O Gauge Live Steam: David Meyrick Sept 2023

[@lescobrandon3047]

I so enjoyed this video. Here in your former colony, most of our live steam uses larger scales.

[@DrDave_63395]

Glad you enjoyed these miniature live steamers

[@robertwilkinson5632]

Loved the J27 with its train including a 'fitted head' trundling round, very realistic from memory. Thanks

[@DrDave_63395]

John is keen to get the right head codes when he runs. Indeed he will often have some spare lamps in his pocket and change the code between light engine to coupled to the train.

[@robertcomerford375]

Yum, that and a nice evening cuppa..... I will sleep soundly tonight :>)

[@eveninginspace3543]

Engineer Spider keeps loco ready to steam

[@bambukouk]

13:57 my favourite moment 👍 how many wagons was that loco pulling? beautiful layout and great video thank you!

[@davidwhiting1761]

33 including the brake van.

[@bambukouk]

​@@davidwhiting1761 it was very impressive !

[@DrDave_63395]

@@davidwhiting1761 Thanks for saving me the effort of counting🙂 Actually there were a couple of broken wagons (headstock pulled out or axel box failure) during the day. David's near level track and open curves makes these very long trains possible and a joy to watch.

[@bambukouk]

@@DrDave_63395 it was indeed a joy to watch and one of many reasons I love live steam in G0 - realistic long open curves 👍 Talking about "near level" - what would be max gradient they can cope with, please? (1in 70 seems prototypical and it is recommended in G0 "Handbook of Garden Railways")

[@scottyounger7948]

On live steamers of this scale are the outboard cylinders the ones doing the work or is there another inboard cylinder that is actually doing the work and propelling the locomotive? I'm from the US and I'm a welder by trade but I do have some machining experience and the idea of making an O scale live steam model of an American locomotive has always intrigued me.

[@DrDave_63395]

Generally the cylinders are where they are on the prototype. FYI outside cylinder locos are generally easier to make as you have more space.

[@scottyounger7948]

@@DrDave_63395 Thanks, that's what I was thinking but wanted to know for sure. Do you know of anyone in the O gauge Live Steam scene that has made a model of a US locomotive or does everyone that you know of stick with UK prototypes?

[@davidwhiting1761]

Just what is that Mikado? I would think it's a P1, but the tender doesn't look like a Nor' Eastern tender and I didn't think you'd see a belpaire firebox on a Nor' Eastern either.

[@DrDave_63395]

Its a freelance loco inspired by the LNER mikados. Its also coal fired with (for O gauge) a massive firebox. William recently acquired it and this is the first time he ran the engine in public. As you can see it was a very successful run.