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[dajo]

I have been doing some work on the engine and it has become clear that it is going to take days running into weeks to get things the way I should like them to be.  I am writing to let everyone interested know that work is progressing, but you will not be hearing from me for some time; then you will 8-)   Overall I am quite optimistic.

I ran again today and I am now pretty sure that I have found the poor-power problem - see my earlier post.  The motor needs some careful work on the porting to alter the valve timing and steam flow.  The bad news is that I think I can explain a tendency to derail as well; this is less easy to fix: the weight distribution is not as it appears from a casual look.

So, here is an image of the engine running today; it is running backward to avoid derailing on a piece of rough track.  However it is hauling seven waggons (that is all I have); and the engine can start this train quite easily on a 1in33 gradient (yes, up).  More later, but a lot later.
dajo

[cabbage]

All Mamod owners know that they run better backwards than forwards(!)
You could try some osmium shot (fishing weights) epoxied to the chassis.

regards

ralph

[dajo]

Just for the sake of completeness: I have written a diary-style report of my manglings of my engine.  It still is horribly noisy.
See, in this forum:

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dajo