Winifred starts up

Winifred, a class 11 jackshaft LMS shunter is started having had its engine sorted out. A minor leak from the head gasket caused a bit of oil smoke but nothing went wrong and the engine runs again! Stephen Trower held the camera (look up 960012)

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[matthewpeter]

@tpvalley hydraulic transmission is generally the preferred method. I have a very industrial hydraulic transmission in my garage waiting for eventual use. I operate my locos on a railway called the Great Cockcrow Railway. Its not a club, it makes its living moving passengers, hence why for me, power and reliability are everything! I am currently in the throes of putting electric motors in the shunter in the video, when its finished it will be a very useful little machine again!

[tpvalley]

@matthewpeter

power steering pumps and hydraulic motors work well also.

Commercial?

do u go to different places and run trains or do u mean u sell them?

if the the former, is insurance expensive?

[matthewpeter]

@tpvalley Its an interesting idea, it could work, not sure I'd want to do it though. I operate at the commercial end of the scale so for me as long as a loco pulls a lot of people without bother it gets my vote, whatever its powered by. All three of my locos (petrol, steam and battery) were all built or bought along these lines. My 4th loco is a wacking great LNER pacific but the chassis is built along the lines you'd find in something like a Romulus or Tinkerbell.

[tpvalley]

@matthewpeter

I used to build models with my late grandfather, steam locos;

Battery electrics have no soul and with respect are toys compared to the exacting scales of steam; therefore they must have an internal combustion engine at least, ideally a scale diesel like the video I will send u.

[matthewpeter]

@tpvalley if you are looking at building a loco I strongly advise against using a petrol engine, straight electric is so much easier and not necessarily less powerful. Petrol locos demand more attention than you may imagine. Electrics, if properly done, will just go without any bother.

[tpvalley]

@matthewpeter

the cub/ bike engines had no reverse, but the varients fitted to quads did or do- now made under licence in korea and china etc, u can get a CVT quad bike engine with reverse- as in variable belt drive/ automatic, sound rights for a loco methinks?

[matthewpeter]

@tpvalley its a Honda C102, its a variant of the C50 family. None of the Supercub family are fitted with reverse, the loco has a custom made reversible transmission.

[tpvalley]

@winifred7112 

[tpvalley]

@matthewpeter

honda horizontal like that used in honda c50-90 and certain quad bikes?

I know they have reverse

[960012]

Very true, ill put mine up in a bit, it took 3 attempts on my video lol!