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Post by ilvaporista on Dec 20, 2009 21:54:20 GMT
Compliments to who was working the camera and managed to avoid banging in to the trees. I have a video of me running along side the test of a loco and tripping over a tree root, the sound should have been edited before my children showed it at school. Still they learn't a few more English words that way.
As posted before a Black 5 would look great on there as well.
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Post by drjohn on Dec 20, 2009 23:27:04 GMT
Many thanks all for the comments - as has been said - now passenger trolleys then on with the Black 5. DJ P.S. Just to show there's no resting on laurels here, the little lady has now started landscaping the inside of the track, planting loads of exotic plants, "to make it look pretty"!  |
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Post by drjohn on Dec 21, 2009 3:23:24 GMT
I suggest you may have a superheater leak. If you can't get to blow off pressure with the blower only then you may have some other steam leak into the smoke box. This I DO know from experience.  Hi Ian I don't think there is a leak in my expertly home-made superheater (not an off-the-shelf one). However, although I had a very bright fire, there were few flames, which would tend to suggest to me that the only heating I was getting was mainly from the firebox. I'm going to try "tugas charcoal" next weekend - a very dense and hard charcoal, to see if that will give me sustainable steam - reports will obviously follow. DJ P.S. Doesn't the driving position on the raised track with long leg-irons look more comfortable than Shawki's tender balancing? ;D ;D And some of you may have noticed that firefox doesn't stream wmv's (amongst the million other useful things it can't do - throw it out!!) |
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Post by baggo on Dec 21, 2009 10:13:27 GMT
Video downloaded fine for me with Firefox   John |
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russell
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Post by russell on Dec 21, 2009 10:23:32 GMT
Congratulations John. I must get this back fixed so that I can get back into the workshop. Envious of the space you have for the track!
Regards,
Russell.
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Post by ron on Dec 21, 2009 10:52:00 GMT
Fantastic effort John, wish I had the space to lay that length of track as well.
Ron
PS Who or what's the Glesga garden wall meant to keep out?? [or in!]
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Post by drjohn on Dec 21, 2009 11:02:33 GMT
What's the Glesga garden wall meant to keep out?? Track stealing natives! ;D ;D DJ Merry Xmas Ron, to you and Agnes, if we don't speak before. |
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Post by steam4ian on Dec 21, 2009 11:03:36 GMT
G'day DrJ
or mine for that matter. I start getting cramps after an hour or two. Consider being perched on the top of 1" to ft model of a standard short wheel base BR wagon.
It may just be the anthricite which if true to label will have almost no flame. One thing I have thought about is lump size with respect to firebox width. At my club we have two sizes on offer got the 5" gauge. The smaller will pass through a 1/2" mesh with the under 1/4 fines screened out. The larger size will pass through a 3/4 mesh but not 1/2". At these sizes we are looking at scale lumps of 3" to 6" for the smalls and up to 9" for the large. I note that a number of blokes with narrow fireboxes use the smalls. My firebox is about 2.5" wide and I have trouble keeping steam up with the larger size. I can add some brown coal which lights easily and burns quickly but the smoke almost kills me.
What kind of coal were you used to the the Old Dart?
I think I told you earlier that the North Borneo Railway use Mangrove wood; they say it burns like coal and makes good charcoal.
Regards
Ian
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Post by drjohn on Dec 21, 2009 11:16:23 GMT
Hi Ian On the original loco I used anthracite beans (British) and never had a problem. This tugas charcoal might be similar to the mangrove in North Borneo (which is a long way from here!  ) As I said, I'll post the progress. Merry Xmas to you and yours too. DJ |
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Post by Tel on Dec 21, 2009 21:58:37 GMT
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Post by drjohn on Dec 21, 2009 22:06:15 GMT
Doesn't look very hopeful Tel. Maybe one of your 'boriginal buddies can send you it on a CD.
DJ
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Post by Tel on Dec 22, 2009 11:18:41 GMT
... or failing that there's always me 'mind's eye' I've followed your build with interest, and it's been an enjoyable ride, for which I thank you again for taking the time.
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Post by drjohn on Dec 27, 2009 4:56:01 GMT
An observation. OK I have a wonderful track and a super little Simplex to drive round, but it just isn't the same as a club where you have other guys to talk to, swap locos for driving, and generally share the experiences of the hobby. ---- It's all rather lonely. But just one of the down-sides of living in paradise!  DJ Addendum More than two hour steam up today with the tugas charcoal - worked like a charm with the safeties just on blow the whole way round - the injector works from 60PSI with the tank water at over 50°C, but the problem is adhesion on the hills. With the little good lady sitting behind me, it was wheel spin all the way up the hills, so I think only one passenger trolley is in order. But I'm a happy if lonely puppy. |
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Post by drumkilbo on Dec 27, 2009 10:41:30 GMT
Well, you'll just need to get on with the Black 5 and then the Simplex can be used as a banker, after a suitable driver has been picked and trained of course.
Are there no other expats with nostalgia or interest in steam in Paradise?
Ian.
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Post by drjohn on Dec 27, 2009 11:48:00 GMT
Naw Ian - no oher ex-pats, far less any interested in steam - this is a primitive backwater! That's what makes it paradise! DJ |
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Post by brozier on Dec 27, 2009 12:39:35 GMT
Hi Dr John,
Sounds like you need to add a bit of lead in the tanks for adhesion :-) bit of rust on the rails never hurts either!
Cheers
Bryan
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Post by welshy on Dec 27, 2009 12:49:37 GMT
Fantastic dj, good to see the kids enjoying it too, most of the kids over here are only interested in pressing buttons on a keyboard and blowing up virtual cities etc.
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Mike
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Post by drjohn on Dec 27, 2009 22:48:14 GMT
Sounds like you need to add a bit of lead in the tanks for adhesion :-) bit of rust on the rails never hurts either! The lack of traction certainly started after the rust had polished off the rails from a coupe of circuits. I'm going to go round with an angle grinder to roughen up the running surface of the rails and encourage more rust next time it rains. DJ |
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Post by Tel on Dec 28, 2009 4:52:43 GMT
... or build a sanding hopper wagon to push around in front of you.
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Post by drjohn on Dec 28, 2009 9:44:19 GMT
... or build a sanding hopper wagon to push around in front of you. What do I need with a hopper wagon Tel? I have enough guys to go round with teaspoons of sand laying it on the rails!! ;D Anyway, I'm out of here - my acerbism is always taken the wrong way by these "engineers". Cheers DJ |
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