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by Steve Goodbody
Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Build Log
Topic: Building a 4.5 in scale Foden Steam Truck in New England
Replies: 76
Views: 183679

Re: Building a 4.5 in scale Foden Steam Truck in New England

Hi there apm, I may have mentioned this before, but I run a 3 inch scale Allchin TE in New Jersey and would be more than happy to show you the ropes if you are likely to be in the NJLS area sometime during 2024. Driving a TE is a bit of a combination of art and skill and does require a lot of planni...
by Steve Goodbody
Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
Topic: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
Replies: 21
Views: 6335

Re: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project

Hello there,

If you are likely to be in the vicinity of the New Jersey Live Steamers this year then let me know - I’d be happy to demonstrate the self-same 3 inch scale Allchin pictured in GWRDrivers’s post above.

Best regards
Steve
by Steve Goodbody
Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Vacuum Ejectors
Replies: 16
Views: 7170

Re: Vacuum Ejectors

Hi Chris,
They will work with either air or steam. Their performance is marginally affected by the density of the gas (denser is better) and air is marginally more dense than steam under our operating conditions. In practice I see no significant difference between the two.
Best regards,
Steve
by Steve Goodbody
Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:46 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Plumbing Through Smokebox
Replies: 13
Views: 6667

Re: Plumbing Through Smokebox

Hi Greg, Here are a couple of pictures of a 90 degree smokebox fitting and setup that may be of help. On the inside of the smokebox, the fitting consists of a male thread which pokes through the hole in the smokebox and then a washer and nut to clamp the fitting to the smokebox wall and make the sea...
by Steve Goodbody
Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:48 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Bogie Truck Setup
Replies: 7
Views: 4388

Re: Bogie Truck Setup

Carl, Bill, Greg - many thanks indeed for your guidance and suggestions, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Joe - thanks for the suggestion about the Tom Bee website, which I was not aware of. As you say, there's very good information in there and, from what I can see, it matches closely with Car...
by Steve Goodbody
Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Bogie Truck Setup
Replies: 7
Views: 4388

Bogie Truck Setup

Hi all, I'm looking for advice on how best to mount some bogie trucks on passenger-carrying cars, specifically where to allow slack, and and how much slack to allow, to prevent derailments. These are MCC Bettendorf truck, but I doubt that that's particularly relevant. The marked-up picture below sho...
by Steve Goodbody
Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Couplings - Norwegian Style
Replies: 3
Views: 3534

Re: Couplings - Norwegian Style

Hi Andrew, Unfortunately all of the couplers are now stripped for painting, however I'll take a picture of two mated couplers when everything is back together. In answer to your questions, the heads are not offset and the couplers are not automatic. The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway's couplers, on w...
by Steve Goodbody
Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:10 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Couplings - Norwegian Style
Replies: 3
Views: 3534

Couplings - Norwegian Style

Hi all, I thought the following pictures might be of interest, taken as I prepare the six wagon couplings for painting. These are to the Norwegian chopper design, as used on many narrow-gauge railroads in the UK and Europe, including the Lynton and Barnstaple railway in the UK and on which these are...
by Steve Goodbody
Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:20 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: MEMBERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT
Replies: 22
Views: 11792

Re: MEMBERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT

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Best regards
Steve
by Steve Goodbody
Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Brass vs steel
Replies: 19
Views: 10018

Re: Brass vs steel

Hi Harry, In answer to your question, one of the advantages of the dummy exterior is that the whole outer tank (including all of the faces that form the mounts for the inner tank) can be thoroughly painted before assembly. Hence paint provides most of the galvanic isolation between the dissimilar me...
by Steve Goodbody
Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:43 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Brass vs steel
Replies: 19
Views: 10018

Re: Brass vs steel

Hi Harry, If I remember correctly, I made the main wrapper of the tank from 14 gauge copper and the end plates from 16 or 18 gauge brass (I don't recall which). There are also two inner baffles, made I think from 18 gauge brass. The tank holds about 3 gallons and is roughly 16 inches long, 12 inches...
by Steve Goodbody
Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Brass vs steel
Replies: 19
Views: 10018

Re: Brass vs steel

Some great ideas and good points here. To throw another option into the mix, for my saddle tank I went down the route of using a copper inner tank surrounded by a dummy steel tank. While extra work, I did this for a few reasons which may or may not be applicable to others: 1. It allowed me to fully ...