Hi Tony, Glad you are getting together with David and having fun! We had the local annual Oktoberfest at our railway on Sat -- there are only 5 local steamers, all NG--'cept me. We had a ton of fun and the "brats' and beer helped, well seasoned with a lot of B.S! No accidents, no fires, just a minor derailment caused by the hand of God.--bloody dull!
The Lubricator on the A3--I 'm not fond of it and I am not aware it has a drain and if it did it would be impossible to reach. Anyway on all my locos I find it easier to draw the water out with a needle syringe--it's much quicker for me. I don't pull out the oil just the water and mixed gunk . BTW, none of the Asters I have owned or currently own have lubricator drains. I do wish that the A3 had the lubricator in the smoke box a la the KGV because on the A3 the steam feed valve to start the flow of oil from the lubricator to the engine has to be used-- and it's a long tube running the length of the boiler before in feeds the engine which means it a long hike for the condensation to go back up the tube and displace the oil. This was done for good reason by Aster however, as it avoids the lubricator being too obvious and any screw heads spoiling fidelity to the prototype. Right, I am an Aster fan--I blow hot air too! That's my epistle, You have a great day too! Regards Geoff Hi Geoff, > Met with David, the new steamer with the Scotsman in Santa Rosa late >last Thursday, and had a good chat on live steam topics etc. > Very nice engine in BR dark green colours, which I prefer over the apple >green model. Personally I would dispense with the "german" smoke deflectors, >but liked the double blast chimney. Probable because that was the way I saw >some of the originals. > I plan on stopping by again one evening with a rolling road this coming >week, as David has no track. (my own is in sad shape also, no free daytime >now). > > Question-During quick inspection, I could not find the cylinder >lubricator drain cock/valve. Instructions not very specific, tell where to >fill but no drain info. Thought it would be under the oil filler, but not >so. Where be it?. Do you have to draw the lube back out through the filler >cap?.al.la KGV/U1. > Have a great day, > Regards, > Tony D. >
