5 inch gauge lion

I had a lovely drive on a 5 inch gauge lion at the Ipswich Model Engineering Sosiety. It is a wonderfull loco which steams like anything and was built by my good friend David Mordequi. The only problem was that the regulator was a bit stiff. With a working injectore and a huge fire box it is easy to keep in steam with few problems along the way. It pulls up to 6 people and can run nice and slowly (my favorite!) I had a really good time driving and David likes to see his model from a lineside view for once!

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• suffolk
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[omnibus360]

a lovely engine that is you should be proud to be able to drive it :P

[DebenValleyLightRail]

It is great fun to drive but I got a really stiff back and knees from the awkward lean forward knees bend possition of driving on a raised track with a tender loco that I have never done before- this is the first tender loco I have ever driven!!!

[ADMIRALSCORNER]

That looks like great fun! It must be great to know you have created something so like the real thing!

[DebenValleyLightRail]

Many thanks but I am afraid to say that my friend David built this loco! He is increadibly skilled and half the time says

'just threw it togethor' !! It is a realy lovely loco with shed loads of charactor

[cgvout]

What are the two vertical tubes on either side of the pressure gauge? Where can I find more information on early steam locomotive?

[DebenValleyLightRail]

I am terribly sorry, I though I had posted the answer about a week ago but obviously something went wrong! Thank you silver760, the two safety valves are set to go off at slighlty different pressures so that more steam is let out at the highjer pressure.

[EastwoodBirds]

Good ol" Titfield Thunderbolt!

[M1911A1]

It looks almost too small to ride on! Very cool.

[silver760]

those contain the springs that hold the safety valve closed,when the steam pressure is high enough to overcome the spring the safety valve opens to prevent the pressure getting any higher,there are two safety valves fitted,incase one should fail to open,there are adjusters above the springs/casings to preload/set the release pressure.hope that helps