Have they said how many pennies would be needed? Keep your steam up! Walt & Mr. Lunkenheimer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Griner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Small-scale live steam discussions" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] Accucraft Southern Pacific Cab-forward
> Thanks for the update! It sounds great... Maybe I need to save up my > pennies. > > Terry Griner > 387-0902 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey > Williams > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:38 AM > To: Live steam list > Subject: [SSLiveSteam] Accucraft Southern Pacific Cab-forward > > I was at Accucraft HQ yesterday afternoon and saw the Cab Forward > prototype under steam. The loco was pulling about 25 Accucraft reefers > around 8 foot radius curves on their test track without any problems, > although with a lot of non-prototypical overhang, of course. 12 foot > radius would look more appropriate, I'm sure. > > The details and operating features were very good. The reverser isn't a > Johnson bar, but rather a screw reverser operated with a separate > handwheel inserted into an actuator in the front of the cab, with the > cab roof open. Slower and less convenient than a Johnson bar, but I > imagine one isn't going to be doing a lot of switching with a Cab > Forward! The cab is very tight (as with all 1/32 locos) so RC would be a > real challenge. Some occasional maintenance tasks, like cleaning jets, > will be more difficult than on other locos, since the cab body is > completely enclosed (unlike most cab-rearward locos) and doesn't appear > to be readily removable. > > All four cylinders have drain cocks, although when Cliff started the > loco without opening them, a major water shower erupted from the twin > stacks. > > The loco appears to be lighter on the front (firebox end) driver set > than on the rear, based on observed starting slip. The firebox-end > driver set is rigidly attached to the loco, per prototype, not pivoted > as with some model articulateds. > > Water pump (and butane tank) in the tender, no axle pump. Cliff didn't > think that the production versions would have axle pumps either. > > Cliff said that he was going to ship the prototype to Dave Hottman in > the next week or so, who will be running it at Diamondhead. > > After seeing it run, I'll be ordering one for myself! Cliff said > delivery was Winter 2007, but of course, these estimates by Accucraft > haven't been very good on past releases. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061122/59455 > eb1/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: > http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: [email protected] > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > > _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
