Modification Inside Frame, Safety Valve with Whistle, Contact in Montreal

2001-08-16 Thread Matthias Warmbold
I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse. I would prefer her with an inside frame so that I can see the complete wheels. Besides, I would like to see the excess steam to exit through a whistle soldered onto the safety valve. Has anyone experience with these modifications and could refer me to

RE: Modification Inside Frame, Safety Valve with Whistle, Contact in Montreal

2001-08-16 Thread Ciambrone, Steve @ OS
I have never heard of anyone doing this. A whistle is a restricted outlet and putting one on the exhaust of a safety valve defeats some of its effectivity. The safety valve serves an important purpose and better left alone to do its job. Besides you could have an annoying constantly whistling

Re: Modification Inside Frame, Safety Valve with Whistle, Contact in Montreal

2001-08-16 Thread Harry Wade
At 10:48 AM 8/16/01 -0700, you wrote: I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse. I would prefer her with an inside frame . . . . . Has anyone experience with these modifications Matthias, Although it certainly could be done, I doubt the cost could be justified. Everything from the top of

Re: Modification Inside Frame, Safety Valve with Whistle, Contact in Montreal

2001-08-16 Thread Chris Wolcott
You may want to just think about opening up the frame some. You may have to attach some structural support if you take away too much though. If this is your first foray into Live Steam, a lot of people try the Accucraft Ruby 0-4-0. It is fairly cheap, has a simple stephenson type valve

Re: Modification Inside Frame, Safety Valve with Whistle, Contact in Montreal

2001-08-16 Thread Tag Gorton
On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 06:48 pm, Matthias Warmbold wrote: I intend to buy Lady Anne from Roundhouse. I would prefer her with an inside frame so that I can see the complete wheels. Besides, I would like to see the excess steam to exit through a whistle soldered onto the safety