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@@UncleFester84 some of the steam locos have governors which means they run at a constant speed. So need for RC. The battery locos are all RC

@@__Dusty_ Yes Nicolas is an excellent modeller. Having his battery RC models on hand means there is never a gap in traffic. Indeed at one point we had 3 trains active on two running lines.

By building them. You can find some online once in a while if you're lucky.

Unfortunately most of these engines are scratch built. Details of how to do so are in the Live Steam book available in the Gauge O Guild store. You can find commercial built externally fired locos (e.g. Leech Jinty and Bassett Lowke Mogul) on the Internet occasionally.

@@bambukouk thanks for our comments. The long freight trains are a particular highlight of this video

Running in the garden is great. As a builder you have to think about similar civil engineering problems that face the 12" to Ft engineers

@@532bluepeter1 there are several videos on the Gauge O Guild archive of the original Crewchester. Jack Ray was keen to use photography and video to promote the hobby.

@@DrDave_63395Thank you for your response. Is that exclusive to Gauge '0' Guild members?

@@532bluepeter1 afraid so. when I tried this morning it asked me to log on using my Guild password. But then the Guild offers a one month free membership

Jack made five or six full length vhs records of his layout in operation. That ended in 1998, when Jack baqecame full-time carer to his wife. The layout was dismantled in 2002 and l helped with that, hence l have the Crewchester buildings here on my layout that you see now. Jack was delighted with their new home and often came here to run, and latterly just to watch. He died in 2011, aged 95, leaving a huge garden railway legacy. He has been my inspiration since l was ten, with all his magazine articles over the years. In 2022 we celebrated Crewchester's seventieth birthay. Though you bemoan the loss of the original Crewchester l hope you have enjoyed David Robinson's brilliant records of steam days at the current one. Thankyou David, (7400 hits in six days is phenominal ) and thank you Jack for your vision of a great way to use a garden. Graham Sheppard

@@jandoerlidoe3412 thanks. BTW if you are commenting on the Q6 at the end of the video, it has a governor to keep the speed down to a prototypical rate.

@@robertmatthews8302 Graham has done much to integrate his railway into the garden as well providing many scenic features including signals we engine drivers often demolish!

Track is Peco with Peco points. I also use Markway points outside

@@DrDave_63395 Merci

Your welcome, If you want more information about Crewchester layout, in my video ua-cam.com/video/STEJPbiT0n4/v-deo.html Graham explains the history

@@geordieceltic2 Graham’s planting of Loniceria Nitida is an excellent way to hide the supports for the raised track section

@@tonywise198 I did half think about dropping that clip😀

@@robertcomerford375 yes. Actually Alex is Bob Lovells grandson. Bob did much to popularise Telegov regulated clockwork engine back in the day.

That’s amazing - I love clockwork and have some of the big vintage Bassett Lowke pacifics plus a Walker-Fenn with the gramophone regulator- would love a telegov loco. The live steam is also divine as always. Again - I have some vintage steamers but these are so refined 👍

@@davidparry1982 advantage of high pressure internal firing. 😀

@@DrDave_63395 He couldn't run anything not so equipped then :>) I think how many phones went to scrap years ago, their dial speed regulators could have been put to good use!

The capacity really depends on the prototype. My LNER Q6 (NETTA) boiler has a 90ml capacity but I usually start with 50ml. The axel pump will raise the water level during the run. The tender is mainly water with a meths tank holding 65ml. The run is governed by the amount of meths at about 30 mins - by which time the lubricator needs topping up again. As you see from my videos, we also top up the water in the tender on the go.

BTW we will be running O gauge live steam at the Gauge O Guild show in Kettering next weekend.

Glad you liked the video. My Q6 is basically the NETTA design from LBSC but with a fire tube boiler and the cylinders closer to scale. In some of my other videos there is a BAT or two. Most of the other engines are scratch built from own design. That said, follow the words and music of LBSC and you’ll have a working live steam engine. If you do built an LBSC design, go for 29mm back to back wheels. Btw another source of inspiration is the Gauge 0 Guild ‘live steam’ book - still available from the Guild bookshop.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed seeing these little steamers in action

Glad you enjoyed these miniature live steamers

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Ground level track on a firm foundation (e.g. concrete base) and the track glued down is relatively easy to maintain. Indeed much of my track all I need to do is sweep off the leaves / grass and then run trains. I can run my petrol lawnmower wheels over the track without damaging it.

Generally the cylinders are where they are on the prototype. FYI outside cylinder locos are generally easier to make as you have more space.

@@DrDave_63395 Thanks, that's what I was thinking but wanted to know for sure. Do you know of anyone in the O gauge Live Steam scene that has made a model of a US locomotive or does everyone that you know of stick with UK prototypes?

John is keen to get the right head codes when he runs. Indeed he will often have some spare lamps in his pocket and change the code between light engine to coupled to the train.

Its a freelance loco inspired by the LNER mikados. Its also coal fired with (for O gauge) a massive firebox. William recently acquired it and this is the first time he ran the engine in public. As you can see it was a very successful run.

33 including the brake van.

​@@davidwhiting1761 it was very impressive !

@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for saving me the effort of counting🙂 Actually there were a couple of broken wagons (headstock pulled out or axel box failure) during the day. David's near level track and open curves makes these very long trains possible and a joy to watch.

@@DrDave_63395 it was indeed a joy to watch and one of many reasons I love live steam in G0 - realistic long open curves 👍 Talking about "near level" - what would be max gradient they can cope with, please? (1in 70 seems prototypical and it is recommended in G0 "Handbook of Garden Railways")

EBay often has single cylinder Burton Leech locomotives for sale. These are a 0-6-0 tank loco with Smithies boiler.

You are welcome