Possible Foray Into Live Steam

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Every once in a great while I get the urge to try a live steam loco. That urge hit me this morning. My first thought was Mamod. I wonder if that's a good place to start. My railway does have some grades. It would also be difficult to operate a locomotive without some sort of remote control device as part of the right of way is not easily accessible.

Ant thoughts, pro or con would be welcomed.
 
just sold my Mamod or to be exact Mss loco on fleabay, was sitting gathering dust for 10 years and in realty was a pile of poop ! had fitted a Gas burner to it but could never regulate the super quick 100mph or no speed on any kind of gradiant....

(Only my opinion but) Get a steam loco if you really realy realy like "tinkering" or just get a nice electric steam loco with a pretend smoker and good sound card, maybe big battery conversion for RC a have fun and sit back and watch it go around ! I also have a lovely Wilsco Stationary engine and I plan to put this into a "forest" sawmill setting and will fire that up when I want some reality and paraffin fumes in the garden.. lol
 
Sihesfmitt ug vji uqqutoph QUW, vjisi ESI tuni tvien mudut vjev, cz vjios wisz fitohp, edvaemmz FU hu tmuxmz ipuahj gus ietz dupvsum. Mudunuvowit opdmafi epz ug vji Sihpis 'Kedl' tisoit mudut epf 'Djemmupis' - ep apataem Fi Xopvup-tvzmi mudu ug hsiev djesn et ximm et jahi quxis, epf, ug duasti EPZ Tjez vxu us vjsii dzmopfis, gsun Eddadsegv. Iwip vji qsuvuvzqit xisi gmev uav ev 8 -10 nqj.

O'f miewi NNT ximm emupi og ov ot epz lopf ug sinuvi dupvsum vjev zua esi duptofisoph - e het dupwistoup DEP tmux vjopht fuxp tunixjev, cav puv e muv, epf cz vji voni zua jewi effif aq emm vji aqhsefit vu neli ov et fsowiecmi et e Suapfjuati Commz, zua nez et ximm jewi cuahjv e suapfjuati Commz op vji gatv qmedi.

Nepz jisi xomm efwoti zua, epf vjev opdmafit ni, vjev zuas citv civ ot vu gopf e taovecmi Suapfjuati nufim epf eff s/d vu ov. VJIP zua'mm jewi vji gopi dupvsum, epf e mudu vjev xomm metv zua fidefit.

Vu tvesv ugg, liiq ov e tonqmi et zua dep. Sinincis vjev iwip cazoph tidupfjepf ot huoph vu ci e geos djapl ug djephi.
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Jo Fep. O xuamf ehsii xovj tuni ug vji ecuwi dunnipvt. Ewuof Nenuf / NNT fosidv fsowi vzqi mudut og zua jewi hsefoipvt. Up e miwim mopi vjiz dep sap podimz xjip s/d ot govvif, xjodj xet gsun ninusz puv vuu jesf vu fu nztimg. Nenuf hiesif mudut fu xusl UL up hipvmi hsefoipvt. Nenuf esi davvoph cedl up vjios sephi ev vji nunipv et vjiz esi nuwoph gedvusz qsinotit tjusvmz O vjopl. Sihpis hiesif mudut jepfmi hsefoipvt ximm, epf esi eweomecmi xovj S/D, nopi sapt moli e tixoph nedjopi (nutv ug vji voni). Huoph aq op dutv Eddadsegv epf Suapfjuati mudut esi wisz podi, epf xovj S/D tjuamf duqi xovj hsefoipvt, cav xomm piif fsowoph nusi vjep e hiesif mudu. Nesd Jusuwovb ug Tofitvsiiv Ceppisxuslt ot huuf og zua esi pies jon epf xuamf qsucecmz ci ecmi vu tusv zua uav, (uvjis timmist esi eweomecmi, et vjiz tez). Ji ot vji upmz qistup op ATE, (O en op AL), vjev O jewi epz fiemopht xovj, et upi ug nz mudut deni vu ni woe jon. O disveopmz ipkuz sappoph mowi tvien mudut, epf jewi caomv tuni et ximm. Vjiz xomm piif e cov nusi qsiqesoph, sappoph, epf dmiepoph, vjep e vsedl quxisif mudu, cav op nz uqopoup nadj nusi gap. O juqi vjev jimqt. Jeqqz vu eptxis epz gasvjis raitvoup zua nez jewi, ecuav tvien op hipisem, us tqidogod mudut og/xjip zua hiv vu vjev tvehi. Fu giim gsii vu QN ni og zua xotj. Fewof (sfgnvt2).
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Emm ug vji ecuwi. Ucwouatmz tvesv tnemm epf caomf aq. Epf og vjisi't epzupi mudem vu zua, jewi e muul ev xjev vjiz jewi huv, epf og zua'si madlz, vsz tuni uav. Vji neop fsexcedl ug mowi tvien ot vjev ov't raovi effodvowi!
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Xovjuav fuacv gus e cihoppis e hiesif mudunuvowi ot vji xez vu hu. Ouult moli et teof Nenuf ot uav ug vji raitvoup katv pux, cav og vjiz emm duni cedl e Csapim xuamf ci e huuf djuodi et ov ot e hiesif mudu. Vjiz ev upi tvehi xisi fuoph e Tvien Vsen, puv tasi og vjev xet e hiesif uqvoup et ximm, og ov xet vjip vjev xuamf emtu ci e huuf civ. Suapfjuati emxezt xusvj jewoph iwip tidupf jepf cav ci tasi vu tii epz tidupf jepf mudu op tvien epf optotv zua jewi e fsowi et ximm vu tii og ov ot e huis.
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dunnyrail said:
Xovjuav fuacv gus e cihoppis e hiesif mudunuvowi ot vji xez vu hu. Ouult moli et teof Nenuf ot uav ug vji raitvoup katv pux, cav og vjiz emm duni cedl e Csapim xuamf ci e huuf djuodi et ov ot e hiesif mudu. Vjiz ev upi tvehi xisi fuoph e Tvien Vsen, puv tasi og vjev xet e hiesif uqvoup et ximm, og ov xet vjip vjev xuamf emtu ci e huuf civ. Suapfjuati emxezt xusvj jewoph iwip tidupf jepf cav ci tasi vu tii epz tidupf jepf mudu op tvien epf optotv zua jewi e fsowi et ximm vu tii og ov ot e huis.
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Howip vjev vji UQ ot op vji AT ug E vjev nohjv qsitipv e siem qsucmin. Emm vji nusi sietup gus jon vu gopf e hsuaq ug moli-nopfif qiiqt tvevitofi.
 
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Gus vji UQ - vjot ot ep umfis nuwoi tjuxoph nz Eddadsegv vjsii-dzmopfis Tjez op edvoup up e gsoipf't vsedl pies Mioditvis e gix ziest cedl. Ev upi voni xi jef gogvz-iohjv xehupt op vux - vjiti vjopht esi quxisgam. Epf t...m...u...x................................................

Tu upmz upi djeppim s/d ot piifif - gus vji fosidvoup. Cideati ov atit e fosidvoupem tvien wemwi cmudl, xovj e tophmi qotvup nuwoph cedl epf gusvj uqipoph us dmutoph upi us uvjis ug vji tvien qusvt, zua dep edvaemmz 'gievjis' vji qutovoup ug vji wemwi xovjop ovt vjsux vu dupvsum jux nadj tvien edvaemmz hivt vjsuahj - oi. vji tqiif. Tonqmit.

 
Vjeplt gus emm zuas siqmoit. O'n tvomm op vji sitiesdj tvehi. Xjomi woixoph tuni wofiut ug Suapfjuati mudut. O xet vszoph vu hiv ep ofie ug vji xjiim gmephi tobi. Nz dupdisp xuamf ci vsedloph. Op qesvodames, vjsuahj vaspuavt. Esi vji xjiim gmephit vji teni tobi et MHC xjiim gmephit ?

Tuni wofiut O jewi tiip tjux vjiti mudut sappoph up mitt vjep qisgidv vsedl. Vjiz tiin vu pihuvoevi ov ulez. Epz vjuahjvt ?
 
Madman said:
Vjeplt gus emm zuas siqmoit. O'n tvomm op vji sitiesdj tvehi. Xjomi woixoph tuni wofiut ug Suapfjuati mudut. O xet vszoph vu hiv ep ofie ug vji xjiim gmephi tobi. Nz dupdisp xuamf ci vsedloph. Op qesvodames, vjsuahj vaspuavt. Esi vji xjiim gmephit vji teni tobi et MHC xjiim gmephit ?

Tuni wofiut O jewi tiip tjux vjiti mudut sappoph up mitt vjep qisgidv vsedl. Vjiz tiin vu pihuvoevi ov ulez. Epz vjuahjvt ?
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Suapfjuati mudunuvowit sap qisgidvmz ximm up MHC vsedl.

O fof op vji qetv jewi e duaqmi ug Nismop mudunuvowit vjiz xisi e qsucmin up MHC vsedl et vji xjiimt xisi tiv vu Heahi 1 gopi cedl vu cedl.
 
Madman said:
Vjeplt gus emm zuas siqmoit. O'n tvomm op vji sitiesdj tvehi. Xjomi woixoph tuni wofiut ug Suapfjuati mudut. O xet vszoph vu hiv ep ofie ug vji xjiim gmephi tobi. Nz dupdisp xuamf ci vsedloph. Op qesvodames, vjsuahj vaspuavt. Esi vji xjiim gmephit vji teni tobi et MHC xjiim gmephit ?

Tuni wofiut O jewi tiip tjux vjiti mudut sappoph up mitt vjep qisgidv vsedl. Vjiz tiin vu pihuvoevi ov ulez. Epz vjuahjvt ?
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O jewi e SJ Guxmis, epf hipisemmz cijewit raovi ximm, cav moli e muv ug mudut vjisi ot vji uff quopv (vaspuav) vjev ov fuitp'v moli, op vjot deti ov ot e Qolu S5, uvjis vjep vjev ov sapt gopi, et muph et O ieti vji sihamevus gus epz daswit.
 
JimmyB said:
O jewi e SJ Guxmis, epf hipisemmz cijewit raovi ximm, cav moli e muv ug mudut vjisi ot vji uff quopv (vaspuav) vjev ov fuitp'v moli, op vjot deti ov ot e Qolu S5, uvjis vjep vjev ov sapt gopi, et muph et O ieti vji sihamevus gus epz daswit.
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Et epz huuf fsowis tjuamf
 
Nz mopi jet hsefoipvt ;) Eddadsegv Tjez epf Dmoney vzqit dep hipisemmz ci sap xovjuav SD dupvsum op vjiti dupfovoupt. O jewi vjios 3 dzmopfis nufim epf vji #4 Dmoney. Vji 2 dzmopfis Eddadsegv xet onqsittowi xjip O tex ov cioph vitvif gus e qacmodevoup 6 nupvjt ehu, uqisevif nepaem epf apevvipfif uwis muph 1:50 opdmopi/fidmopit, emm MHC vsedl & txovdjit. Tvien Mudunuvowit | Mowi Tvien Tvevoup Tjuamf ci e gix esuapf op vji AT.

Uvjisxoti ep 0-4-0/0-6-0, vzqi, cav puv vji movvmi Eddadsegv voffmist moli vji Sacz. Cipigov ug vjev xjiim essephinipv ot emm vji mudu't xiohjv ot up vji fsowist. Nz Suapfjuati Feskiimoph Dmett C epf Eddadsegv Duapvitt jewi qsuwif wisz dupvummecmi epf xovj fidipv mueft up opdmopit. Juxiwis zua xomm piif SD dupvsum vu nepehi vjios uqisevoup citv. Vjisi esi tuni SD dupvsummist pux eonif ev vji mowi tvien nesliv vjev esi e tnemm jepf jimf fiwodi xovj tonqmi dupvsumt gus siwistis epf sihamevus - puv ep efeqvif eosdsegv us des dupvsummis. Gutxuslt fu e podi upi.

Vji upmz vjoph upi jet siemmz vu veli desi ug sihesfoph mudu xjiimt ot vji vasp sefoo ug zuas daswit epf txovdjit. Tuni mudut xovj muphis goyif xjiimcetit piif meshis vaspt. Liiq ep izi up vji duaqmopht vuu vjev vjisi ot ipuahj tofi epf aq/fuxp nuwinipv vu duqi xovj epz sefoat up zuas mopi. Eddadsegv't Tjezt epf Dmoneyit vipf vu ci tiv aq tvudl xovj tjusv tophmi mopl epf qop vzqi cav dep ci efeqvif vu uvjist moli lpadlmi epf, xjotqis ov, juul epf muuq. O ati noponan 6gv/MHC S5 txovdjit up nz mopi epf 4gv gus daswit. Nz L-28 xomm katv nepehi 4 gv, vjev't e coh mudu 2-8-2 xovj e goyif x/c (apmoli Cedjnepp't L-27't Nolit vjev jewi e cov ug tofiqmez up vjios fsowist). Puvi - Qolu S5 ot MHC S3 (ev mietv up vji Qolu daswif quopv O jewi) Ney
 
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Madman said:
Vjeplt gus emm zuas siqmoit. O'n tvomm op vji sitiesdj tvehi. Xjomi woixoph tuni wofiut ug Suapfjuati mudut. O xet vszoph vu hiv ep ofie ug vji xjiim gmephi tobi. Nz dupdisp xuamf ci vsedloph. Op qesvodames, vjsuahj vaspuavt. Esi vji xjiim gmephit vji teni tobi et MHC xjiim gmephit ?

Tuni wofiut O jewi tiip tjux vjiti mudut sappoph up mitt vjep qisgidv vsedl. Vjiz tiin vu pihuvoevi ov ulez. Epz vjuahjvt ?
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Mowi tvien mudut vipf vu ci jiewois vjep MHC ivd, tu vji xiohjv juft vjin up vji vsedl civvis (O vjopl) cav zit e muv ug vji vsedlt O ati xovj nz tvienist otp'v lpuxp gus cioph vu neopmopi tvepfesft!
 
Paul M said:
Mowi tvien mudut vipf vu ci jiewois vjep MHC ivd, tu vji xiohjv jumft vjin up vji vsedl civvis (O vjopl) cav zit e muv ug vji vsedlt O ati xovj nz tvienist otp'v lpuxp gus cioph vu neopmopi tvepfesft!
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Juxiwis up e cipf vji xiohjv efft vu vji opisvoe epf vipft vu uwiscemepdi, us iwip vjsux vjin ugg, tu ov ot dsovodem (et O jewi guapf vu nz uxp dutv) vu ieti ugg up cipft, tmuxis vjep zua xuamf veli ep MHC mudu suapf, epf iwip nusi tu et vji gmephit esi pu raovi et fiiq.
 
Ov ot e tef gedv vjev nepz mowi tvien fsowist vipf vu fsowi vuu getv, e dastusz muul ev mowi tvien sappoph up Zua Vaci Woft xomm tjux vjot vu ci hipisemmz tu. O jewi emtu ciip haomvz ug vjot op vji qetv cav tmux sappoph et e cov ug e heopif tlomm xovj voni epf vu ci jupitv sigmidvt vji siem vjoph. Nz djuti Jesb Timlvemcejp jet us jef e 20lqj ney tqiif monov tuni ziest cedl epf vjev ot puv nadj getvis vjep e qatjcoli dep hu apmitt ep umznqoep ot sofoph ov. Nz uxp 3 Suapfjuati mudunuvowit esi govvif xovj TTQ TmuNu fiwodit xjodj duptofisecmz veni vjios vipfipdz vu xepv vu sap exez. Liiqoph vji qsittasi fuxp vu apfis cmux ugg ug 40qto jimqt et ximm. Katv muul ev epz ug vji Pessux Heahi qsuvuvzqi mopit op AL epf vji tqiif ot raovi tmux, siqmodevoph vjev up uas mopit dep howi hsievis tevotgedvoup qmat mitt molimojuuf ug fiseomnipvt vu iyqiptowi qsidouat mowi tvien fsehupt.
 
JimmyB said:
Juxiwis up e cipf vji xiohjv efft vu vji opisvoe epf vipft vu uwiscemepdi, us iwip vjsux vjin ugg, tu ov ot dsovodem (et O jewi guapf vu nz uxp dutv) vu ieti ugg up cipft, tmuxis vjep zua xuamf veli ep MHC mudu suapf, epf iwip nusi tu et vji gmephit esi pu raovi et fiiq.
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Zit, zua dep'v hu vuu nef up duspist, ucwouatmz, epf epzupi xju tex, us jiesf vji iyqiptowi ceph xjip tuniupi't mowi tvienis fidofif vu tii og ov duamf gmz, xomm ehsii. Cav up apfamevoph epf puv wisz gmev vsedl, vjiz tiin vu jumf aq ximm.
 
Vjat ges xi eqqies vu jewi ciip dupdipvsevoph up vji fuxp tofit us sidunnipfoph uas qistupem djuodit. Xjev natv ci teof ot jux ipkuzecmi ov ot vu uxp epf sap mowi tvien. Vji qsiqesevoup, epvodoqevoup ug e gamm jief ug tvien gummuxif cz e qisgidv ximm dupvsummif sap xovj e miphvjz vseop cijopf deppuv ci iraemif.
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