That has been my experience as well Harry. When the boiler is about 1/2
full I note an increase of speed over what I started off with. The
engine seems to get "peppier". I have not made any exacting
measurements to determine if this coincides with the top of the center
line flue being uncovered
> What track and coupler are suitable for one-cord ore car ?
The prototype for this plan is one of the Gilpin Tramway cars. The Gilpin
Tramway was a two-foot gauge railroad (60cm). However, the plan is drawn
to show a three-foot gauge car (90cm) and certainly there were similar cars
used on
Kevin,
You wrote, "A dissertation could be written on the flue harmonics that cause
howling, and I don't want to be the one to do it"
You may not want to pursue your Doctoral dissertation in flue harmonics, but
you certainly did a fine job of educating the rest of us. Well done.
Certa
At 06:22 PM 5/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I know when it is time to add boiler water to a Ruby (or any other model
>locomotive)
>Almost immediately the locomotive will start to act "tired".
Interesting. In my locomotives a low water condition produces freer
steaming thus the locomotive gets "zip
I have been inundated with personal e-mail about various Ruby locomotive
problems as a result of a sslivesteam post that I made a few days ago.
Rather than reply to each individual I am writing this general response to
the specific questions raised.
No, I do not know of a larger "drop-in" gas tan
I have a question about one-cord ore car ( "Garden Railways" planset
#50 ).
What track and coupler are suitable for one-cord ore car ?
Jun Kitsukawa
4-10-15 KugenumaSakuragaoka
Fujisawa, Kanagawa
251-0027 JAPAN
mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hp:http://www6.plala.or.jp/locomotive/
I now have the correct date on my computer.
Once again I had to back date the clock to get an old program to run.
Later,
Trent
Hello Everyone,
I'm about to build a superheater for my Ruby and wanted to know if
there was anything that anyone has discovered that they would do
differently if doing it again.
The first Ruby superheater that I built, I just placed a union in the
line between the displacement lubricator and
As a rider to Harry's lucid explanation, I discovered an anomoly just
yesterday.
I have been asked by my customer in the U.S.A. to ship direct to his
customer within the European Union. As I have to charge VAT on sales within
the EU, I phoned the VAT Advice Centre to find out whether it should b
