Walt,
On Fri, 18 May 2001 19:14:30 EDT, you wrote:
Peter,
I had a reply from a guy at the Wabash Historical Society. He seems pretty
sure it is the General's bell. If that is true, the durn thing is around 120
years old!
Are we to assume that you came into possession of this bell in your
At 7:14 PM -0400 5/18/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My apologies to the list, this should not be here, it is not Ga1 steam.
while i always try to keep the list focused on small-scale live
steam, i believe that there are certain aspects of railroadania -- i
love that word -- that are fair game
Here's a question for the List:
I am finishing up a Roundhouse Billy chassis and boiler kit. It will have an
American-style cab and other details. Now I am fabricating a non-functional
saddle tank for it, and it occurred to me that the tank would be a good
place to put some lead weights if I
Steve,
Have you seen it slip with a load? (The oily tracks on a Saturday at
Diamondhead would be a good time to test this.) If so, more weight would
probably help. If it pulls a prototypical train without slipping, then you'd
probably be wasting the engine's effort on dragging itself
Steve:
I never gave it a thought, about being a hard adjustment. I guess because
it's kit built, I had the valve covers off while making initial settings so
I know my D valve is centered properly. If you wanted to visually check
your valve settings you'd have to do considerable disassembly to
Steve,
One of the first things Kevin O'Connor did to the Billy he purchased from me was
to replace the front buffer bean with a thick (1/2?) piece of brass. The Billy
carries somewhere around 80% of its weight on the rear drivers. It has a
tendency to lift the front wheels when accelerating
Dave,
For the 7.5 gauge live steam track at The Naples Depot, (my employer)
I need at least two more sets of cast iron or cast aluminum rail road
crossing crossbucks. We also need two finials for the top of the posts that
carry the crossbucks and lights. We have enough sets of both way
Bruce,
No, I acquired it Thursday afternoon about three PM. This is for my employer,
The Naples Depot. The 1244 bell is the third for The Depot, the others are
mine personally, but have been pledged to The Depot as soon as they can raise
the money to provide outdoor secure mounts to prevent
I would like to thank every one for their response to my question about
Koi Pond and Steam oil .
I will be finishing up my first stage of track around two ponds this
week ( with no detour ) thanks every body .
Paul Gamlin
It depends. Steam it without the weight, and see how she pulls, and if
she slips. I've got two roundhouse locos - an old Dylan, which no longer
reflects its roots, save the nameplate, and a mogul which I built from
the 0-6-0 boiler/chassis kit. Both have different running and pulling
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