Thank you Russ. Happy Thanksgiving. A happy belated Thanksgiving to our Canadian cousins to the North as well (10/12/2020).


Are you trying out those magnetic rails and drivers on your locomotive? Getting a different view of the land?

Definitely sounds like one of Don's creations. They all ran very well.

Is there/will there be any interference caused by the longer rods? If not, I'd suggest just running them. That is unless you just absolutely cannot stand it.

She's a beauty. Been lurking in your blog and wondering when your next update would pop up. Wes, thanks. Funny, Google decided to quit supporting blogspot, so, any updates will be here. Guess they acquiesced to the might of facebook and instagram. Shame. I'll be sitting here. Patiently awaiting upd...

That, or when photobucket decides to go from a free service to a pay service and holds your photos hostage....

She's a beauty. Been lurking in your blog and wondering when your next update would pop up.

Here are the original guides from our 1909 Doty Compound, and the new guides we made. We just used an indexable milling cutter to cut the groves about 1 mm deep. (Sorry for the photobucket watermark. They're holding my photos hostage.) 20140329_195144_zpsufc26y1x.jpg 20140329_195129_zps06lhxjwd.jpg ...

Indicating the 2,500 HP Triple expansion of the WWII Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'brien.

https://youtu.be/_XVXDdE1iqI

Wooden slats or sheet metal jacket are commonly referred to as the "lagging" in the hobby marine steam world.

Maybe 1/2 or 1x the volume of the boiler? Good question. I'm not sure there is a hard and fast rule for that... Maybe the "Bible" (Steamboats and modern steam launches) or one of Audel's writings would have a suggestion? I would think tall and narrow would reduce possibility of oxygen entrainment ov...