Re: Traction Engine
Steam Areoplanes too? Terry Griner Columbus Ohio USA Dangerous Tinkerer! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/29/00 05:48PM The Midwest Steamup date is May 4-6. 2001. Traction engines, steam lorries, and steam boats are all welcome. Tom - Original Message - From: "Trent Dowler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Traction Engine Gary, Any chance of making it to the Midwest Steamup in St. Louis with your traction engine? (Sorry, the exact date escapes me at the moment.) Later, Trent
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In a message dated 00-12-29 01:25:26 EST, you write: Sacramento next summer would be a better bet though! Gary We are going to hold you to that. I hope to make it to the Sacremento Steam Up but lord only knows where I will be at that time. My wife and I are planning a year long trip with our 5th wheel trailer and I don't have the schedule of places to go other than Diamondhead 2002, which I insisted on. Salty
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Gary, Any chance of making it to the Midwest Steamup in St. Louis with your traction engine? (Sorry, the exact date escapes me at the moment.) Later, Trent
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Gary, We will miss your presence in DH--you are forgiven--Sacramento is a deal--the dinner is on-- I promise--Salty can buy the drinks!! Of course, if you come up to redwood country before then you can bring ithe tractor and a bumblebee to the Nonsensical Secret Garden Railway. --drive my Britannia,--it's tough with the hodge-podge bunch of coal I have! Run the tractor in the living room and run some Brit stuff on the 45mm track. Small tho it is, it does have 11' radii.---plus some other track for NG. Apologies to the list for using it for personal mail!! Geoff. Gary, There is no consideration!! Be in DH, bring the traction engine-- no excuses --I'll oil it, clean it and buy you lunch! Geoff. Gary If you are coming to Diamond head would you consider bringing that traction engine? While it isn't a locomotive it is live steam and I for one would sure like to see that critter. Salty Geoff, Salty, My goodness, I did not realize we had a couple of traction engine fans here. It would be a blast to bring it to DH but there are 2 problems ( not excuses Geoff but thanks for the offers!) 1, I regret that I will not be going to DH in Jan. 2, It would present a bit of a problem being carry-on luggage! Sacramento next summer would be a better bet though! GaryB
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The Midwest Steamup date is May 4-6. 2001. Traction engines, steam lorries, and steam boats are all welcome. Tom - Original Message - From: "Trent Dowler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Traction Engine Gary, Any chance of making it to the Midwest Steamup in St. Louis with your traction engine? (Sorry, the exact date escapes me at the moment.) Later, Trent
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Don't forget, Geoff, there are a few other railroad barons in the area who would welcome such "esteamed' personages to their humble digs. Larry, Richard, and Kevin Geoff Spenceley wrote: Gary, We will miss your presence in DH--you are forgiven--Sacramento is a deal--the dinner is on-- I promise--Salty can buy the drinks!! Of course, if you come up to redwood country before then you can bring ithe tractor and a bumblebee to the Nonsensical Secret Garden Railway. --drive my Britannia,--it's tough with the hodge-podge bunch of coal I have! Run the tractor in the living room and run some Brit stuff on the 45mm track. Small tho it is, it does have 11' radii.---plus some other track for NG. Apologies to the list for using it for personal mail!! Geoff. Gary, There is no consideration!! Be in DH, bring the traction engine-- no excuses --I'll oil it, clean it and buy you lunch! Geoff. Gary If you are coming to Diamond head would you consider bringing that traction engine? While it isn't a locomotive it is live steam and I for one would sure like to see that critter. Salty Geoff, Salty, My goodness, I did not realize we had a couple of traction engine fans here. It would be a blast to bring it to DH but there are 2 problems ( not excuses Geoff but thanks for the offers!) 1, I regret that I will not be going to DH in Jan. 2, It would present a bit of a problem being carry-on luggage! Sacramento next summer would be a better bet though! GaryB
Traction Engine
In a message dated 00-12-27 20:48:45 EST, you write: The white gas or spirit as you call it will indeed work. I have a model traction engine that my Grandfather scratch built in about 1905 with just that Gary If you are coming to Diamond head would you consider bringing that traction engine? While it isn't a locomotive it is live steam and I for one would sure like to see that critter. Salty
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The white gas or spirit as you call it will indeed work. I missed the original post here, but I want to comment on some terminology here. "White gas" is unleaded gasoline. It is used in camping stoves. "Spirit" is ethyl alcohol. It goes by the trade name "Everclear" if it's drinkable, or "denatured alcohol" if not. Denaturing involves adding a little methyl alcohol, which is toxic and will make you vomit. Both of these are highly flammable and thus suitable for use in model steam engines. They do have different characteristics, however, and may or may not be interchangeable. I think you should find out (if possible) what the engine was designed to use, and stick with that. You don't want to ruin your boiler or fuel system by using the wrong stuff. Don't forget to add a couple of drops of blue food coloring to the container, so you know which is water and which is fuel! regards, -vance- Vance Bass Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
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Gary, There is no consideration!! Be in DH, bring the traction engine-- no excuses --I'll oil it, clean it and buy you lunch! Geoff. Gary If you are coming to Diamond head would you consider bringing that traction engine? While it isn't a locomotive it is live steam and I for one would sure like to see that critter. Salty Geoff, Salty, My goodness, I did not realize we had a couple of traction engine fans here. It would be a blast to bring it to DH but there are 2 problems ( not excuses Geoff but thanks for the offers!) 1, I regret that I will not be going to DH in Jan. 2, It would present a bit of a problem being carry-on luggage! Sacramento next summer would be a better bet though! GaryB
