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I feel like a child at Christmas. My Accucraft LYN arrived today, brand new in box with 2.4 Ghz radio control for the steam levers
This is my first Accucraft . I ordered it a few days ago when i could not find an Accucraft Leader for sale and i am happy i bought this one, she is a work of art.
I am excited to see how she will cope with the gruelling steep inclines and bends on my 'Bumpington' garden layout.

I am free from work tomorrow, no guessing what i would be doing :-)
Pictures

Mr Whenmouth strikes again

Nice

Sir haydn:71530 wrote:Mr Whenmouth strikes again  :lol:

Nice  :D

How did you guess? my second engine from him now and this time we got to chat for a while on the phone, pleasant guy really .
I have him looking out for 2 more engines i will like to own if they come up. Top service.

Keith&Joanna:71532 wrote:Can anyone who knows a little about these locos explain why the big enclosed cab, very elaborate for what is presumably a lightweight hauler?

Wasn't Lyn run on 5 carrs on the L&B once?

If it was dry I think I read somewhere that Lyn was actually one coach better then the Manning Wardles with a higher power output, although being a 2-4-2T rather then a 2-6-2T this didn't hold true when wet

It may have something to do with that Lyn was a locomotive made by the American Baldwin company

Keith&Joanna:71532 wrote:Can anyone who knows a little about these locos explain why the big enclosed cab, very elaborate for what is presumably a lightweight hauler?

I think it will be a basic standard Baldwin thing Keith, she was bought as an off the shelf kit, L&B had enquired about another MW or a Hunslet but neither company could provide one in the time limit set out by L&B, not bad when you consider Baldwin had to include P&P on a boat and the building once it got here. I'm sure I've read she was rough ridding and had alot of firebox problems though.

Yep, I'm right. I have many faults but being wrong is an intermittent one

Keith&Joanna:71532 wrote:Can anyone who knows a little about these locos explain why the big enclosed cab, very elaborate for what is presumably a lightweight hauler?

I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think the cab on this particular engine (the full sized version of course) was made to accommodate one or more people during the operation of the locomotive. The roof was probably included in order to protect the occupant/operator from moisture in the form of rain or snow, although it would be effective also in repelling sleet and/or freezing rain and possibly bird droppings, especially in coastal areas.

This is just a guess, of course, since very few records exist from this time.

Keith&Joanna:71532 wrote:Can anyone who knows a little about these locos explain why the big enclosed cab, very elaborate for what is presumably a lightweight hauler?

It's not as big inside as it might appear, as the firebox is mostly inside the cab, with the backhead located about halfway into the cab. Given the climate in much of the Northern US and Canada, American locos. were fitted with full cabs from very early on.

I've ridden in the cab of one of Lyn's much bigger sisters (the VR NA class) and while you can fit three adults on the footplate, with the backhead projecting so far into the cab an NA has to be fired with a short handled shovel.

Graeme

Droooooooooooooooooooooollllll

Hancockshire:71535 wrote:It may have something to do with that Lyn was a locomotive made by the American Baldwin company

Oi, nothing wrong with things made in Pennsylvania!


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