We have a working water pump.
Of course, both balls were stuck in their seats.
Still waiting for good weather to have a test run.
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- Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:43 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
Re: Next overhaul project....
Finally got around to make the firehole door.
As there is almost no space around it this was a bit tricky.
Clearances to any boiler fitting are 1mm.
Now I am waiting fo the storm to go somewhere else so I can test the loco.
As there is almost no space around it this was a bit tricky.
Clearances to any boiler fitting are 1mm.
Now I am waiting fo the storm to go somewhere else so I can test the loco.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
Re: Next overhaul project....
Started running on air last weekend.
Smokebox horse has received a replacement tail.
Found suitable mounting positions for whistle and valve.
Firehole door still to be made.
Maybe she will run under her own steam still this year.
Smokebox horse has received a replacement tail.
Found suitable mounting positions for whistle and valve.
Firehole door still to be made.
Maybe she will run under her own steam still this year.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Steam workshop under a mountain - Yes, really
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1566
Re: Steam workshop under a mountain - Yes, really
I would like a copy of the Steam Locomotive fault-finding book.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:42 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
Re: Next overhaul project....
some progress: first coat of Vermillion on the buffer beams, first coat of mid Brunswick green on the wheels and some minor parts. Paint is good quality but takes a long time to dry. Next steps will be painting other parts and making a firehole door. I have a whistle and matching valve but no idea y...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
Re: Next overhaul project....
She´s in bits now, so this is the only picture I can show: https://up.picr.de/46723455tf.jpg Had to get a broken screw out of the regulator assembly (fortunately the remaninig bit was long enough). Removed some play and clatter from the motion, modified the buffer beams, fixed many small issues. But...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Another Fowler rebuild at Scum Class Works
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9377
Re: Another Fowler rebuild at Scum Class Works
How about the version with three axles, just like the first picture?
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Where to buy a horse?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3286
Where to buy a horse?
My next restoration project needs a new Aveling & Porter horse:
This one has lost its tail.
Height is 3.1 cm.
No 3D prints please as this one goes right onto the smokebox door.
This one has lost its tail.
Height is 3.1 cm.
No 3D prints please as this one goes right onto the smokebox door.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10849
Next overhaul project....
Postman brought a big box (not quite that big...) yesterday: https://up.picr.de/46715933sa.jpg My next 5" gauge winter project will be: Guess please, first hint: https://up.picr.de/46715935ls.jpg BTW Where can I get a replacement horse? This one is missing its tail. I have seen many things on t...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Static points, has anybody created a working set?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15226
Re: Static points, has anybody created a working set?
These stub points cannot be trailed. A friend has two of that type on his 5" gauge layout. Another driver wanted to pass from the siding onto the main line. Was going fast and did not check the track (and point positions) ahead. One point was in the wrong position and she and her loco ploughed ...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6599
Re: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
You are absolutely right. Many alterations have been made during its lifetime. Now the issue is to decide which state to choose for my model. Same applied to another 5" gauge loco. The stages of modification of the prototype were: Claud Hamilton D16/1, D16/2, D16/3 Super Claud So I went with th...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6599
Re: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
That might also clarify the "box" on the running board near the rear buffer beam. Were these sanders just buckets with a pipe through the bottom? Were there any means of sanding when needed or was this an "always on" gravity and rattle method? These containers would be suitable f...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6599
Re: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
My guess is a holder for an oil can (or milk churn),
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6599
Re: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
Hi Philip,
the hoop is visible in this picture:
the hoop is visible in this picture:
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6599
Wotton Tramway, Brill Branch
Hi, next project will be 807, now in London Transport Museum. (Found an unfinished 5" geuge model) I already tried to get the Brill branch book, but only found sellers that do not ship to Germany. I am now looking for photos of that loco and information about the hoop visible behind the left fr...
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports
- Replies: 335
- Views: 201997
Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports
Where is he gone?
There have been no new reports for quite some time.
There have been no new reports for quite some time.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:19 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Electric Cracker
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3795
Re: Electric Cracker
This is addictive.
I have just dug out my cracker (started mid nineties) and made the buffer beams.
So now I have a part-finished boiler and everything below the footplate.
I have just dug out my cracker (started mid nineties) and made the buffer beams.
So now I have a part-finished boiler and everything below the footplate.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:50 am
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: Dec 2023 Gallery Entries CLOSES 1st DEC
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12125
Re: December 2023 Gallery Entries thread
Short local freight train arrives in the middle of nowhere:
Driver and fireman are hidden behind the tender as they are preparing to take water.
They have just moved the water crane over.
Driver and fireman are hidden behind the tender as they are preparing to take water.
They have just moved the water crane over.