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good night, debtor dust to accept in the group, forgives not to say English, use Babel fish to translate, would like plans or drawings of locomotives, in...
Do you wish to build only Brazilian locomotives? There are lots of UK locomotives which have castings and drawings available. Postage to Brazil could be...
Reminder from: halfinchlivesteamforum Yahoo! Group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/halfinchlivesteamforum/cal 2½" Gauge Running Day Saturday 19 July 2008 All...
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Jul 11, 2008 11:59 pm
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I am new to running locos, after years of building them. I can get the fire up ok, svalves blowing off, but if I turn the blower off and the regulator on to...
Will, I wonder if you are a bit too eager and are "jumping the gun" heading out onto the track too soon? Many years ago I was having the same trouble with a ...
What kind of fuel are you using? If coal make a deep burning bed right up to the bottom of the fire hole. The way I start is with some charcoal briquettes...
Will: Another thing to check. Are you losing steam through a leaky or baddly adjusted valve? If you have a valve motion where you can "link up" that is adjust...
hallo David try this site ,,,, heat treatment and quench in cold water how good the method is i don't know http://www.ssina.com/faq/index.html you might find...
here another site for stainless steel annealing,,,niteriding,,,,and general hardening http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1141 Charles w.a. ... ...
Hi Will, This is a not an easy question to answer at a distance and could be any combination of a number of things. I presume we are talking about a 2½" loco....
I have a Maisie with Stephenson's link gear which doesn't start up in any position always and sometimes I have to move the loco forward a little to start going...
David: If your locomotive has drain cocks on the cylinders you can time the valves by slipping a piece of tubing over a dran cock with the free end in a...
Can anyone help with locating any detailed drawings relating to modern UK intermodal container carrying flat cars. I've contacted various operators such as EWS...
I recall LBSC mentioning Spirits of salts. I saw some in a hardware shop next to caustic soda and washing soda. I thought it was some long forgotten term like...
hallo David spirits of salts commonly known these days as hydrochloric acid h c 1 that's what we make our pickle baths out of and us builders use it for...
From the photos it looks quite a nice loco. Can't tell if it's the proper 3 cylinder version or just a 2 cylinder. Considering the rarity of the Caterpillar...
hallo David-and-john now that's a rare beggar and worth snapping up i was only looking at the drawings last night the original that lbsc built had four...
morning every one there is an extra picture the caterpillar the four center wheals require work not necessary but advantage if the flanges are removed lbsc...
Seems a lot of dosh for some thing 'sold as seen' on a handful of small photos. No guarantees the wheels go round .... ... From: "david_steam"...
Simon Thomas
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Aug 11, 2008 12:41 pm
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Hi, I have just joined the 2.5" association and this forum today, I have been woking on a 2.5" rebuilt MN from the original 5" articals. I have design the...
hallo Simon welcome to the group i am working on the same engine from the 5inch drawings haven't got very far with it yet just bogies and pony truck...
Further to my earlier email, does anyone also know of any castings for Wakefield lubricators? many thanks Ian Harper [Non-text portions of this message have...
