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I always run 3/4 glass of water on flat and right at full uphill so when I turn down hill I usually see 1/4 or more in the glass so would that keep me safe? I just measured and the bottom of my glass is right at 1" above the crown sheet.

I probably should try to raise my glass then it's on a Tom artzberger rgs 20 also. I put the bottom of the brass glass holder 3/4 inches above the crown sheet so I will need to remeasure and see how far up the actual glass is from the crown sheet cause I really don't want any problems I thought I wa...

Marty is 3/4" above the top of the crown sheet safe for the bottom of the glass ? Would that be about the same as 1/2" above on a 5 percent grade?

I just purchased some of the simichrome polish and it is by far the best polish I have ever used and I had not ever heard of it until this post and I am very glad I found out about it and I would recommend it for anyone that wants really nice brass or just about any other metal that you want to poli...

I would also be interested in a 2.5 inch scale valve if you make them.

Check with Tom artzberger at the Hartford shops he has the smoke box front and doors for the rgs 20 and the c21 .

Has there been any updates on super scale return?

Harbor freight has a 1/4 inch die grinder that comes apart really easy and has a separate air motor inside the tool I took one apart and played around with using it to spin a electric motor for a generator and it worked so you might want to look at that idea the die grinder is the 11.99 one so it's ...

This is one of the moguls that was wrapped with lead that was built by Don.

I Think I might have bought the mogul that had the boiler wrapped with lead if it was t Parkinson that had it. once I fully overhauled the mogul that little thing pulled like a tank it would pull way more than anyone would imagine so I agree completely with a mogul being a good mountain engine if we...