Live Steam 3803

[triantulas]

this has been my favourite locomotive in the world for the last 15 years

[bra5187]

nice loco!!!

[505197]

Thanks for posting, hearing it chuff chuff chuff chuff chuff made my day. Nothing like a steam locomotive to stir the soul,.

[MrAngryTV1]

how cute

[ponkkaa]

Much more fun than a riding mower.

[MrTrainfanatic]

@ponkkaa  Dern right! xD

[LMatters1]

@ponkkaa Ha ha...good one!

[2fast4u510]

it picks up really good even with other people on it. great vid

[cakebrain]

very impressive but i reckon my 5inch 9f would give it a run for its money

[3801Catcher]

@cakebrain My mate's 7/14 38 would give your 9f and that 38 a run for your money haha. Now I might look at castings for a 5' 38 or 35

[EastwoodBirds]

@3801Catcher

I doubt that your mates 7 1/4" 38 would hive Ray's 5" 38 a run for it's money, Ray builds the best locomotives around!!

[chockrock69]

jesus how much that cost

[herbgarratt]

About a year and a half of his time...?

And nobody builds them faster than Ray.

[herbgarratt]

Another ripper, Ray!

[sognol]

Pity it hasn't got Stephensons gear to get rid of those pesky torque peaks. Those 38's wheelslipped themselves silly with that useless Walschearts eh herb.

[herbgarratt]

Well, sognol, I happen to know that Ray Lee (the builder of the 5" gauge 3803) doesn't give his engines ANY Lead, so the problem isn't there?

Tricky, eh?

Wot's Lead for, in an engine with passages about 1.1/4" long...apart from making a nuisance of itself?

[herbgarratt]

Oh, by the way...see how she pulls like an ox?

Where do you think we learnt all this stuff?

It was all kicked to death, on the NSWGR (and the US) by about 1930?

[trains72345]

do you know ray lee could you ask him how much eythor that engine or another 38 would cost i dont have the money but DAMN I WANT ON :(

[herbgarratt]

Yes, I know Ray.

I can ask him.

If he builds another one like that 38, you'll love it!

At the moment, he's building a Vic A2 (4-6-0), and he wants it to peform AS WELL AS that 38!

He'll probaly do it, too!

He's a friggin' genius!

[andyg3]

torque peaks?

[herbgarratt]

@andyg3

Thatr engine has no un-necessarily imposed torque peaks, as it has NO lead.

[Judaslohn]

very very nice exhaust!

[Engineer5344]

me like, me like to ride behind. haha. nice locomotive. pefectly timed on the exhaust. nice job man.

[sodor600]

Great shots just like a real steam loco