How To Shut Down a Steam Locomotive
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2018
- In this How To video, Blake Bushue returns to walk you through shutting down a live steam locomotive. So climb aboard and let's get started! Thanks for watching The Steam Channel!
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I’m a volunteer fireman at the north York moors steam railway in the UK , and we regularly blow down boilers on our steam locomotives to get rid of scale and mud deposits .
The amount of power contained in that small “toy” is incredible!
The intro never gets old. I love this channel. glad I found it.
Try keep fire temp and steam presure at normal level so you can continue to use the injector (rase water to max) to prep for tomorrow,
After this shut off the blower or even open thr dampaner to kill the fire and lower thr pressure (free to move away if need be)
If you are not going to run drin the boiler with the blowdown valve(or just dont fill to max) but wait for steam presure to drop to prevent damage
Excellent information! How about showing off season maintenance or winter prep for locomotives.
That's on our docket as well; unfortunately, we weren't able to produce it this fall. It will be made in 2019.
What a wonderful hobby!!
Very good as usual. Always clear and informative. Good guy as well which is nice
That is some phenomenal presenting right there :) you should do voice over work!
I never really think of "shutting down" a steam engine - more "letting it fall asleep" until next time...
Very informative,and well explained.He sounds like a school teacher or Steam loco professor 🤓👍
I am getting started and would love to see a video on all of the oils, additives, and sealing compounds for a live steam locomotive and where to purchase them. Another would be how to store a locomotive for the winter. Lastly, where and how to purchase a used locomotive.
Very nice video :)
Interesting!
interesting and cool.
Cool video
Cool
That is very very cool 🤓
Very nice to know. I know you've reference regular maintenance in other videos but would you guys perhaps do a vid on regular maintenance procedures after a locomotive shut down or maintenance at non-winter times of the year? Perhaps even a separate one for how to winterize a locomotive.
Osage Orange we have a video coming out later this season covering general maintenance that’s required for these engines. It will be part 2 in the So You Want A Live Steam Engine series. We weren’t able to fit in the winterizing video this season, it’s on our docket for 2019.
You explain well I gstei here use as well as depressing a good lesson to the new livesteamer
So if used regular in the summer and warm weather you can leave the boiler full for next run?
You did mention draining the boiler if you are taking the engine home at the end of the day, but I would like to see a vid on the process of taking it home or taking it back to the track. How do you get the locomotive loaded in your vehicle or trailer, and especially how do you secure it?
That’s a topic that will be touched on in an upcoming installment in our “So You Want A Live Steam Locomotive” series.
@@TheSteamChannel Glad to hear it, I look forward to more episodes!
Where did you buy the train from
At least 40 psi? Or at the most 40 psi?
Do you suggest emptying the boiler of water after every use or only in winter?
That disclaimer is for winter. Leaving it full during the winter can lead to serious issues; when the weather turns, the engine should be winterized for the off season. During the summer-you can leave it filled up.
@@TheSteamChannel So do I understand this correctly that filling the boiler totally full of water will rust LESS than draining it after every use? I operate a Scale Case traction engine and am curious the best way to shut it down. It will not be stored full during the winter and stays in a temperature controlled garage anyway. Thank you for the videos!
Hey Blake, why do most clubs close down for the winter? I understand that a lot of it is snow, and removal of it, but is it due to the water freezing in the boilers or something like that?
Do you want to run a train around an outdoor railroad when it’s 5 degrees out? The issue of water freezing is why most don’t run steam in the winter...but things completely die down because not many people want to freeze to play trains. Most switch over to model trains (or working on their live steam engines) in the winter.
@@TheSteamChannel I mean, I certainly would, but I've never done it so I'd assume it would actually get pretty old. But, to each their own, and working with steam ships I can certainly understand winterization if there isn't going to be constant operation. Thanks for the quick reply! You guys do a great job. Very informative. Keep it up!!
Next Door Anarchist thank you! Yes, it gets very cold even behind a steamer. The wind is a killer in the winter.
Where do you get these locomotive,s
King Koala you build them.
I'm quite curious, about how much would one of those Allen moguls cost? They are beautiful little locomotives.
If you're looking at the loco in unbuilt kit form, they're about 10 grand. Throw in building costs etc., you're at around 15-20K. For a finished locomotive, you're looking at 25-35K
A kit is not $10,000. Last I looked it was around $5,000
@@TheSteamChannel Thank you! Also, is there a way to perhaps convert it to an outside-frame narrow guage loco? I don't have much space.
How to shut down a live steam locomotive... end result... HIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
While that was informative, I feel you left more procedures out after blow down.
It’s not until you see a blow down on a big main line locomotive that you realise how much power there is in that machine.
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