Live steam on a cold day

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Old Tom

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It was a lovely bright cold day yesterday so I decided to film a static steam-up of the Caradoc. (I did one of the Hornby LS Papyrus a couple of years ago - which is why this vid is called 'Part 2')

It was interesting having a good look while she was steaming - there's something fascinating about watching cylinders, rods and wheels whizzing around :bigsmile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NEhsuHIh1s

It really wasn't running as fast as it seems on the vid - honest!
 
Runs nice Tom,try pushing the reverser forward and back to clear the condensate.
 
Hot Stuff, must admit its this time of year i miss the live steam :thumbup:
 
Needs some rails.
 
Accucrafts clear the condensate quicker going astern, it's the way the steam passages are in the valves.....

Chilly day steam.....
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Nice pics Neil - but they don't depict how flippin' cold it was....

(BTW - got to go all the way down the north (and back again) this Saturday evening to sunny Andreas to take Mrs LJ to a birthday party !!)
 
There's nothing like a live steamy on a cold day.
 
Apart from a single malt.......:bigsmile:
 
DavidLJ said:
Nice pics Neil - but they don't depict how flippin' cold it was....

(BTW - got to go all the way down the north (and back again) this Saturday evening to sunny Andreas to take Mrs LJ to a birthday party !!)
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It was rather chilly, David! There were frozen fingerprints on the carriage roofs!

L&L out of action currently, otherwise we'd have an night running session! Oh, what do you mean you have to go to the party too!!!:rolf:

I'll be having a get together when the re-opening happens, shouldn't be too long now (allegedly) - I'll e mail you!

NHN
 
Oh! if only I had a cold spell to make photo's like that...........snigger snigger.............
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Here is a photo of my Roundhouse " Old Colonial " ( 24 years old ) having a run earlier this month. Nice steam plume and a very soft chuff as it runs by. Converted to gas firing by me and sporting an Accucraft replacement pressure gauge . Other detail changes include moving the dome forward and changing the wood loads to coal. I also painted the detail parts under smokebox. Makes it a different locomotive.


Charles M



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