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15th November 2005 and lots of bricks to move.
Being able to move 12 to 24 bricks on one load is useful and better than the average garden wheel barrow.
Note this is a real railway with an oily rag on the roof in every picture.
I do need an oil lamp to see the water level in the dark - any ideas?
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Getting the full load moving is getting easier as long as the fire is looked after whilst the bricks are loaded.
Fire nearly wet out a number of times.
There must be better technique for getting the fire hot whilst stationary
but not blowing off all the time. The best idea so far is a steam donkey water feed pump.
At present I just use the cross head feed pump but that means I loose steam raising capacity when I need it most
and cannot keep the blower on enough when stationary to keep the fire yellow as there is no where for the heat to go
and because I am stationary blowing off looses water from the boiler that i am not replacing.
Any ideas?
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Rushing around the garden in the dark with a load of bricks is exciting.
Starting at the back door the track drifts down hill.
Reaching oak tree bend requires some regulator to get around the 12 foot radius track.
Now its down hill again to laurel corner.
Just before the corner the track starts to rise and a full open regulator and some speed is best.
The engine nearly stalls but with over 70 psig on the guage it just keeps moving, really excellent sounds.
The exhaust rises above the hedge and the regulator can be eased off as the grade flattens out.
I remember going over a tree root at this location.
The track continues to rise to the summit where regular nearly off we drift around a double curve and come to
a halt at the old shed base. Looks a little like a station. We are just ready to go out into the front garden and ...
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