Colin Binnie's 'La Belles' for home construction.

[Tony Bird]

Hello Again,

Couldn't do any more without making the piston and finishing the cylinders

Sorry very poor video of first steam run yesterday.



Reasonably happy with the run, when using its own boiler the cylinders will be warmer and the steam hotter so should be easier to start. Need to make a new footplate for the cab as the one made is too short. This will be done before trying the locomotive out on the track as it can only be fitted with the boiler off.

Regards Tony.

 

[shred]

Very nice! Will be great to see it run on some track soon.

 

[Tony Bird]

Hi Shred,

La Belle Anne ran on my test track yesterday. Alas the weather here in Old South Wales was very damp and windy. When the locomotive ran into the wind the burners were blown out. Hopefully the fitting of the smoke box and side tanks will stop the wind blowing down between the frames and doing this. On the bench the locomotive runs OK but still a few things to tweek before starting on the body.

Video



Regards Tony.

 

[Busted Bricks]

Tony, was this ever completed? If so, I'd love to see a picture of it.