Maxitrak on Discovery+1 tonight at 9:30

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I just saw a bit of ‘How it’s Made’ on Discovery (1/11./10) which promised a ‘garden steam locomotive’. It’s a Maxitrak 0-4-0 and the programme is on Discovery+1 at 9:30pm.

 

It’s hugely oversimplified and focuses on just a few operations – they show something of machining the slide valve, and then give the same time to the entire chassis. they also make out that cleaning soot out of the flues after a steam up is checking them for blockages after assembly!

 

But it is interesting, not least for showing how relatively simple the construction of a commercial loco is compared to most of the designs in ME.

 

Final thought, they need to beef up the whistle bracket!

 

Neil

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

[Charles 2010Participant @charles2010]

 

Missed it but I hope it will be on again sometime ..

 

Charles

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