Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

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Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by artfull dodger » Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:04 am

And for some vintage steam action, my newly aquired Midland Railway Compound. Made by Bing for Bassett-Lowke back in the 1920s. She is a alcohol fired pot boiler, I am using Bioethanol as it does not soot up the paint work, very little smell to it unlike the denatured alcohol sold at hardware stores in the states. I am running half throttle pulling 2 heavy LGB coaches(all I have at the moment are LGB coaches). 3/4 throttle and above its off to the races. Run time is 10-15min till fuel is gone. She carries way more water than fuel. I have a line on 5 Tenmille LMS Stanier coaches that are already built and painted. But still trying to find 3 or 4 of the vintage tinplate coaches. You can see my new tinplate station and glass canopy that just got installed. Station is a Lionel std gauge item and the canopy is a reproduction of an Ives product by Pride Lines. Enjoy the short video.
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Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by ge_rik » Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:42 am

Those large driving wheels make her look so elegant.....

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Post by philipy » Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:38 am

Thats a grand old lady and doing well for her age.
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Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by Keith S » Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:19 am

Oh wow. What a beautiful model! I would be happy to watch a much longer video of this engine running. The large drivers and low rpm make the motion look very realistic in action. Well done finding that.

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Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by artfull dodger » Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:20 pm

Thanks Keith, Once I get some proper coaches for her to pull, or at an upcoming steam up pulling my friends coaches, I will take a longer video of her running. Once she is going and you get the throttle set, I can just sit back and watch or take video.
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Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by artfull dodger » Sun Jan 08, 2023 5:28 am

Long overdue, but here is a video of her pulling a friends rake of Mercian Models LNWR coaches at a show our steam group set up at this past fall.
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Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

Post by Keith S » Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:00 pm

What a handsome machine. I really could watch her run all day. Thanks for posting that.

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