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First Steam Up
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:41 pm
by SpudUk
Hi Folks,
Due to a very kind local member I've finally had my first ever steam up of my Leader. Needless to say it was an awesome day. Turns out my loco is a) amazing and b) fitted with RC on both the regulator and reverser, which I didn't realize!
As it wasn't my own railway filming was limited, but please find below so quick clips (I don't think you can embed YouTube here, can you?).
https://youtu.be/QoadGMZCa38
https://youtu.be/PC1ixDsMV8I
https://youtu.be/dTyk7sCU9gg
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:30 pm
by Peter Butler
She looks good and sounds just great!
I bet it won't be long before you do that again.
Re: First Steam Up
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:49 pm
by Alan P
SpudUk:111891 wrote:Hi Folks,
Due to a very kind local member I've finally had my first ever steam up of my Leader. Needless to say it was an awesome day. Turns out my loco is a) amazing and b) fitted with RC on both the regulator and reverser, which I didn't realize!
As it wasn't my own railway filming was limited, but please find below so quick clips (I don't think you can embed YouTube here, can you?).
https://youtu.be/QoadGMZCa38
https://youtu.be/PC1ixDsMV8I
https://youtu.be/dTyk7sCU9gg
Looks great Chris. Checkout Chris Cairns Sticky 'Embedding YouTube Videos' in the 'Videos' section.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:17 pm
by MDLR
Looks and sounds splendid!
With regard to the R/C, did you have to move two sticks the get rhe loco to move, or just the one? There's a reason for asking - Accucraft locos can be driven on the reverser - you open the regulator manually and vary the forward/reverse to control the loco. This is how the Accucraft R/C was set up.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:27 am
by SpudUk
MDLR:111906 wrote:Looks and sounds splendid!
With regard to the R/C, did you have to move two sticks the get rhe loco to move, or just the one? There's a reason for asking - Accucraft locos can be driven on the reverser - you open the regulator manually and vary the forward/reverse to control the loco. This is how the Accucraft R/C was set up.
Two sticks, one on the regulator and one on the reverser. It totally confused me as I had now idea!
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:39 pm
by MDLR
That's interesting. I always check that the R/C is working before I light the loco, as there's nothing more embarrassing than having a loco in full steam and then discovering it won't go! I suspect that if you had done that, you might have been better prepared.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:34 pm
by SpudUk
It was discovered before steaming...I just hadn't realized before hand
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:22 pm
by Chris Cairns
MDLR wrote:Accucraft locos can be driven on the reverser - you open the regulator manually and vary the forward/reverse to control the loco. This is how the Accucraft R/C was set up.
Seems Accucraft have gone across to fitting 2 channel R/C as standard now.
Chris Cairns