Here are 2 short videos and some pics of my new Regner Willi’s first run in the garden. This was only the 2nd steam up, first run was on blocks on my desk. The first two images are videos, click on the “IMG” to link to the actual video. Mike [url=http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/cadetpwr/?action=view¤t=livesteam007.mp4]
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Mike looks like you got a deal on the loco. A very good runner. Your 78ths plans look like you will also need some bridge modifications or you will make it a convertible.
When the 7/8ths conversion happens, I plan to remove that bridge and use it elsewhere. I am very very happy with the engine. Cant wait for the bank account to recover so I can order some stuff from ya. Gonna try to pick up some brass tube and a bender so I can reroute the exhaust up the front of the stack and do the same to the safety exhaust, one on each side of the stack. Need to get the brass cap off the stack so I can extend it upwards a bit further. I like how it was done in one of my old Steam in the Garden magazines when they had the Willi bash contest. I may try running the steam exhaust from the condensor box into the stack once its extended, then if it doesnt work, I wont hurt the factory part of the stack. I think it will do ok if I keep the condenser box to trap the water and oil, with just steam going to the chimney. I think I can blend the point of the exhaust going into the chimney with the roof line and the safety exhaust going up the front of the stack. Much like the way the boiler safetys were run up the stacks on the Titanic. I found another bottle of steam oil today as well, forgot I had a full bottle from Maxwell Hemmens, I used to have a kit built Ogwen years ago. Should have kept that one, it was a nice engine. Mike
Lol Mike its all down hill now. Willi looks great. Im thinking my next engine will be a willi or a Conrad. Really love they way they look. hat will be after I get a lathe. Im looking forward to getting my Lumberjack especially since my Forney is in the shops.
Over here we are pretty lucky - we live a short drive from the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway where ‘Chaloner’, an original DeWinton from 1877, lives and plays. Watching the real thing in action is a hoot - you just want to pick it up and take it home to run in your own backyard.
You could even build a cab on it - after an original photo was found showing such a structure. This little movie was from the big get-together this year -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSuAxTSrtI0
tac
I have seen that movie Tac, I fully agree, just wanna load it up on my trailer and bring it home and build a real backyard railway to run it!!! Regners version is high on my wish list! Mike
Cool vid Terry. What is the gauge ?
Afternoon, Jon - well, to tell the truth, the gauge varies between 1’ 11.5" and 2’-0.5"…or thereabouts.
Roughly.
Read all about it here - http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/aboutus.html
Continuously operation since 1919 - not bad, eh?
tac
Thanks Terry
Then it would be 2 Foot nominal
I should have been able to figure that out by looking, but for some reason I thought it might be metric. Had a senior moment forgetting the source of our ancient imperial standards !
Very interesting… Sure put out the smoke. neat run.
Jon Radder said:
Thanks Terry
I should have been able to figure that out by looking, but for some reason I thought it might be metric. Had a senior moment forgetting the source of our ancient imperial standards !
When I was over in France a few years back I took part in a ‘fun day out’ laying about 250m of this Feldbahn track - with twelve of us getting in each other’s way, it only took about fifty panels of this giant set track. with a few guys bolting it all up. Three hours later, and were driving a velocipede along it. You can see how the various armies, including the black labour corps of the US Expeditionary Force, could put this stuff down so quckly, and we weren’t even getting shot at!
tac