Such a shame to shelve it away during the winter or at least around Christmas/Holiday Time, bc it seems like this would be the perfect time for rides for a "winter wonderland/Santa's express holiday theme.
It's odd that you popped up on my watch list, as was awake last night thinking all sorts of random, irrelevant thoughts. One of which was is it a bad idea to use hard tap water in model steam locos? That lead on to if it is, what happened in the days of steam, it would have been impractical to use demineralised water, did they have to descale trains from time to time?
I think they did have water treatment stations here and there that supplied the water towers/columns/cranes and the water troughs on the mainline for water scoops. But there is something interesting about steam engines and water, for many parts of the UK have different levels of hard to soft water (Lincolnshire has hard water, I know as the are local tea bags made specially for it sold in Lincoln Castle), and for many regions of UK railways, designers had to build engines that could handle the water in said regions. There many stories about engines and water, but I think that should cover the basics.
Good video! I always make sure the control valves, eg, the blower valve regulator etc are left slightly open before putting away 🚂
THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Hello Chris loved the video your channel thought me loads about miniature trains and just trains in general have a good Christmas!
1:38 first time I’ve seen an engine do that, I didn’t know it could be so high pressure!
Great video
Very nice Chris wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and all the best for 2025 👍🏻👍🏻
No blowdown valves fitted? Do you only blowdown once a year?
"I may get wet"
Camera Man:?????????
or is "Camera Man:" just a tripod?
Do the head lamps work on your engine? How do they eork??
I don’t know if you remember me but I’am Harry from the tenterten railway experience in the summer
Such a shame to shelve it away during the winter or at least around Christmas/Holiday Time, bc it seems like this would be the perfect time for rides for a "winter wonderland/Santa's express holiday theme.
It's odd that you popped up on my watch list, as was awake last night thinking all sorts of random, irrelevant thoughts. One of which was is it a bad idea to use hard tap water in model steam locos? That lead on to if it is, what happened in the days of steam, it would have been impractical to use demineralised water, did they have to descale trains from time to time?
I think they did have water treatment stations here and there that supplied the water towers/columns/cranes and the water troughs on the mainline for water scoops.
But there is something interesting about steam engines and water,
for many parts of the UK have different levels of hard to soft water (Lincolnshire has hard water, I know as the are local tea bags made specially for it sold in Lincoln Castle), and for many regions of UK railways, designers had to build engines that could handle the water in said regions.
There many stories about engines and water, but I think that should cover the basics.