O Gauge Live Steam David Meyrick July 2022
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Just before the weather got really hot and dry, David Meyrick opened his garden for live steam running on 2nd July. As you can see from the video, the weather was typical for the UK with a mixture of sunshine and showers. However our enthusiasm was not dampened with many excellent runs including from some engines not seen before. Indeed the overcast weather enhanced the steam effects.
There are several passing shots. My favourite shows the contrast between David's slow moving GWR heavy goods engine on a long mixed freight train and John's LNER Shire racing past at the head of a set of teak coaches. For a time, John and Jack shared running on the outside. John driving a passenger train headed by LNER L1 and Jack driving a coal train of NER hoppers headed by a LNER J21. Jack would periodically draw into the goods avoiding line to allow the faster passenger train to pass - so prototypical.
I'm indebted to William Hart and Graham Sheppard who provided some clips.
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - CR Dunalastair IV Rafe
00:55 - LNER L1 John
03:53 - LNER J27 Jack
05:00 - West Country Graham
05:48 - GWR 2-8-0 David
07:16 - LNER D49 John
08:56 - GNR Atlantic Dave
13:58 - GNR coal fired Atlantic John
16:21 - LNER B6 Rafe.
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Marvellous! That 2-8-0 is pulling such a train and all the models are so well run and realistic ❤
@DrDave_63395
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We regularly pull 40+ wagon trains on David’s track. His 2-8-0 performed well as it usually does
Thanks again Dave, hope I get a lottery win one day so I can enjoy a day out with all of you :>)
An O gauge live steam loco pulling a train of 10+ coaches is a testament to the builder. That's seriously impressive. Regards the very lovely SR rake of coaches, are these all scratchbuilt, or are they LMC models please?
@DrDave_63395
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David Meyrick tells me he built these coaches from Westdale kits and painted them. But they are something of a cheat. The two end vehicles, a Brake third and a Brake composite, are models of Southern steam stock. Westdale models produce the aluminium shells with tumblehome going along the entire length. David had to cut where the tumblehome joins the luggage end and squeeze that part flat and fit a fillet where they join. The trailer coaches are all "borrowed" from his 6-PUL and 6-PAN Brighton electric sets, so have no business being included in a steam set! The Southern never had a nine-coach set! Put it down to poetic licence. The Steam boys don't seem to notice! All coaches have ball-race bearings making them very free-running and they also have magnetic couplings within the set; the brake ends have conventional couplings to allow coupling to the loco.
Hi there, I thought Gauge 1 was the smallest live steam option! Nice to see these locomotives, does anyone build 0 Gauge live steam that one can purchase?
@DrDave_63395
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There are some Bowman/ Bassett Lowke / Burton Leech externally fired locomotives which sometimes come up on eBay etc. However I do not know anyone commercially making internally fired 7mm (O gauge) live steam engines. That said, the LBSC designs for Owl and BAT are readily available and give a step by step guide to making one. And the GOG Live Steam book is also an excellent source. I'm happy to advise if you are interested.
Are these models scratch built? They’re beautiful. The Atlantic is one of my favorites.
@DrDave_63395
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Yes modes of these are scratch built. I prefer the NER Atlantic but had the opportunity to get this excellent example of a GNR Atlantic. She is a delight to run.