North Clipperby - Preparing a Live Steam Locomotive

A short video on how to prepare a Live Steam locomotive. This includes filling the boiler, topping up the oil and basic operation to get it running. The engine used is an A4 4-6-2, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• North
• Clipperby
• Hornby
• Live
• Steam
• Dwight
• Eisenhower
• 4-6-2
• Preparing
• Locomotive
• Steaming

[scott5140]

hi

i have just bought that loco

how much oil do you put in?

and how much distilled water?

thanks

[NorthClipperby]

The Instruction manual is a little vague -

For each steaming, fill the tender right up until the water comes out of the overflow. Put the needle right into the tender too, otherwise none will go in. For the purposes of the video, I only showed the second syringe.

Oil varies - the amoun they reccoment is fine for the first 'steaming', but after that, it only needs topping up after every couple of runs.

Hope this helps.

[lunhil12]

Beautiful engine. I wish they made an American style Mikado or Pacific.

[kylewilliams1000]

theres no smoke ?

[pyronathanpyro]

i take it oyu have a isolated loop of track just for the live steam thx

[pyronathanpyro]

@piperpilot no not at all its a total differnet concept i could wire it yes but its very hard to do and its got diff current and amps thx

[crazietraindude]

nivce vid man can u use these things in america? ya know differnce in power out lets

[jlsschai]

do the seperate engines come with syringes, gloves etc. ?

[Nevawake]

wheres the smoke?

[piperpilot]

Can you operate these individually like with DCC and can you operate along by DCC.

[buttercupline]

do you control the whistle or does the locomotive do it its self

[buttercupline]

can it reverse to back up to coaches like in the advert or no