On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 06:48 pm, Matthias Warmbold wrote:
> I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse. I would
> prefer her with an inside frame so that I can see the
> complete wheels. Besides, I would like to see the
> excess steam to exit through a whistle soldered onto
> the safet
You may want to just think about opening up the frame some. You may
have to attach some structural support if you take away too much though.
If this is your first foray into Live Steam, a lot of people try the
Accucraft Ruby 0-4-0. It is fairly cheap, has a simple stephenson type
valve sys
At 10:48 AM 8/16/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse.
>I would prefer her with an inside frame . . . . .
>Has anyone experience with these modifications
Matthias,
Although it certainly could be done, I doubt the cost could be
justified. Everything from the top o
I have never heard of anyone doing this. A whistle is a restricted outlet
and putting one on the exhaust of a safety valve defeats some of its
effectivity. The safety valve serves an important purpose and better left
alone to do its job. Besides you could have an annoying constantly
whistling
I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse. I would
prefer her with an inside frame so that I can see the
complete wheels. Besides, I would like to see the
excess steam to exit through a whistle soldered onto
the safety valve. Has anyone experience with these
modifications and could refer me to som