Garden Railway Forum

Long time no post.

In the absence I acquired a Roundhouse Atlantic, had a treacherous relationship with it involving a trip to Doncaster for a professional respray, and then in the end sold it on. In its place for 'heavy hauler' I have acquired a very nice Accucraft Lawley.

I have already replaced the piston o-rings, the cylinder cap gland rings, replaced the mazak wheel cranks for newer, thicker steel ones and the grubs screws too.

Is there anything I need to know or be aware of on these attractive locomotives? ~

Many thanks.

Not much to add here, except that I found my Lawley, and the earlier Wrekin, a little unstable on some of my track.
Curves of around 2'6" radius, in SM32 flexi-track, had some kinks, from knee-bending.

The fully flanged wheels were unhappy.
Eventually I turned the centre wheels to flangeless and all problems were solved.

This problem did not occur on the later Peco set track curves.