Coal Fired L&B in 16mm - Part 2: In Steam!

After raising steam in Part 1, here is the John Shawe L&B "Ace" running smoothly at the Summerlands Light railway. What the video doesn't show is the coupling snapping off, runnng out of water, losing the fire, losing the pump handle at the wrong moment and a lot of running about on my part! There are more relaxing ways to spend an afternoon! Once again, no Chuffers were used in the making of this film and you can see the story of "Ace" on the Summerlands Chuffer website under the My Railway tab.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 16mm
• SM32
• Roundhouse
• L&B
• Lynton Barnstaple
• John Shawe
• Garden Railway
• Summerlandsteam
• summerlands chuffer
• coal fired

[sirgresley6007]

Where did you get that model from, can you get it in kit form and how much didi it cost.

[Summerlandsteam]

@sirgresley6007 - This loco was the first Roundhouse L&B loco converted by John Shawe of John Shawe Steam Services. It is a one-off and nobody is currently making a coal fired version of this loco. I bought it at auction and the story is on my website under "My Railway". DJB Engineering do a kit for a gas fired version and coal fired kits to convert Accucraft Ragleths - maybe one day they will convert the new Lyn.

Cheers

Chris

[thomasrosiefan1]

I wish I could a full size version of Ace just like Lyd.

[Summerlandsteam]

@thomasrosiefan1 - Yes - me too! I hope to see Lyd at the L&B later this month.

Cheers

Chris

[laalrattysbrother]

Nice pair of vids, a friend has a coal fired L&B loco, it's a great runner although its got radio fitted

[Summerlandsteam]

Thanks Chris - and this one did have single channel R/C and a fixed roof when I got it. The only access was through that flap which was impossible! The radio had to go and the roof made to lift off. The advantage of radio is that you can avoid stalling and so don't need the blower on all the time.

Cheers

Chris

[thomasrosiefan1]

@Summerlandsteam Here's a fact, Lew was 188 and Lyd (when repainted) will be 190 which means there should be a 189 and Ace would be great canidate.

[Summerlandsteam]

@jobjob76 - I can't argue with that!

Cheers

Chris

[DAKOTA56777]

But coal or wood to be greener is easy on larger 5" models like i prefur.

[Summerlandsteam]

Thanks Jamie - but gas is a lot more relaxing!!!!

Cheers

Chris