> I vote for the Indian Scout! I am willing to bet it will run further on a tank
of fuel and run faster than the mogul! I am jealous you are working on both!
>
> These locomotives are fun and it's going to be tough to get back to work on
> my 1927 Indian Scout when the mogul is complete. We'll
Personally, I prefer the hardened tip screwdrivers available at hobby shops and at
some tool places. Radio Shack mini drivers are soft and round off pretty darn quick.
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> I just was over at Radio Shack picking up some small cylinders for my
> mini-torch. They had a
In a message dated 2/3/2000 4:13:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> AND your point about it not being a workable design in a full size prototype
> is not only well taken, but agreed to also.
>
Lee;
I also forgot to mention that in my opinion, the full size design wouldn't
In a message dated 2/3/2000 4:13:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Would you agree that it bloody well CAN'T be a Stephenson?
>
Lee;
ABSOLUTELY !!! There is nothing about it that even remotely resembles a
Stephenson's gear in any way All I meant to say was it is n
I just was over at Radio Shack picking up some small cylinders for my
mini-torch. They had a set of jewelers/hobby screwdrivers that included flat
blade, phillips and some small socket drivers. They might be of help I don't
know if the size is what you are looking for. There was about
Oddly enough, when I went searching for the additional tools Aster doesn't
include that you need, I found my local hobby shops here in the Islands
don't have squat.
But Sears (yup) does!
Go figure.
Lee
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Thank you Peter!
Nice resource. I'll be updating the "LINKS" page on my site in the next day
or so and I'm going to include the URL to the "Steam-Rail" index of that
site.
That's a new one for me I haven't seen before.
Lee
P.S. By all means, I appreciate any scans you have on the topic, and th
Thanx Vance.
I'll try to see if my lately Hawaiian influenced diction can handle that.
(Smile).
BTW, my old sources don't have an "s" on the end of his name tho.
Lee
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At 1:03 PM -0800 2/3/00, Peter Trounce wrote:
>http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/nymr/index.asp?i=6
In the weirdness of life, I looked at the caption on this picture and it said:
>Photographer: :Ian Britton Camera:Pentax Film:Fuji Scanner:Epson
Ian Britton is the broth
Lee,
I'll scan a couple of pix and send them to you.
Can't send them via List, alas,
Peter.
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> From: Lee Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Books & magazines ( Henry Greenly)
> Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 1:56 PM
>
Lee,
Attach site of #44767 "George Stephenson" with the outside gear.
I'll see if I can find something better for you,
Peter.
http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_steam/nymr/index.asp?i=6
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> From: Lee Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL P
Look at what the commercial suppliers do & work out the relative volumes of
fuel tank & boiler - Ok, I know there are lots of other factors but that
should give some sort of starting point.
Much better to fit one of the systems for replenishing the boiler water tho',
then you don't need to wor
> Hearing the comments of several people saying the C&S was a Stephenson while
> Aster says it's a Walschaert
Ed Gebhart's plans in the May 1989 Gazette show Stephenson's
gear.
> I THINK it's pronounced walls - chert, but hey, ya never know.
Walschaerts was a Belgian engineer, so it would be p
Thanx for the comment. I think it is this valve gear stuff that has always
attracted me to steam locos. Now that I've jumped into the hobby, I just had
to find out more about them.
Hearing the comments of several people saying the C&S was a Stephenson while
Aster says it's a Walschaert forced me
Thanx for the comment.
Do you have any illustrations of an outside Stephenson's? I guess my
speculation on that issue was off base. I would have thought it to be a
nightmare to try to implement.
Lee
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Lee Hill I am really impressed with your treatise of the
Walschaert (I wish I knew how to pronounce that) valve gear used on the C&S
Mogul. You sure don't sound like much of a novice to me. I too am just
starting into this hobby, (God and my wife forgive me) and you answered a
Harley asked:-
> Sam and I were talking about how many degrees of superheat you can get on
a
> model setup. Any idea on your engines?
No idea! When I do use a "superheater" it is simply a coil of steam pipe in
the smokebox to collect a bit of the otherwise wasted heat and dry the steam
a little
Is there a formula or a ratio to figure out the size of fuel tank to use
for a given size of boiler? Or is it all guess work? Who is the "Burner
Expert" out there? I don't want to damage my boiler by running it dry.
Lloyd
Subject: Boiler fittings
>
> Besides Roundhouse, does anyone know who makes/sells various boiler
> fittings/valves, etc.? I've seen some valves with tiny round turn handles
> but can't recollect who makes'm.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim Curry
Jim,
I got some nice boiler fittings from Harry Wade
Pretty clever way to make a socket wrench Clark. I hope that I can remember
that when I need it. I will probably forget and try to remove them with a
pair of Vice Grips.
It should be noted that Roundhouse's favorite valve gear over the
last decade or so has been a simplified Walschaerts, too. No
cutoff, no (functioning) combination lever, but a good performer.
-vance-
To the list:
Besides Roundhouse, does anyone know who makes/sells various boiler
fittings/valves, etc.? I've seen some valves with tiny round turn handles
but can't recollect who makes'm.
Thank you.
Jim Curry
Nice piece of work, Lee.
The C&S Mogul is indeed Walschaert's Gear, but simplified in that there is
no combination lever, hence "notching-up" is not possible.
Aster much earlier fitted the "Schools" and "King Arthur" locos with
another but different variation.
Stephenson Gear was fitted to many lo
Yup!
I'd have to say I agree with everything you say here.
AND your point about it not being a workable design in a full size prototype
is not only well taken, but agreed to also.
But then,..
That's Greenly's point also when he makes the comment about model reductions
to scale.
That pesky com
>
>Yeah, Gary, but who makes those cars? Hartford has a SPC
>ventilated boxcar in the works, but that's a way off still.
I just received 2 of the Carter 28' flats from Bob to check them out...pretty nice and
within fractions of the
one I built from plans in Bruce McgGregor's book Bob has
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