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Lobo:
Laverdaroo. Um yep, horrendously… eg search ‘eBay 304704600819‘. (£600 or so for an unused model). I never knew I needed one, simply perusing eBay and ouch - very luckily Santa imminent. Yep Steve, the tracks beneath a standing tender gets hot I read; I lazily assumed the boiler but with 100+ watts going through relatively small contact areas you may be right.

They were a very short run by Hornby (4 yrs / 2004’ish?) I think the expense, complexity, relative lack of controllability, and most of all, incompatibility with your existing layout sealed the nail. The voltage and delivery thereof, is incompatible with standard 12v locos, meaning the LiveSteam range needed their own dedicated track. Folk who run them favourably comment on the smell; you are of course poking oil and water fairly regularly into them.

Lobo:
It’s obvious that my love of ICEs has dwindled since we got the EV; which tbh ticks so many boxes being retired, living in the sun & with home solar. But I totally get what you say Ted wrt steam locos; esp standing on the platform as one slowly approaches - the sense that it is actually a breathing / living thing is almost inescapable. Lovely.

YouTube is spooky, and lately has been throwing up clips of large Diesel engines cranking and starting. Often it’ll be a Deltic class loco, or better still, some old girl that’s stood years and being woken up. Fascinating, esp when the video gives a walkthrough of the ‘engine room’ of these Diesel-electrics. Mrs Lobo just rolls her eyes - not a glimmer of hope there… 😂

Laverdaroo:
Thats a shame but I still want one, I haven't dare look yet as TLHG is about, but I will ;)

My brother, being a Train Ned' made sure it rubbed off on me and I always loved the steam but had appreciation for the big sooty diesels. The Deltic was and still is my favourite. I spent years being dragged about behind alsorts of stuff from Warship class engines to 08's and the small shunters that are still used today, up and down the Settle and Carlisle, North York Moors, East coast Mainline, and hundreds of hours on cold, drippy stations, waiting for summut to turn up 

   I've seen these start up videos and seen a few now, brilliant, what a din........and you gotta love the flames ;D I had chance to go into the engine room of a running Deltic whilst somewhere or other when I was about 8 or 9. I was staggered by the sheer noise of the thing and how much wind it produced inside the engine compartment with all the belts, fans, rads etc going like buggery even on tick over. AWSOME engine!

The phrase mentioned earlier 'Spooling up' made me smirk, it was the bit you were always waiting for. Daft really but just made me smirk having a think.

SteveD CB500K0:
Not a train nerd, but didn’t the Deltic have some weird and wonderful cylinder layout?

Perpetuating the thread drift here. 


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--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on January 11, 2023, 06:52:57 AM ---Not a train nerd, but didn’t the Deltic have some weird and wonderful cylinder layout?

Perpetuating the thread drift here. 


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Yes, Deltic deriving from Greek Delta symbol, has a triangle inverted with crankshaft at each node (so one at base, two at top) each one running a set of rods/piston in vee formation, the piston crowns meeting at centre of each bore where combustion takes place ! phew  :)

Each piston rod etc balancing itself against its opposed assembly at compression and bottom of stroke too. Also used in motor torpedo boats i believe.
It's quite a unique configuration and very light for it's power output too as so many power stroke are dispensed within a relatively small area. One hellavu size overall though.
Can only come in slices of three barrels and six piston sectors added together.

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