Hi all you busy steamers Can i ask two questions 1. what type of coal is used to fire and run a 2 1/2" engine. 2. If gas is used to fire the engine,does anyone...
Start fire with paraffin soaked charcoal then use anthracite peas for the coal, (or welsh steam coal). You can gas fire with either a blowlamp type burner or...
Hi there All, Can someone give me an idea how much a loco such as a 2.5" gauge Dyak or Fayette would haul (preferably in stone or kg)? I know how much people...
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Oct 10, 2005 8:42 pm
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Model Engineer magazine (No 4256) had an article by Tony Weale about Ayesha revival by 2 1/2" gauge society. I got all excited :-) thinking that this was the...
I don't think there is any intention to run a construction series in Model Engineer for the new Ayesha. Plans, castings and laser cut frames will be available...
I thought that the implication was that you could get hold of the origianl construction series from model engineer (around the 1930's) and that the point with...
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Oct 16, 2005 7:19 am
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Hi Rich, Presumably that will be the idea as reprints of the original articles are available from the Association. There is a page on the Association website...
A friend in Stafford has just emailed me several photograhs made at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, including several of the 2.5" Gauge Association...
Have just received the latest issue of 'Coupling Rod' and according to Des Adeley it is intended to produce a full construction series for building the new...
Hi Chris, That would make an interesting project. A 2-10-0 should be no more difficult than any other loco apart from all those knuckle joints on the coupling...
... John, thanks for your comments. I have just revised the layout (and uploaded new version into the Files) to show, that with all the flanges and a bit more...
Hi folks have just joined this group. Have just acquired a GNR Atlantic built in 1926 by W J F Keniston and would appear to have been coal fired, this is not...
Hi Robin, Henry Greenly produced a design for a 2.5" gauge GNR Atlantic No. 1419 but I don't know the date when it was published or any details of the loco. It...
Hi there Robin, One thought - is the coal fired boiler a more recent addition? Are there any clues to suggest that it might have been spririt fired originally?...
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Oct 31, 2005 5:01 pm
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Hi Rich I dont think so as the model has all the correct patina for not having been rebuilt. Someone has started to repaint the tender a rather bright ...
Hi all, It's mystery loco time again! Picked this loco chassis up from Ebay this week and trying to trace it's ancestry. Have uploaded 3 photo's to the photo...
Hi John This looks very much like a chassis for the 'Don Young' King Arthur which was published in Model Engineer under the name 'ELAINE' back in around April...
I have posted some photos of a loco, does anyone know what it is and if it is frelance? The loco is a two cylinder 2-6-2, coal fired, appears to have ...
Any chance that it is based on LBSC's Little Jack Horner? Yours, Rich....
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Dec 4, 2005 7:45 pm
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Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately I am struggling to find online references to them. Does anyone know of a good LBSC website or one with a few images...
What is the difference between Little jack Horner and Zoe? From memory I recall them being similar. Thinking about it St Hildas and Girton were both 'Schools...
Hi Mike, Perhaps we should start a 'mystery loco' section! I did a bit of searching when the loco first came up for sale but couldn't pin it down to any known...
Hi Robin, Thanks for replying. I've checked out Elaine and the chassis' not for her - the frames are longer and the wheel spacing is longer. The wheels are the...
Have started work on my version of Helen Long and will post photos etc as work progresses. I've used Black Five wheel castings for the driving/coupled wheels ...
