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- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Little Engines eccentric links and side plates
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5948
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Crosshead Pump - Where to put controls?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2559
Crosshead Pump - Where to put controls?
Finchburg Northern / Chloe Cross head Pump Controls location. So I am reworking some plumbing for a cross head pump on a Finchburg Northern. The bypass/ return loop has got me wondering, where did PROTOTYPE locomomotives with cross head pumps lay the bypass /return loop plumbing IE where was the val...
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Timing - Full port @ half stroke
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1555
Timing - Full port @ half stroke
Fellow Live Steamers, During what conditions are engines timed for full port @ half stroke? Backstory - During a recent work visit to the Pacfic Northwest I had the privaledge of Visiting Dons show and seening his beautiful Wilamette 2 speed Yarder. See pictures below. During the course of discussio...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam chest pressure.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11027
Re: Steam chest pressure.
When I ran Locomotives in Poland we had a Boiler Pressure Gauge and a Chest Gauge. We typically ran at .5mpa (about 70 or so lbs). Boiler was 1.5 mpa (217 lbs). What I did notice is having the chest gauge you see every subtle change in grade or speed. As the loco goes faster you cycle the cylinders ...
- Thu May 06, 2021 10:59 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1” scale rivets
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23188
Re: 1” scale rivets
Why fake it?...Just use real steel rivets. People screw it up because they dont get a real gun.
- Sun May 02, 2021 11:09 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Southern Railways Ps-4 construction info
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19216
Re: Southern Railways Ps-4 construction info
A few things to keep in mind on your quest for a SOUTHERN Railway PS4 Southern Railway PS4 - is a USRA heavy locomotive with smaller USRA light (73") Drivers. - The PS4s also had a smaller wheel base to go with the smaller drivers. - Rogers USRA heavy is has the larger 79" drivers and as s...
- Wed May 20, 2020 4:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Camelbacks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21303
Re: Camelbacks
As long as we are talking about Reading 0-4-0 camelbacks.... Can anyone recommend a good book on Reading or Camelbacks?
JP
JP
- Wed May 20, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Camelbacks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21303
Re: Camelbacks
I have always liked the odd designs like the 4-8-0. NdeM had some standard gauge ones that look like USRA ish designs. There were actually some narrow gauge ones in the Black Hills built by ALCO (Schenectady). Having recently been to Colorado RR Museum in Golden I have been wondering if the Brooks 2...
- Tue May 19, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Camelbacks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21303
Re: Camelbacks
There was also some odd wheel arrangements. CNJ had 4-8-0 Camelbacks I think.
Working on my reading 0-4-0 Camel as we speak.
JP
Working on my reading 0-4-0 Camel as we speak.
JP
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Ash Pan Latch Ideas?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11421
Re: Ash Pan Latch Ideas?
Another related side item is brake equalization. If you update you brake beams and linkages to be correctly / prototypically equalized, the bottom doors will no longer clear the revised brake components. This forced me to upgrade the ashpan to a slider variant.
JP
JP
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Little Engines Wendy?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17312
Re: Little Engines Wendy?
So any idea how many MEG Wendy engines are actually out there? I picked up the one on DLS - used to run at Cinder Sniffers. I remember there was another in Florida a year or so ago that was for sale. Going through Harlock's rebuild thread got me to wondering just how many are out there.
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JP
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Appropriate tip for Ball oilers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7253
Appropriate tip for Ball oilers?
Does anyone know if there is a specific type of oil can tip that should be used when putting oil in to a Ball Oiler? I recently picked up an engine that is riddled with Ball Oilers. I have them all over my lathe and have never had good luck getting oil into them. Seems like oil goes nowhere (fluid l...