Re: Tag makes us drool
On 22/8/03 9:32 pm, "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your descriptions are making me very interested in this loco. Being able to > run for such extended times is a wonderful advance. Having fuel standard > Butane/Propane mix is a bonus for sure. No fears of the propane being used > in too warm an environment or of radiant heat over exciting the tiny propane > molecules and bursting a gas tank. Had that happen just rinsing a loco under > 90 degree F water when a bit of Butane/Propane mix was left in the tank. I > silver soldered that tank and have had no further problems even with the mix > in the tank and water over 180 degrees F. The whistle . . . is there a sound > bite available? Well not at the moment as the pre production model is unavailable ;-) but I will arrange when I get mine. The gas tank (as Chad asked) will be available as are all the other tanks and burners anyway, but be aware that the ceramic burner itself is specifically designed to fit Cheddars multi-cross-tubed boilers. The tanks will significantly improve other burner systems however, and I have a Cheddar design tank with gas pressure regulation in my Accurcaft Caradoc, and that runs for nearly an hour. Obviously there is more room on a tender locomotive, and if you have one of these then you could fit the tank into the tender. This is not something I have investigated as I have no other tender locos. Certainly it could be fitted into one of the Roundhouse tender locomotives however, because the tender on these is not functional, they have no on board water and there would be plenty of room. This would have the advantage of freeing up space in the very crowded Roundhouse cabs. There is an American agent for Cheddar, but this is in process of change because Double Header (?) are closing down (hope I have that right - apologies if I got the wrong name) and I will get back to you with the name of the new agent who, I understand is a well known supplier on your side of pond. I should say that Cheddar are a long established builder of live steam (mostly marine up until the last two years - but also boilers for other well known builders) and their reputation for logistical backup is at least as good as Roundhouse. I don't currently have web space for pictures and soundbite but will let people know when available and would be happy to send 50k picture and sound files as I get them. My own locomotive should arrive on the 1st of September, the North American version is only weeks away and John Woodroofe of Cheddar is already as far on as considering the colours for this model. He tells me that it will NOT be the same colours as his standard range but will be those that were used on this type of locomotive in the US. Well in my 'iggerance' I thought this was plain black, but apparently there were other colours. I have heard of "Russian Blue"(?) but no doubt you will know far more about this than I do :-) -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Saltash Cornwall Directors: T. Gorton, Madame E. Lash
Re: Tag makes us drool
OK I missed it somewhere, What Loco are we talking about? Cheers Michael Florida USA Iron Nut - Original Message - From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Tag makes us drool > Your descriptions are making me very interested in this loco. Being able to > run for such extended times is a wonderful advance. Having fuel standard > Butane/Propane mix is a bonus for sure. No fears of the propane being used > in too warm an environment or of radiant heat over exciting the tiny propane > molecules and bursting a gas tank. Had that happen just rinsing a loco under > 90 degree F water when a bit of Butane/Propane mix was left in the tank. I > silver soldered that tank and have had no further problems even with the mix > in the tank and water over 180 degrees F. The whistle . . . is there a sound > bite available? > Gary - Running trains over Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon > http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy > http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor > > > The loco is a delight to run (Okay - I am biased because I am buying one) > but it is S > relaxing not having to worry about 20 min run times and to have a copious > supply of water for playing with the chime whistle. Last time I ran this > model (at Hidden Valley in Launceston, Cornwall) it was in steam for over > four hours and was driven by several different people during that time. The > visitors to this tourist attraction loved the strong chuff and the loud and > evocative chime whistle > > -- > > Yours Aye > > Tag Gorton >
RE: Stolen Locomotive
I would like to know if we could buy the burner and tank for our other engines. This might be a way to make good money. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tag Gorton Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: Re: Stolen Locomotive On 21/8/03 5:50 pm, "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One can only hope that the thief is ready for the classic "World's dumbest > crooks list or TV viewing" which means the loco will turn up soon enough to > enable this likely gorgeous loco to be manufactured and for the rest of us > to run the loco as budgets allow. There is one at http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15260. Or at http://www.modelsteam.co.uk/ If you look you can see the footpath by the trees at the back. This is a simple pre-production model with nothing in the way of detail. The production models will look rather different. Luckily the locomotive was almost redundant in terms of design work and these models will start rolling in about a week and I am waiting for one myself which I hope to collect at the end of the month. I did run this model on several occasions and particularly enjoyed the fact that the gas burn lasts one and a half hours without even trying. I decided to buy one after running for around half an hour and then leaving the loco simmering in a refuge siding while we ate lunch beside the train. I then continued running for another forty minutes before running out of gas. The loco is also able to be ready to steam in just over a minute and has the best chime whistle I have ever heard. Tender holds about two hours of water before stopping at a water tower. The American version is weeks away Lowlife can be incredibly stupid. Steve Tucker built his first garden railway in St Ives Cornwall. The line was visible from a spot passed by all the summer holidaymakers and drew crowds when it was in steam. It was the only one in the town and known by almost everybody. This particular no-neck ripped up some of the track and tried to sell it to the only model shop in town.. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Saltash Cornwall Directors: T. Gorton, Madame E. Lash
Tag makes us drool
Your descriptions are making me very interested in this loco. Being able to run for such extended times is a wonderful advance. Having fuel standard Butane/Propane mix is a bonus for sure. No fears of the propane being used in too warm an environment or of radiant heat over exciting the tiny propane molecules and bursting a gas tank. Had that happen just rinsing a loco under 90 degree F water when a bit of Butane/Propane mix was left in the tank. I silver soldered that tank and have had no further problems even with the mix in the tank and water over 180 degrees F. The whistle . . . is there a sound bite available? Gary - Running trains over Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor The loco is a delight to run (Okay - I am biased because I am buying one) but it is S relaxing not having to worry about 20 min run times and to have a copious supply of water for playing with the chime whistle. Last time I ran this model (at Hidden Valley in Launceston, Cornwall) it was in steam for over four hours and was driven by several different people during that time. The visitors to this tourist attraction loved the strong chuff and the loud and evocative chime whistle -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton
