Allen Models Chloe runnning on air Pt. II - completed engine

This is a quick followup to the original running on air video (at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50oMMslwXDs ) which showed the bare chassis running on a treadmill. I have since integrated the treadmill into the test track so you can roll the engine onto it. (you can no longer pick up the engine, it weighs about 250 - 300 lbs, which is light for a live steamer...)

While you can't see the stephenson valve gear easily any longer, you can see on this side of the engine the valve-rod driven oil pump. On the other side is a crosshead driven water pump.

The occasion for running is having re-assembled the steam dome and needing to test the gaskets and other things for leaks. The hiss at the very beginning of the video is a leaky blowdown valve. This engine now runs and there is a video of its first run on steam here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNQM4tj2jDQ better video to come later.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• live
• steam
• locomotive
• stephenson
• gear
• allen
• models
• chloe
• 2.5
• scale
• 7.5
• gauge

[TFN5459]

Nice engine. It looks like it has a close resemblence to Disneyland's Fred Gurley.

[CaptainHarlock999]

@TFN5459 Thanks. There is a similarity to many Disney engines of the rear tank type.  In actuality, this is directly patterned after Ward Kimball's 3ft gauge "Chloe" which now resides at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum. The colors are all different from mine, but the wheel arrangement and proportions are the same. The Chloe is a bit smaller than the Disney engines used for passenger service.

[rexman92]

@CaptainHarlock999 how did ya getin to these cuz i want in =D

[TFN5459]

Makes me wish I had my own engine. For now, I'm just borrowing engines, namely the Portola Valley Alpine Railroad's club SW1500. I had no clue that Ward's Chloe and this Chloe are the same.

[martinstroetinga]

@wi11y1960 yeah! I'd love to see some steam coming out of the chimney

[thebraveengineer]

Nice loco and vid!.. like your film work seen most of your vids... never do they let me down

[wi11y1960]

How about a vid of it under steam? 

[SierraRailway]

Nice!!!

[jawharp1992]

It's a very beautiful machine!