We had a few of those 59 at Enfield they were very good to work on at the end of steam We worked them out of Gosford heading to broadmeadow

Spectacular!

Did they overfill the boiler ? The safeties are blowing off. Good to see a 59 on a passenger working. Great film.

A rare thing to capture on film they opened the drains to try and bring the water level down how ever they could you can see the train drop it speed so sudenly

@jameselliott1461

3 жыл бұрын

What drains were they?

@adriankingston4338

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameselliott1461 if my live steam loco primes its the method i use to lower the level in the boiler so the throttle valve isnt picking up water, opening the drain cocks helps stop the loco priming if the firman has overfilled the boiler plus stops the piston rods from bending and the chest covers from fracturing when water gets in the cylinders and creates water hammer, it works well and was captured in the vidio wich is very rare because its not often the firman overfills a boiler.

@1950accordionman

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameselliott1461 The cylinder cocks

@bigkiwimike

2 жыл бұрын

The reason you open the cylinder cocks is to remove the risk of blowing the end out of the cylinders, smashing the piston head or bending a piston. Because the boiler has primed, either by having too much water in the boiler or the water is soupy due to needing a washout, you run the risk of causing a lot of damage due to the fact you cannot compress water. The driver would have shut the regulator briefly to stop the priming. Another problem is the priming, is the water washes out a lot of the lubrication in the cylinders, which increases wear until you can build it up again in the cylinders.

@adriankingston4338

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigkiwimike its not the only reason