As some here know, last year I had a disastrous front end fire on my Accucraft NG/G16. I took to over to Dave Mees for his care and attention, and we met up at the Llangollen Show. I has actually been ready for some time, but both he and I have been very bust, in our differing ways, but at last I'll be getting it back, in time for a birthday party run at the Fenland Light Railway.
I'm sorry to say that I don't know how to move movies on FB to this forum, showing two runs on his beautiful track overlooking the Conwy River Valley, but here are the words that went with them.
David Mees This one was given to me at a show last year to sort it out after a smokebox fire put paid to rear front engine tyres, its wiring harness which was just below the smokebox, flexible high and low pressure front engine pipes, so these have been renewed along with piston rings, gland seals and various other seals and O rings, new battery pack, a complete re-bush of the front engine rods in Phosphor Bronze, rebuild of Safety valves, raising of cowcatchers, reinforcing of front and rear buffer beams where the cowcatchers attach. New vacuum bags too as the old ones were perished. New jets have been fitted and the burners have been slightly modified to reduce the tendency of smokebox fires. It also has a free breathing exhaust in the smokebox.
It has been mostly done for a good while except final timing set and the buffer beam jobs(which only manifested yesterday on test). I was not particularly interested in trialling it nor any others in the depths of winter so it has been completed recently, as in today.
Those with keen eyesight will note the name bestowed on it as well as it being a model of NG130 - Donald Pearse CME, who was sadly taken from us in 2009, and who, along with the late Mike Teece and Godfrey of Pearse Locomotives showed me a good way of fitting r/c to these where the wiring survives 9 times out of 10. The best way in my humble opinion.
Paul Galyer
Smokebox fire?
David Mees
Paul Galyer yes, it has two burners, one in each flue. If they are not balanced in terms of primary air and jetting given the similarities of each, one may go out and feed gas into the smokebox where it can fall out below the register plate and create a bit of an incendiary device which the wiring, flexible pipes and insulated rear tyres don't like.
An absolute must for anyone who has a twin flue Garratt is a small dental mirror so both 'fires' can be checked on light up through the smokebox door. I know this only too well after mine did it when it was only a few weeks old back in 2007- ish.
Paul Galyer
David Mees Wow didn't know about any of that never having owned or operated such a thing. Thanks for the info.
David Mees
Paul Galyer no problem mate. I learned the hard way and wrote the above so others don't have to..
Andrew Giffen
David Mees can relate!!!
I'm sorry to say that I don't know how to move movies on FB to this forum, showing two runs on his beautiful track overlooking the Conwy River Valley, but here are the words that went with them.
David Mees This one was given to me at a show last year to sort it out after a smokebox fire put paid to rear front engine tyres, its wiring harness which was just below the smokebox, flexible high and low pressure front engine pipes, so these have been renewed along with piston rings, gland seals and various other seals and O rings, new battery pack, a complete re-bush of the front engine rods in Phosphor Bronze, rebuild of Safety valves, raising of cowcatchers, reinforcing of front and rear buffer beams where the cowcatchers attach. New vacuum bags too as the old ones were perished. New jets have been fitted and the burners have been slightly modified to reduce the tendency of smokebox fires. It also has a free breathing exhaust in the smokebox.
It has been mostly done for a good while except final timing set and the buffer beam jobs(which only manifested yesterday on test). I was not particularly interested in trialling it nor any others in the depths of winter so it has been completed recently, as in today.
Those with keen eyesight will note the name bestowed on it as well as it being a model of NG130 - Donald Pearse CME, who was sadly taken from us in 2009, and who, along with the late Mike Teece and Godfrey of Pearse Locomotives showed me a good way of fitting r/c to these where the wiring survives 9 times out of 10. The best way in my humble opinion.
Paul Galyer
Smokebox fire?
David Mees
Paul Galyer yes, it has two burners, one in each flue. If they are not balanced in terms of primary air and jetting given the similarities of each, one may go out and feed gas into the smokebox where it can fall out below the register plate and create a bit of an incendiary device which the wiring, flexible pipes and insulated rear tyres don't like.
An absolute must for anyone who has a twin flue Garratt is a small dental mirror so both 'fires' can be checked on light up through the smokebox door. I know this only too well after mine did it when it was only a few weeks old back in 2007- ish.
Paul Galyer
David Mees Wow didn't know about any of that never having owned or operated such a thing. Thanks for the info.
David Mees
Paul Galyer no problem mate. I learned the hard way and wrote the above so others don't have to..
Andrew Giffen
David Mees can relate!!!
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Looks like he'll have to buy a new camera, though, as the two he has don't seem to be able to download movies any more.
