Running a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as welldewintondave wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:02 am It will cause extra wear, because it's an extra load for the loco. Anyway, if one can afford a ssp slomo, one can afford repairs
To notch or not to notch
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Which is, of course, another solution!tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:10 amRunning a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as well
Want to tame your loco? Put a bigger train behind it.
Want your loco to chuff louder? Put a bigger train behind it.
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The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
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That's so very true. I don't run my locos enough to wear them out in my lifetime. With or without a slomo or running big trains.Keith S wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:11 pm The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
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Running a heavy train with a slomo equipped loco would be like cruelty to enginestom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:10 am Running a loco with a heavy train causes extra wear as well
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Keith S wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:11 pm The best way to avoid wear, as well as to make the most efficient use of a given quantity of butane or coal, is to leave the loco on a shelf and dust it off once in a while. This is what I do, and this style of running induces practically no wear to the running gear, uses very little butane, and the locomotive goes very slowly indeed. It's been on the shelf about a year now and the engine hasn't even moved far enough to run the slack out of the coupling chains. I have to admit, the chuff is extremely quiet however.
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I thought I would post this in response although I obviously have a Slomo fitted
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Amazing. A real driver on a full-sized locomotive would be hard-pressed to drive that delicately. Also, I love the simulated drain cocks. The little spurt of steam from the vicinity of the cylinders is very convincing and adds a lot of visual appeal.
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Here's my contribution, it doesn't have a Slomo fitted, unlike Tom's...tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 5:09 pm I thought I would post this in response although I obviously have a Slomo fitted
Zip along to 2:42
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I recall a TV programme about thirty years ago, possibly "You Bet", in which a driver at the Mid-Hants Railway attempted to drive his loco, a Bulleid Pacific, up to another (the T9, I think) so gently that he could trap an egg between the buffers of the two without cracking it. Alas, he failed, but I reckon he must have succeeded many times before or they wouldn't have attempted it on Saturday evening telly. Although I believe Bulleid's loco's were fitted with Slomos...
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Well, I DID say "hard pressed", not that it would be impossible! Of course, on a Bullied Pacific, the massive boxpok driving wheels and chain-driven valve gear probably has the same effect as a "slomo", so I don't know if you're quite correct about them not having one!
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Listen to that loud chuff, the poor NA must be struggling against the non-drag of the slomo!
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It has a Summerlands Chuffer fitted Dave.dewintondave wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:44 pm Listen to that loud chuff, the poor NA must be struggling against the non-drag of the slomo!
Listen to these NA's you can hear the difference:
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That was a marvellous sight Tomtom_tom_go wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:39 am It has a Summerlands Chuffer fitted Dave.
Listen to these NA's you can hear the difference:
They really do sound different
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