Steve Eatons is a witch, romps round Chesterfield with ease, it even won the LBSC cup. An S160 which isn't steaming is either bad workmanship or driver ability...
David, the S160 in question belongs to Les Skinner and the poor steaming relates to this particular model and not the design in general. The bit in the latest...
It would be interesting to see Les' method of firing. Steves A3 needs a completely full firebox to steam, let it go below the firehole and you've lost it....
Having now run Helen a few times I find I have to adopt the 'fill the firebox' method of firing as well. So long as the fire is up to the firehole she steams...
Hello John, The best advice I ever got concerning steaming small locomotives came from the late Carl Purinton, the founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers,...
Hi Keith, that's a very good point and one I'd not considered. Actually I do usually warm up the cylinders etc by running up and down the steaming bay track a...
Firing Tich was a full time job, up the 1 in 50 to 1 in 100 long climb to the tunnel I was firing non stop, regulator full open with one hand on the firehole...
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I would like to offer my thanks to this group for assisting me in tracking drawings for LBSC's Dyak. Mr Will Taylor answered my enquiry and I have now...
Hi guys, I see all the other rallies mention on the group, but no sign of any news about the above mentioned? I would like to attend (being that it is nearest...
Hi Chris, I must have missed that one when I put the rallies on the calender. Have added it now.The details are in the last issue of Coupling Rod. John...
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I know that this group is barely alive :-) so probably nobody wants to know about another forum, but I have just found this one: ...
... it was raining, there were only few visitors, just two 2 1/2" locos (of which only one was running), but the welcome was great, track appears to be OK (no...
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Hi Chris, nice to see the photo of Tugboat Annie. I presume she did not run. The opening of the new Warrington track last Sunday was well attended and I...
... no, she didn't, which is indeed a shame - it would be great to see her running. The only loco running (in 2 1/2) was Josie - great performer and...
hi David, My dyak drawings are only on three sheets? which are a full set. I have scanned these on to the computer as full sized jpegs. these files can be sent...
... Will, you could always set-up your Picasa account: http://picasa.google.com/ it is absolutely free, allows you to store and share 1000Mb worth of pictures...
Before shouting too loud in public, do remember they are still in copyright. LBSC dies in the late 1950s I think, so it's 70 years on top of that. If we stop...
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Should they become available I'd like to have only those drawings required for building the boiler. I built a Dyak boiler for a friend several years ago but I...
The issue of copyright has always been a sticky issue. I don't think there is a problem copying something for your own personal use but putting something on a...
I was after the kennion drawings as opposed to the ones from the ME stable, (Percival Marshall) incase they are different. I think I am right in saying that...
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Who uses CAD, and what is a good program to learn about the subject. Any thoughts on best 'free' program eg Deltadad, cadvance? The latter was a $1900 prog ,...
