To All
I have just read some of the suggestions and agree all will probably
work well according to the substances used. Running the loco with what
is basically corrosive exhaust may damage paintwork if adequate precaution
is not taken. I know everybody knows this but in heat of the
moment???
Hello,
We ran the Lion for the first time this morning. It needs a few more
hours to get broken in. Since our three little kids kept us going all
day yesterday, we did not uncork the champagne last night. So we had
some upon the successful run of the Lion. Works for me!
It is quite an
Great Joe!
I have an axle pump made by a friend that I have just completed
installing. It works like a charm, now I have to learn to adjust the
feed valve so that it keeps the boiler filling at the right rate. The
outlet on the bottom of the tender also takes a squirt bottle tube
which is
Happy New Year to you all!
Was up very early this morning thinking of New Year's resolutions, such
as getting busy on all those loco projects that have been untouched
since the days began getting shorter and the holidays neared. It's only
6 mos and 3 weeks until the Summer Steamup in
Incidentally the Pasadena Rose Parade came through--at least Honda
did. There was a beautiful 4-8-4 (Northern) and it was so
realistic--steam coming from the cyl drain cocks and a leaky piston
rod packing.
Hi Geoff,
We watched the parade, as my wife is a flower and parade fan. I saw the
Honda
Boiler washing Hm...
...in 15 years with one engine using the same boiler,
wearing out two sets of O rings in the cylinders I have
yet to see one smidge of scale build up?
...were the boilers in question all furred up and white inside? Change your
water source! The only hint of a
