Aster Allegheny on the SVRR with coal load

On a wet and windy March day a live steam 1:32 scale Aster Allegheny hauls a long load of coal cars up from the SVRR mines, the driver fighting to keep the train going around the curves as the wet rails cause the occasional wheelslip. The guard was having a whiplash ride at the rear of the train. ( The train made it over the summit and it was worth drying off all those cars for this shoot in the rain!)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• SVRR
• Gauge One
• live steam
• model loco
• model train
• sunset valley railroad

[svrronline]

My layout is completely flat. Steam powered engines do not do well on grades unless you have r/c control to adjust the regulator.

[svrronline]

It is gauge One, 1:32 scale, both sets of drivers are powered. It slipped a few times, just as the prototype would with a heavy load on wet rails. It was all very realistic.

[svrronline]

The train is about 70 ft. If you go to the "Berkshire with 72 cars" video, that one is about 100ft

[svrronline]

That is the Aster loco, as stated in the heading (the Accucraft version will be coming in 2012)

[svrronline]

100 for sale, 3 for spares

[svrronline]

Most steam locos can be radio controlled. 2 channel gives you regulator and reversing gear, more channels give you whistle, draincocks etc. Small engines need creative engineering to fit everything in thte cab, but the Allegheny has plenty of room

[ramonnie007]

look at that exhaust steam, beautiful!!

5 stars for you!!

[atsf3780]

I wonder how your allegheny would against my n scale 4-8-4!

[MyNameIsSmExY]

that is 1 small lookin train

[petro062]

That is beautiful.

[trancowy89]

nice garden :)

[SuperJameswaldron]

NOTVERYINTERESTING

[BigWheelHawaii]

I can hardly believe this... It is so realistic, what a great talent you are... I can't believe that engine pulling that many cars... Un-Real,,, Thank You for post this gem...

[railrunner18]

Absolutely beautiful layout and locomotive you have there! I aspire to have a layout like that some day.

[samj5605]

She's a real beauty!

[bradstrains]

@svrronline So I'm assuming that when your Berkshire pulled 72 cars there was no track adhesion issues. Was it on a steep grade? By steep I mean 2% or more.