John's locomotive at the front is being
supplied by steam generated by the boiler on the
Fairlie trailing behind and supplied by a half inch
insulated pipe that ran along the coupling mid-line
between the 2 engines and then along the left hand
footplate to the front of the smoke box and onto the
top of the ball valve regulator. There was an
extension rod from the regulator lever to the
Fairlie's cab allowing the driver to operate "John
Henry's" regulator and the Fairlie's regulator
together if necessary. Apart from the first
initial warm up circuit the locomotive successfully
pulled the Fairlie around for about 8 circuits.
Top speed attained was 15.8 km/hr
"Northumbrian"
Work in progress from a construction
article serialised in Model Engineer in 2009/2010
Grasshopper
"Grasshopper" beam engine from plans by
a French Designer JP Duval
"Canterbury Lamb"
Ross's "Canterbury Lamb" running like a
sewing machine after the initial setup of the valve
timing.
Marine Plant
Double acting twin cylinder marine
engine to the design of a set of plans by JP Duval
which are available on the internet. This is also
first steaming of a "Scotch Type" (folded) marine
boiler to the design of the builder.
"Harry"
After over 20 years since the start of
construction Pete finished his fathers Rob Roy and
regularly runs it at the track.
