by trade so I thought I'd take the plunge on a kit build lady Anne! I'm mid way through(ISH) my first live steam build having assembled the chassis and fitted all boiler parts necessary for running (bo...