Coal Fired Little Engines

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2 жыл бұрын

Trials and tribulations of firing small steam locomotives with coal.
My Railway Mania Podcast 'The Magic of Steam':
• Capturing the Magic of...
My magazine article in 'Eisenbahn Klassik'
www.nordsuedexpress.de/

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@joedyhicks9415 Ай бұрын

Wonderful video and your production and narration is fantastic.

@warlordsquerk5338 2 жыл бұрын

Those are beautiful little locomotives!

@flippop101 2 жыл бұрын

We have all had to endure the indignity of a none starter at some point, but that Tolhurst model is a stunner. I heard your podcast and enjoyed every minute of it. Great to see one of your videos again, very enjoyable.

@Flachschieber 2 жыл бұрын

I love these films about the little steam locomotives in the garden.

@johnmorgan1102 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back Jonathan. Enjoyed the video as ever.

@steamgent4592 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, nice you're still with us. Was beginning to think Covid got you and took you from us. Great to see you and the steam. looking forward to you editing more of those Shed bash films you shared. Plus now that you're home preserved railways, live steam clubs, and any mainline steam you catch!😊

@timothyboles6457 6 ай бұрын

The best part of the live steam hobby is the people. Always ready to share knowledge and experience

@jasonstevens7957 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid and very glad you have more vids out again, your interview on Railway Mania was fascinating! Your recordings should be in a museum!

@busterboy7505 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you again Jonathan, love watching and listening to your videos, 👍👍.

@jimcooper786 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for returning to KZfaq! I’ve been back over your videos many times. Please upload more, and more. Oh and more 😀 All the best

@Michael-Madrid 2 жыл бұрын

Missed your videos, thank you for the up load, some nice locos :)

@ID2956 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful video, Mr Guilbert! Thank you vor sharing.

@RailwayManiaNet 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for being an awesome podcast guest!

@matteomarmiroli1713 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back uploading!

@MrGridStrom 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, and beautiful trains. I've always been amazed at how such competitively small pistons can have so much power, they must be very well made.

@chiefauditor1683 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back!

@thijsrikkerink6333 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're back

@CandidZulu 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting, really enjoyed this. Lovely railway!

@voxnut 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, glad to have you back!

@NathanielKempson 2 жыл бұрын

YOU HAVE RETURNED!! Fantastic video, as always. Great to see live steam in the garden, always been tempted myself but id HAVE to go with radio control live steam otherwise id be going mad chasing it all the time XD

@lukenoble3319 2 жыл бұрын

A truly fascinating watch! The shots of the guys all prepping their locos were strongly reminiscent of footage of cleaners prepping locos at large mainline sheds - an interesting 21st century parallel. Your feature in Corb's podcast was also fantastic, great to hear more about your behind the scenes and creative processes.

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Luke, hope you've had a chance to look at the video of my visit to Edge Hill Depot I did in 1968: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldKIoJthtJqbk4U.html

@JaBBerSmack 2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to see you again! I found your channel in late 2020 and after watching a multitude of your documentaries and other videos I lost you for well over a year. Every few months I would try to find your videos again but with no such luck.

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the comment I'm glad you're back. If you subscribe to the channel you may have a better chance of finding me.

@JaBBerSmack 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions I was subscribed. The funny thing was, I forgot the name!

@brennenseibert6708 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions im glad your back

@jamesbetts5027 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video and narration.

@kalebpeart8458 2 жыл бұрын

I listened to that podcast episode just the other day! Must say as only a casual viewer of your channel only stumbling across it for your videos on your simplex it wasn’t until listening to that podcast did I find out about your other videos on the collieries. Then promptly went and watched them all!

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kaleb, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Stay in touch there more colliery and mainline steam to come.

@PowerTrain611 2 жыл бұрын

I have a gas fire accucraft ruby. It's hard enough to get a good mix of gas flow for the amount of work the engine is doing with that. I can only imagine coal firing the same engine... I do have a Goodall valve and a squirt bottle for it though, it's a huge help for when I end up running out of gas before I should because it's so hard to get the flow just right when steaming up!

@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695 2 жыл бұрын

I find that the turbo blue butane that rural king has in store works best for my ruby I start by using as small of a flame as I can until I see the pressure gauge move then I ramp it up i also can't get the gas to vaporize when below sixty thinking about making some heating system with a small water tank

@PowerTrain611 2 жыл бұрын

@@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695 I'll have to give that brand a try once I get a new valve rod, mine snapped off in the valve while I was making adjustments this past winter.

@fabrizioviscardi40 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting movie! Cheers Fabrizio

@yeo5811 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve Come back!

@mattseymour8637 2 жыл бұрын

Great filming! These small locos are great and also challenging to steam as well because of their small size. A real skill to keep in steam but go well when the get going!

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, very true. I find it to be the case every time I steam my engine.

@mattseymour8637 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions Yes that is what I experience with my loco and it's not as small as these ones.

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattseymour8637 I remember our discussions on the subject.

@mattseymour8637 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions Yes your advice was very helpful and now more efficient at steaming my engines. But even when experienced still a challenge at times due to the size.

@chrisdecato 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Stuff!! Nice to see you at it!

@zacharyrollick6169 2 жыл бұрын

Such a fascinating hobby.

@laaity 2 жыл бұрын

The man the mith the legend is back

@JanetStarChild 2 жыл бұрын

Those little engines are precious.

@artfulldodger5597 2 жыл бұрын

I am still getting the hang of my Roundhouse/Riverdale Elke, probably the only one in the USA.

@jasonstevens7957 2 жыл бұрын

After we have watched them of course!

@maartenbrinker 2 жыл бұрын

A new video. Yes!

@lexdmitriew1452 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, please show me how you make the wheels and connect to the frame of the locomotive.

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

If you search the web there are many explanations about building these locos including the frames and wheels.

@patricklenart4376 2 жыл бұрын

Jonathan,Have you ever considered about Hornby Live Steam in OO,because the Mallard Set is Hornby’s Engineering at it’s best.

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Patrick, they look interesting though it's not an area I'd want to get into because they are too small for me.

@railway187 2 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing 🤩

@mazack00 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool! I wonder how hard it would be to have little RC engineers and brake men to man the controls..

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

If you could make them they would sell like hot cakes.

@brennenseibert1614 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions I hope your engine Joan is ok

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@brennenseibert1614 Running vry well, thanks. I'll make another video soon.

@brennenseibert1614 2 жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions what was wrong with joan

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@brennenseibert1614 There was and is nothing wrong with the Joan.

@EliasAbejo-jy3vy Жыл бұрын

Hello, where can you find coal-fired gauge 1/g-scale trains? Most trains I see online are butane/gas or alcohol fired. I was also wondering if you can convert butane fired to coal? Thanks.

@GandyDancerProductions Жыл бұрын

It's not easy to find a supplier. Riverdale Locomotives (they have a website) make boiler kits for Roundhouse locos and DJB Engineering (they have a Facebook page and website) make complete locos. Both have a long waiting list of orders.

@wolforzo9816 Жыл бұрын

at 3:30 how does no steam pressure escape, or go into the bottle?

@GandyDancerProductions Жыл бұрын

Here's a non return valve on the engine feed which allows water into the boiler but no steam or pressure to come out.

@wolforzo9816 Жыл бұрын

@@GandyDancerProductions very cool, may I ask what the engine feed does?

@GandyDancerProductions Жыл бұрын

@@wolforzo9816 The engine feed is the water feed that is the pipe that gets the water into the boiler.

@Dredge_Hog 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know where I can get those from engines?

@GandyDancerProductions 2 жыл бұрын

There's no big manufacturer who makes these. There are a some small suppliers like DJB Model Engineering. You can find them on the web or Facebook. I have no experience of their coal fired models though I do have a gas fire model of theirs and it's very good.