Hello. I've fired this engine, No9 (and tender loco No7), a couple of times on the same route... It's a switchback, with lots of stiff changes in gradient where (just like the standard gauge counterparts would on much longer trips) you do need to use the downhill bits to build steam for the uphill bits, but without blowing off on the downhills - so I can reassure you there is _plenty_ to keep you moving, firing little and often! Plus, at passing loops, you need to shift around to get the best sighting back on your train and Guard to signal to each other you're both happy the train is safely all tucked within the loop to allow another train to pass, then again exiting the loop to be sure you are wholly in the new single line section before radioing the Controller in Aylsham Signal Box to update them where you are.
My thoughts exactly,and I have experience of both locomotive's and marine steam. We once met a guy like that who owned a steamboat and he was a complete nightmare, to all present, at Lochawe on a steamboat rally.
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the driver is a right messer .sit still man.
michael orton like to see you do better
He’s doing his job, properly might I add.
Hello. I've fired this engine, No9 (and tender loco No7), a couple of times on the same route... It's a switchback, with lots of stiff changes in gradient where (just like the standard gauge counterparts would on much longer trips) you do need to use the downhill bits to build steam for the uphill bits, but without blowing off on the downhills - so I can reassure you there is _plenty_ to keep you moving, firing little and often!
Plus, at passing loops, you need to shift around to get the best sighting back on your train and Guard to signal to each other you're both happy the train is safely all tucked within the loop to allow another train to pass, then again exiting the loop to be sure you are wholly in the new single line section before radioing the Controller in Aylsham Signal Box to update them where you are.
My thoughts exactly,and I have experience of both locomotive's and marine steam. We once met a guy like that who owned a steamboat and he was a complete nightmare, to all present, at Lochawe on a steamboat rally.
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