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by tburzio
Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:30 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Clubs, Brake Tests, and You
Replies: 24
Views: 6297

Trainman4602 wrote:I’m not sure what you mean when you say that air brakes are for emergence only and not for running
Seems straightforward. When the brakes work great, drivers will come to rely on the short stopping distance and then get sloppy and drive too fast.
by tburzio
Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:16 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Clubs, Brake Tests, and You
Replies: 24
Views: 6297

Re: Clubs, Brake Tests, and You

When automobile anti-lock brakes were introduced, accident rates went UP as drivers drove too fast because they thought that the brakes did away with the need to slow down under adverse conditions. They do not. When vacuum brakes were trialed against air brakes, the vacuum brakes came on first and t...
by tburzio
Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:07 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Coal types
Replies: 84
Views: 22505

Re: Char

didn't have to fight clinckers on the way up To fight clinkers you have to savage your fire. Really get in there and rake HARD, using a flattened bar to break up the blocks. The Pocahontas didn't really make all that many clinkers really, not like the anthracite I tried a while back which kinda mel...
by tburzio
Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:00 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Coal types
Replies: 84
Views: 22505

Matt, do you know about this outfit? http://www.penncoal.com/default.php Highest quality coal, fast ship off of EBay. Nice fella selling the coal. I used this to steam my OS mogul up the serpentine with the safeties wide open all the way! The char stuff is OK, but it works best with the fire roarin...
by tburzio
Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:02 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: What a hoot!!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 3346

Re: Blast of a time

that Austrailian Char is the best Yes, and no. I found that the char alone is not all that good for small engines because holes between the largish chunks allow too much air into the fire. I blended 50/50 with Pocahontas for very nice results. Another problem is sparks. Sparks from Pocahontas coal ...
by tburzio
Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:58 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Train Mountain Triennial
Replies: 18
Views: 6418

How long is it? Me blush! :oops: The camera makes AVI raw files in very high quality. Sure, I could compress it but I have a mongo server with lots of space and I like high res movies. By the by, the second movie has loaded to the server: http://www.burnhamshops.com/TM/movies/tm%206-25.AVI An excel...
by tburzio
Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:44 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Do any clubs have safety exams for engineers?
Replies: 35
Views: 9339

Re: Do any clubs have safety exams for engineers?

Hi! Having club rules followed is easy if you think first on how you present the rules. For example, at the La Mesa HO club I overheard a conversation that shows how not to do it. A young kid came in and showed an older member his brand new car he bought. The older member said, "Keep that off t...
by tburzio
Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:27 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Train Mountain Triennial
Replies: 18
Views: 6418

Movies from Train Mountain

Hi!

Movie for your entertainment, taken from my OS steamer with a GoPro waterproof camera. Lots of learning going on, 'specially how to control boiler water level...

Warning: BIG file!

http://www.burnhamshops.com/TM/movies/tm%206-22.AVI

Tony Burzio
CVLS
San Diego, CA