Roundhouse Engineering “Millie”.

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The CFR has taken delivery of another steam locomotive. This time it’s a Roundhouse Engineering “Millie”. Millie is from the Roundhouse basic series range.
Here she is on the rolling road:-
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Locomotive prepared for lightning.EEF3B91F-1557-4077-92F9-AFBC685A4206.jpeg
Locomotive running at 40psi, a nice plume of steam coming from the chimney.
 
Millie is a manually controlled, gas fired(Butane), slip eccentric locomotive. I have added the pressure gauge and safety valve cover. She has been renamed “Megan” after a very good friend of the CFR.
Millie/Megan is the third slip eccentric locomotive to join the CFR fleet, she will serve alongside a Jennie and a Bertie. She will haul the CFR heritage stock when she enters service.
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Millie/Megan cooling down after first run on the rolling road.
 
Paul,
What is the 'top link' on the motion?? - First picture..
It appears to come from the valve-chest (so outside of the wheels) but passes behind the second wheel?

Is it the control arm for the reverser, or driven from that second wheel/axle?

It just look's a little strange, in that picture. :wondering::think:
Philp.
 
PhilP said:
Paul,
What is the 'top link' on the motion?? - First picture..
It appears to come from the valve-chest (so outside of the wheels) but passes behind the second wheel?

Is it the control arm for the reverser, or driven from that second wheel/axle?

It just look's a little strange, in that picture. :wondering::think:
Philp.
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It is the Slip Eccentric reverce rod.
 
PhilP said:
Paul,
What is the 'top link' on the motion?? - First picture..
It appears to come from the valve-chest (so outside of the wheels) but passes behind the second wheel?

Is it the control arm for the reverser, or driven from that second wheel/axle?

It just look's a little strange, in that picture. :wondering::think:
Philp.
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Phil, I believe that it is the slip eccentric arm, it is connected to the rear axle.
 
Megan has completed four hours running on the rolling road. She’s now ready for running on the CFR.
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Megan waiting to get up steam.
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Megan departing St Bernards Station.
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Megan passing over St Bernards Viaduct. She has been running for 30 minutes and still has 30psi on the pressure gauge.
 
Another Roundhouse Millie has joined its sister at the CFR:-
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She has plenty of extras fitted.
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Full Cab, safety valve cover, water top up system, pressure gauge and linkage.
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The locomotive has been named “Evie”.
The cylinders, wheels, motions and buffers need painting.
 
The rather obvious and odd-looking 'arm' can easily be toned down by the application of some matte-black paint.
 
A few hours spent painting parts of the recently acquired Roundhouse “Millie”:-
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Sorry for the poor picture quality, I only have natural light coming through the open cabin door.
 
Have to say that makes an enormous difference, Millie is a nice looking loco only spoilt by those eccentric rods that you have now nicely lost.
 
I’m rather pleased with the results, this is the fourth locomotive where I have painted the slip eccentric rods to disguise them. With my next Millie I intend to paint the wheels, cylinder covers and pressure cover in deep Brunswick green. The coupling rods will be painted red and the slip eccentric rods black.
 
I don't know what I'm looking for, so can't see them anyway! :)

A pretty little thing... Not sure if that makes it appealing, or not? :wondering::wondering:
 
PhilP said:
I don't know what I'm looking for, so can't see them anyway! :)

A pretty little thing... Not sure if that makes it appealing, or not? :wondering::wondering:
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Take a look at the pics in Post #10 to see what Casey has skillfully lost.
 
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