I did see some electric live steam locos at a display once. They had a flash boiler that was heated by an electric element so that speed could be controlled by the current from the rails. The best of both worlds? Hopefully not the worst.
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People have done some work civilizing the Mamod locomotive. If you look in my picture, you see a lever sticking up in front of the "smoke box". This is a throttle/reversing lever (straight up is "stop"). Some people have managed to fit this with radio control. I think there may even be kits to do this.
I'd say the next step after that is a butane heater for the boiler. I don't think you can get vast increases in power from this thing before the safety valve opens and you start to spray hot water everywhere, but a more consistent, longer lasting fire would help.
There's a county park near me where a couple of acres have been deeded off to a live steam club. They are running engines that may top 1,000 lbs. on 7.5" gauge track. If I had all the time and money in the world, I would join this club and get a locomotive.
I don't, so I won't!
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Oh Happy days!! I learned a lot about mechanics with meccano. Still have a lot of it up in the loft including a no 10 set in original box with clockwork motor. An excellent educational toy. Back in the "old days" I taught Metalwork and a stationary single cylinder steam traction engine was one of the projects in my repertoire!. Ken Finch.
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Originally posted by Brian Fretwell View PostThat clock looks as if several #10 kits have gone into it.
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