Year End Garden Railway Steam-up 2024 - 7/8ths Scale Live Steam

Final steam-up for 2024. Hunslet "Jack” locomotive in 7/8ths scale (Gauge 1) pulling a heavy load of gravel skips then a couple of sheep wagons.

[@nawecreation334]

Very nice 👍👍👍

[@steamon45]

Good video John, and nice to see "Bunji" doing some work. on gravel skips and a sheep wagon train.

[@TinkerInTheShop]

Always inspiring, thanks.

[@CharlesTrains99]

A very nice video, thanks for sharing.

[@mrowl-the-dsm1304]

Hello from the UK, really enjoyed that, and some good video angles and shots, Happy New year from all at the GCLR

[@SteamDriven]

Thanks for your kind comments all the way from the UK... I'm originally from glorious Merseyside :)

[@mrowl-the-dsm1304]

@@SteamDriven my pleasure, lovely loco, I am in the West Midlands

[@Gauge1LiveSteam]

Nice run. Has anyone ever tried mechanical lubricators or injectors on 7/8 steam? They are used sometimes on 3.5" gauge

[@SteamDriven]

I have built a 3.5" gauge also and used the smallest available injector... my guess is that if you tried fitting one to a 7/8ths scale then it would instantly "kill" the boiler pressure given the small volume of these boilers and then knock itself off. As for mechanical lubricators, technically it can be done but my guess, again, is that it would deliver way way way too much oil. These locos only need the smallest (minuscule) amount of oil.