advice please, Old locomotives

advice please, Old locomotives

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22 July 2013 at 22:55 #125263
yorkie
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Hi guys

i,ve recently aquired 2 live steam locomotives and i dont know anything about these machines .1 is a 3 1/2 gauge "The Princess Royal" with tender and the other one is smaller about 2 inch gauge thanks i will be posting some photos as soon as i.ve worked out how to do it……..Yorkie
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22 July 2013 at 22:55 #6792
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23 July 2013 at 09:35 #125274
Russell Eberhardt
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Looks as if you'll be kept busy for a while with those. You'll find lots of help and advice here if you ask specific questions.

Good luck

Russell.
23 July 2013 at 10:00 #125281
Ian S C
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You will proberbly get some questions about the pedigree of the boilers if you are going to steam them. Ian S C
23 July 2013 at 10:02 #125283
Robbo
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Hi Yorkie,

You will probably get more responses if you use a more meaningful title to the thread. "Advice please" covers anything. "steam loco restoration" or similar is more specific and still brief. Put more detail in the sub-text to narrow it down further.

There is a lot of knowledge here, freely shared, once you tap into it.

Phil
23 July 2013 at 10:24 #125288
Bazyle
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2in gauge ("gauge2&quot is extremely rare. There are probably only a handful of people running it in the world as it was too close to "gauge 1" at 1&3/4 in gauge. It is more likely to actually be the latter.

There is a high probablilty that both are based on published designs so with better side on photos we can narrow down the possibilities and eventually find teh original designer and magazine articles.
23 July 2013 at 11:38 #125295
John Baguley
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Hi Yorkie,

The Princess Royal will almost certainly be the old H P Jackson/Clarkson design. I'm just finishing off rebuilding one for a friend and have copies of the drawings. Is yours the four cylinder version or just two? If you need any help just ask.

John
23 July 2013 at 16:09 #125311
nigel jones 5
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my advice – take up space flight, you will be proficient in less time and its cheaper
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