Llewellyn Loco Works #1

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Captain Plod was most pleased. The Llewellyn Locomotive Works # 1 ran for two sessions on Saturday the 4th November 2023.The steam raising fan problem sorted. (Slow for the Kero burn for 2 mins and then faster for the Charcoal cook up) First run was 1 hour 15 mins, light engine and also with a small train. At times Plod got bored, so he added some lumps of Gunnedah on top of the Welsh Grains so all the neighbours could smell that Plod was having fun. Second run was 10 mins to lift the safety and then 3 mins shy of two hours of moving time. Plod later added more axles for a total of 16 on the hook. One day the video production will be improved, one day.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrgSelsygs

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Plod made a new grate as the other one which was to a published design has obstructions which is not ideal, for ash build up and unable to rake it out while in steam.





Old grate

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Plod got 5 hours steaming with the new grate. Water pump working. RC fire door stops the blowing off. Refill the lubricator 3 times while in steam.



Plod mostly used Welsh Plutonium however the use of Gunnedah special effects clag uranium lumps clogs it all up after 5 hours.

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Plod has hard wired the head light and it fitting a hard wired cab light. It was a difficult job for his cranium to cope with but he survived.

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Plod has a new CD/radio for the Red Room workshop at the Llewellyn Locomotive Works.
A bit of Nick Cave, Mike Oldfield, John Lee Hooker and others got a spin.









Crikey, it works

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Plod is soon to work on the final project which is to replaced the SLR Models battery lamp with a hard wired LED.
Then it will be onto contemplating painting the loco which is for a metal worker is a project loaded with dread.

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Videos of the recent team test that went for 5 hours of one constant steaming.

[ge_rik]

Clever way to hide the wiring for the lamp.

Rik

[FWLR]

Brilliant craftsmanship Dazza has usual from you.
Love the light by the way.. Those videos on Flicker are a wee bit small, but I loved the smoke coming from that superb loco.

Welsh coal, you can't beat it mate....

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Brilliant craftsmanship Dazza has usual from you.
Love the light by the way.. Those videos on Flicker are a wee bit small, but I loved the smoke coming from that superb loco.

Welsh coal, you can't beat it mate....

Try this upload to Utube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP2CgD13QLY

https://www.youtube.com/@LlewellynBikes

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Plod went up stairs holding two books and said to MAM "it is time" She looked a bit puzzled for a moment, even a look of alarm for what this might lead to, and then she had a smile of relief.

[FWLR]

Brilliant craftsmanship Dazza has usual from you.
Love the light by the way.. Those videos on Flicker are a wee bit small, but I loved the smoke coming from that superb loco.

Welsh coal, you can't beat it mate....

Try this upload to Utube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP2CgD13QLY

https://www.youtube.com/@LlewellynBikes

Yes they're better mate.

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Utube lap behind #1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ED126YRPk

[FWLR]

Thats brilliant Dazza. Seen now your line just has if we are driving it and it looks even more superb. The landscape is seen in all it's glory and it's fantastic.


Makes you want to be a little 16mm person

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Thats brilliant Dazza. Seen now your line just has if we are driving it and it looks even more superb. The landscape is seen in all it's glory and it's fantastic.


Makes you want to be a little 16mm person

Thank you. As always if you are down under call in. We are back in Wales again this year as I am doing 5 weeks at the FFRWHR and do my best to get passed out as a fireman on the WHR.

[Old Man Aaron]

Masterpiece as always, Darrell.

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Masterpiece as always, Darrell.

Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales.

[Old Man Aaron]

Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales. [/color][/b]

I'd be up for that. When are you leaving?

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Captain Plod had them fooled them in Wales.
They passed him out as a fireman on the Welsh Highland on the 20th June 2024
Plod says "I cannot wait to get back for another stint next year"

[Hydrostatic Dazza]

Captain Plod and Tom (fellow foamer and dribbler) recently did a 10 hours and 50 minutes of non stop steaming of Llewellyn # 1 around the Potters Ochid Railway.
All worked flawless. Tom drove, Plod fired. Stop every 10 to 15 minutes to stuff more Welsh Plutonium into the box. Every second firing stop top up the water tank and a few squirts via the Goodall valve. Stops every hour to lightly clean the fire and rake out the ash pan. (all while in steam on blower steam) Every 1.5 hours top up the lubricator and just roll the laps off at the POR. The load was a 16 axle goods train. Well into the dark hours we called it quits as we were both knackered. The point is proven that with a good boiler, proper attention to design and Welsh Plutonium one can coal fire and just go on and on, even if the Welsh Plutonium is boring due to the lack of a clag plume. We even had genuine Welsh Clinker when we looked at the leftovers the next morning.