The Railway in the Valley of the Mill

[philipy]

Words fail me Trevor. That is beyond amazing and says huge volumes about the quality of your tracklaying to get all that lot down safely. Well done indeed.

[Trevor Thompson]

Words fail me Trevor. That is beyond amazing and says huge volumes about the quality of your tracklaying to get all that lot down safely. Well done indeed.

There were a few issues which I edited out! The train started off with the powered wagon in the middle. It runs more reliably with it at the front. You can spot where it got moved!

However lets not nit pick - it really was pleasing to see it go most of the way without a hiccup. The one I didn't video was even better of course.

Trevor

[Trevor Thompson]

Another video from the weekend. This time showing Phil's Welshpool and Llanfair train.

Link to the video: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0ctekkij ... j2i92&dl=0

And finally a test run for my recently built Bowsided coaches:

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They also ran the full length of the track faultlessly - but the loco did suffer from wheelspin starting that train from the stations. They will form two sets when I have built a second brakevan. Coaches 15, 16 and some 4 wheelers in one set, and 17, 18 and more 4 wheelers in the other set.

Trevor

[ge_rik]

A really good run which showcases your line beautifully.

Just out of curiosity. The loco has a quite distinctive chuff. Slightly uneven over the four beats. Is that typical of 16mm live steam locos? I'm showing my ignorance here. I don't have a great deal of experience or knowledge of live steam, but this is the first time I've noticed it.

Rik

[Trevor Thompson]

A really good run which showcases your line beautifully.

Just out of curiosity. The loco has a quite distinctive chuff. Slightly uneven over the four beats. Is that typical of 16mm live steam locos? I'm showing my ignorance here. I don't have a great deal of experience or knowledge of live steam, but this is the first time I've noticed it.

Rik

No I don't think that is normal, it has to be to do with the valve timing on this particular model. It is an Acucraft Earl. I don't really have much experience of commercial live steam locomotives as all mine are hand built. Phil has a number of other locos - so he might be able to actually answer your question.

Trevor

[gilfachphil]

A really good run which showcases your line beautifully.

Just out of curiosity. The loco has a quite distinctive chuff. Slightly uneven over the four beats. Is that typical of 16mm live steam locos? I'm showing my ignorance here. I don't have a great deal of experience or knowledge of live steam, but this is the first time I've noticed it.

Rik

Sorry Rik,

I’m unable to answer your question about the unevenness of the chuff. I can tell you that the locomotive has a Summerlands Chuffer fitted.

Speed of travel was a bit erratic. It was the first time I had driven the engine with a load on Trevor’s line and to improve I need to get more practice in order to learn the variations of the gradients and curves. My own railway is level throughout and in my layout thread there are videos of the various live steam engines I have at work which may allow some comparison of chuffs,

Phil