Thanks, a completely different approach. I will examine that concept
tonight. You called it a steam stop valve which might explain how sensitive
it was to just the slightest change.
Sincerely
Steve Ciambrone
Sr. Test Engineer
L-3 Ocean Systems
Dunno what the hash is Steve but Excelsior is controlled with a
single
servo for speed AND
direction, the original 'throttle being used as just a 'steam stop
valve'. It works in the same way as single channel Pearse locos and
the
reversing piston valve below the smoke box is actually a reverser
regulator. You need to remove the reversing gate, fit a servo in
the
sidetank and make up a linkage using partly the reversing linkage
already in place
Yours Aye
Tag Gorton
Longlands & Western Railway
Trematon office
Cornwall
