I have an Aster Schools alcohol fired engine. It ran fine indoors
or during the summer, but I had trouble during cooler/cold running.
I also tried the aluminum foil route and was surprised how much
better the engine ran -read that to mean make steam-. I ended up
bending a thin brass baffle to
I have enjoyed the banter on the size of the K-27. I thought (maybe, maybe
not) you might enjoy a similar problem the museum I am part of has with a
full size 3' gauge outside frame 2-8-0 (1912 Baldwin, 70 tons) which ran at
the Quincy and Torch Lake RR up in Michigan as #6. You may see it
Thank you for the tips Dan Gordon!
Part of the reason I love steam is the fiddling and overcoming problems. It
does help terrifically to have advice based on experience to focus my
efforts.
Last night I ran the loco in it's test station (read on blocks placed on
track spanning the kitchen sink).
It's really great to hear that this locomotive is slated for restoration!
It's a sister to the DRGW No. 375 (class C-25, not K-25 -- the C
is for consolidation).
Please do keep us updated on the progress on this engine.
regards,
-vance-
Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Hello All,
I stumbled across a company that produces boiler design software.
I can't comment on it's usefullness for small scale steam since it was
over my head. grin
They have a FREE trial version download available.
Check it out at www.steamcad.net (note the NET and not
trent:
that url comes up empty.
did you mean
http://www.firecad.net/
\dmc
At 11:12 AM -0600 2/20/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
I stumbled across a company that produces boiler design software.
I can't comment on it's usefullness for small scale steam since it was
over
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Hopefully of interest to at least a few
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:00:22 -
From: davemac21227
Subject: Blizzard Collapses BO Roundhouse Museum Roof
The roof of the historic BO Roundhouse Museum collapsed under the
weight of 2 feet of snow
