SSP Is Closing
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tac foley
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For me it was always the matter of $$$$$$/££££££. 'sides, I always drive my steamers, y'know, like an engineer/engine driver is supposed to. I don't have a magnificent shunting exercise layout like that famous one we often see at exhibitions, whose name sadly escapes my empty old bean right now.
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UK/US/ROW steam narrow gauge railways 1:1
Allow me to refresh your memory Tac. Set one up one Christmas at some friends one year. Couldn't get the others away from it. Fun had by all,
none of whom had run a live steamer before. Let alone a garden railway. With regards to SloMo - interesting idea but I follow the engineering/physics dictum "you don't get something for nothing", I always wondered if it put a strain elsewhere in the loco's transmission. Max
EDIT - Found this site that deals with a number of shunting puzzles, and how they can even be used together. Jon, are you out there
This should be right up your street. MODEL RAILWAY SHUNTING PUZZLES / SWITCHING PUZZLES
none of whom had run a live steamer before. Let alone a garden railway. With regards to SloMo - interesting idea but I follow the engineering/physics dictum "you don't get something for nothing", I always wondered if it put a strain elsewhere in the loco's transmission. Max
EDIT - Found this site that deals with a number of shunting puzzles, and how they can even be used together. Jon, are you out there
This should be right up your street. MODEL RAILWAY SHUNTING PUZZLES / SWITCHING PUZZLES
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Greg Elmassian
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Timesaver switching puzzle...
actual picture of one of the 2 actually assembled by John Allen ( the extra track at top could cross over to it's twin on the "other side"
actual picture of one of the 2 actually assembled by John Allen ( the extra track at top could cross over to it's twin on the "other side"
Wow looks like I got my last needed one for my Russell just in time.
There may or may not be strain on the loco with a SloMo, but they certainly tame a suitable Roundhouse into a machine that you can shunt with and sedately run-round to return to the train gently kissing the coupling just like the real thing would do. I would never buy a Roundhouse that cannot take a SloMo which is why I never bought a Darj Garrett in spite of ousting for one since introduction, I looked under one at a Peterborough do and the live steam pipe precludes fitting. Likely I will never buy another Roundhouse now, unless I got into building my own SloMo which probably is not that difficult if you have a lathe as I do.Allow me to refresh your memory Tac. Set one up one Christmas at some friends one year. Couldn't get the others away from it. Fun had by all,
none of whom had run a live steamer before. Let alone a garden railway. With regards to SloMo - interesting idea but I follow the engineering/physics dictum "you don't get something for nothing", I always wondered if it put a strain elsewhere in the loco's transmission. Max
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EDIT - Found this site that deals with a number of shunting puzzles, and how they can even be used together. Jon, are you out there
Gavin Sowry
Garden Railroader and Raconteur
Allow me to refresh your memory Tac. Set one up one Christmas at some friends one year. Couldn't get the others away from it. Fun had by all,
none of whom had run a live steamer before. Let alone a garden railway. With regards to SloMo - interesting idea but I follow the engineering/physics dictum "you don't get something for nothing", I always wondered if it put a strain elsewhere in the loco's transmission. Max
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EDIT - Found this site that deals with a number of shunting puzzles, and how they can even be used together. Jon, are you out there
WARNING Inglenook is very addictive. My first Inglenook was on a board, but I soon found that it was requiring (like many exhibition layouts) special transport needs. These days, I just throw a black sheet over a table, and use set track to assemble the puzzle. I use LGB track, with those little sleeper clips. I also have a diode protected one way insulation at the end of the shunting/switching leg to stop running off the far end. I got a post on here somewhere, where I published my modified rules for this game (involving the added use of a brake van).
We did one at a show years ago with a little twist, an exploding LGB van at the end of a siding. Punters pass a quid a go with the 50% of money going to a charity, the rest at the end of the day to the winner of least moves to make up the train. Oh yes they lost their score if the van exploded, lots of fun. A lady won the pot.
Gavin Sowry
Garden Railroader and Raconteur
Open up this attachment to see my rule changes.
musket the dog
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Would that be the Hambleden Valley Railway Tac?
Some Youtube videos here
It's always a favorite of mine at the exhibitions, the sounds and the smells make it quite unlike anything else there. I could (and have) watch it for hours
With the exception of battery RC locomotives I believe all of the RH live steam locomotives used in the Hambleden Valley have SSP SloMo’s fitted. I doubt that they would be able to run their end to end without.
Before fitting mine even though I had 2 of my 3 at the time I chatted to one of the guys between his Steaming sessions and he kindly turned one over to show me how they fitted the SloMo. Very helpful and gave me the confidence to attack my 2 RH locs.
Before fitting mine even though I had 2 of my 3 at the time I chatted to one of the guys between his Steaming sessions and he kindly turned one over to show me how they fitted the SloMo. Very helpful and gave me the confidence to attack my 2 RH locs.
tac foley
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I asked that same question a few years back, and was told that every loco has SloMo, or else it would be impossible to perform as they do. The only loco I feel able to use for switching/shunting is a Shay, fitted with just the one servo for forward and reverse - it's so slow anyhow that it's a doddle to control like that. Fire it up - open the throttle wide, and 'feather' the direction control - easy.
Yes that is so, my geared Peter Angus Locomotives if RC fitted would certainly be able to shunt happily. Must get round to it.
I did have a Merlin Shay that did have a geared drive, but no way was that particular beast tame enough for my liking. I sold it on and was glad to see the back of it. My my Merlin Monarch and Mayflower were both quite tame beasts and perfectly capable of near SloMo performance. They too have now been sold on.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
No, the title is correct the company Small Steam Performance (SSP) has closed. One of their products may have moved to another company, but the title is reference the company not the product.
playmofire
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But still confusing on first reading.