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Your welcome, If you want more information about Crewchester layout, in my video czcams.com/video/STEJPbiT0n4/video.html Graham explains the history

@@geordieceltic2 Graham’s planting of Loniceria Nitida is an excellent way to high the supports for the raised track section

@@tonywise198 I did half think about dropping that clip😀

@@robertcomerford375 yes. Actually Alex is Bob Lovells grandson. Bob did much to popularise Telegov regulated clockwork engine back in the day.

That’s amazing - I love clockwork and have some of the big vintage Bassett Lowke pacifics plus a Walker-Fenn with the gramophone regulator- would love a telegov loco. The live steam is also divine as always. Again - I have some vintage steamers but these are so refined 👍

@@davidparry1982 advantage of high pressure internal firing. 😀

@@DrDave_63395 He couldn't run anything not so equipped then :>) I think how many phones went to scrap years ago, their dial speed regulators could have been put to good use!

The capacity really depends on the prototype. My LNER Q6 (NETTA) boiler has a 90ml capacity but I usually start with 50ml. The axel pump will raise the water level during the run. The tender is mainly water with a meths tank holding 65ml. The run is governed by the amount of meths at about 30 mins - by which time the lubricator needs topping up again. As you see from my videos, we also top up the water in the tender on the go.

BTW we will be running O gauge live steam at the Gauge O Guild show in Kettering next weekend.

Glad you liked the video. My Q6 is basically the NETTA design from LBSC but with a fire tube boiler and the cylinders closer to scale. In some of my other videos there is a BAT or two. Most of the other engines are scratch built from own design. That said, follow the words and music of LBSC and you’ll have a working live steam engine. If you do built an LBSC design, go for 29mm back to back wheels. Btw another source of inspiration is the Gauge 0 Guild ‘live steam’ book - still available from the Guild bookshop.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed seeing these little steamers in action

Glad you enjoyed these miniature live steamers

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Ground level track on a firm foundation (e.g. concrete base) and the track glued down is relatively easy to maintain. Indeed much of my track all I need to do is sweep off the leaves / grass and then run trains. I can run my petrol lawnmower wheels over the track without damaging it.

Generally the cylinders are where they are on the prototype. FYI outside cylinder locos are generally easier to make as you have more space.

@@DrDave_63395 Thanks, that's what I was thinking but wanted to know for sure. Do you know of anyone in the O gauge Live Steam scene that has made a model of a US locomotive or does everyone that you know of stick with UK prototypes?

John is keen to get the right head codes when he runs. Indeed he will often have some spare lamps in his pocket and change the code between light engine to coupled to the train.

Its a freelance loco inspired by the LNER mikados. Its also coal fired with (for O gauge) a massive firebox. William recently acquired it and this is the first time he ran the engine in public. As you can see it was a very successful run.

33 including the brake van.

​@@davidwhiting1761 it was very impressive !

@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for saving me the effort of counting🙂 Actually there were a couple of broken wagons (headstock pulled out or axel box failure) during the day. David's near level track and open curves makes these very long trains possible and a joy to watch.

@@DrDave_63395 it was indeed a joy to watch and one of many reasons I love live steam in G0 - realistic long open curves 👍 Talking about "near level" - what would be max gradient they can cope with, please? (1in 70 seems prototypical and it is recommended in G0 "Handbook of Garden Railways")

EBay often has single cylinder Burton Leech locomotives for sale. These are a 0-6-0 tank loco with Smithies boiler.

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Most use a combination of nickel silver or brass. you can use tin plate as well. Of course the boiler is of copper with PhBz for the boiler fittings.

Thanks, much appreciated. Best regards. Kev.@@DrDave_63395

The loco only has a hand pump in the tender so Alex has to periodically pump up the water. The same on the J27 and L1 that John is driving. I included the shot of Alex because of comments on previous videos asking to see more of the operation of the locos not just them running .

​@@DrDave_63395 thank you and yes, I agree with comments about seeing the operation as well as "just running"

Thank you! 😃

I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I particularly like the sequence of Graham’s West Country slowly completing the loop while he sits down to admire her.

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I'm glad to have been able to bring some cheer to your evening. And yes its frustrating that it takes time for the HD versions to be processed.

Thanks for your comments. TV interference was also a problem with the HO layout my father built in the attic. Unfortunately it interfered with the TV of our neighbour (their aerial was in their adjacent loft at the time) so it did not get as much use as he intended. But I happily built an N gauge fold away layout in my bedroom. O gauge live steam does not suffer from EMI 🙂

Yes the GNR coal fired Atlantic is a marvel. FYI the ballast glued down by PVA or my preference SBR (undiluted) is sufficient to hold the track down to concrete base.

Terry, Interesting to hear. A dear friend (now departed) made a lovely O gauge V2 which ran very wel - would even self start (czcams.com/video/WKYlpemRH28/video.html at 1:18). Is the O Gauge V2 a three cylinder model and what valve gear is used? Most of the garden open days are now finished for the year - one more at end of the month which should not be too far to drive from most parts of Kent. Ask your friend to contact me - I'm also a G1MRA member so you should be able to find my contact details if you have not already spotted my email in my videos :-)

Start by getting the Gauge O Guild Live Steam book. Some of LBSC's designs including BAT (4-4-0 outside cylinder) and OWL (0-6-0 inside cylinder) designs are available. But make using modern GOG standard of 29mm back to back wheels (skim 0.5mm off backs of both wheels....). I'm always willing to help. There is also a 7mm live steam group on Facebook. What prototype(s) are you interested in?

BTW we will be running live steam all weekend at GuildEx (stafford) this weekend.

Excellent. On castings I’ve always fabricated cylinders or cut them from a rectangular stick of cast gunmetal. Sometimes castings come up on eBay. But castings don’t save much if any time IMHO