On 31/5/02 7:51 pm, "Peter Foley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 08:57 AM 31/05/02, CWolcott wrote: >> (Do you know if RoundHouse safeties are weepers or pop? I just steamed my >> Lady Anne kit for the first time and it's safety never went off, but did >> not weep anything like my Ruby's used to.) > > They are weepers. Early Roundhouse locos had pop type safeties, but they > changed years ago to the weeper style. Something about safety, they say, > but I could never see the problem, myself. > This was about the idea that a child could get a face full of steam Peter! Modern rug rats/ankle biters have to be protected against anything not soft and bouncy until old enough to become a hazard themselves. The result is that original safety valves are much sought after. Steve Morris was making some for a while as was Bywater. None available at the moment commercially however. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Saltash Cornwall Directors: T. Gorton, E. Lash
