I just bought some Garden Railways back issues and read your article on your fine little steamer, thank you, great job! I have been thinking of doing the same with my Mamod Tractor boiler and a cheap imported 2 cylinder engine. The boiler may not have enough capacity for full throttle but light loads should work!
Thank you for your kind words! I have built a mock-up loco using the Mamod tractor boiler and the attached steam motor, though never finished, It runs fine. The single cylinder Mamod a steam motor allowed me to reverse direction of the motor. You will need to fire it with alcohol to properly heat the water and maintain steam pressure. You may want to consider an aftermarket safety valve that allows higher pressure in the boiler. There are several vendors for these safety valves. Replace at your own risk. Finally, make sure you have a nearly frictionless system of either gears or sprockets/roller chains to get a 1:7 or 1:8 gear ratio for acceptable power and to reduce speed. Thanks again.
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Great little loco. Well done. I built a similar Bush Loco with a Mamod TE1A. I will share this with the folks on the Steam forums. Great railway and videography BTW :-)
Thank you for your kind comments. I used this project as a way for me to learn how to work sheet metal. I had several frustrations and successes along the way, but I have a much better feel on what sheet metal can and cannot do!I plan to build another using the same mechanism placed in a field-built logging locomotive..Love to see your loco. Where can I access photos?
Thank you Markus! The steam locomotive has indeed given many hours of enjoyment. I am currently working on my second Jensen powered locomotive. This next one will represent a logging locomotive.
Jensen is manufactured in the United States. They do not make steam locomotives. They only make steam engines. I used a Jensen engine to custom-make a steam locomotive. Regner, a company in Germany, makes live steam locomotives. They operate wonderfully.
The steam engine is a model 60. The model 60 has plenty of power when geared down at a 1:6 ratio. The 1:6 ratio also greatly reduces the speed, thankfully!
nice layout. not too big. at least the loco decided to run out of water in a place where you could retrive her easly rather than in the back of the layout.:)
Thanks for the comment! Usually the tram begins to gradually slow down when the fire starts to die, so it is somewhat predictable. However, when pulling a load up an incline the stop is more abrupt. I sized the fuel tray to make sure the fuel runs out before the boiler runs dry.
Nice work and layout, very well presented!
Thank you for your kind words.
A fantastic job all around! Very creative modification of the Jensen 65. An extremely nice layout and video-world class.
You are too kind. Thanks.
I just bought some Garden Railways back issues and read your article on your fine little steamer, thank you, great job!
I have been thinking of doing the same with my Mamod Tractor boiler and a cheap imported 2 cylinder engine. The boiler may not have enough capacity for full throttle but light loads should work!
Thank you for your kind words!
I have built a mock-up loco using the Mamod tractor boiler and the attached steam motor, though never finished, It runs fine.
The single cylinder Mamod a steam motor allowed me to reverse direction of the motor.
You will need to fire it with alcohol to properly heat the water and maintain steam pressure.
You may want to consider an aftermarket safety valve that allows higher pressure in the boiler. There are several vendors for these safety valves. Replace at your own risk.
Finally, make sure you have a nearly frictionless system of either gears or sprockets/roller chains to get a 1:7 or 1:8 gear ratio for acceptable power and to reduce speed.
Thanks again.
Wow...!!!! This is fantastic....the machine, the layout... all of it!
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Wow, Your a great engineer. Your train and layout are both top of the line. Great job, Keep em coming. Thanks :)
A wonderful tram. Very usefully modeled. Thank you for showing us the stages in the process and the great running. A real inspiration.
Great little loco. Well done.
I built a similar Bush Loco with a Mamod TE1A. I will share this with the folks on the Steam forums. Great railway and videography BTW :-)
Thank you for your kind comments. I used this project as a way for me to learn how to work sheet metal. I had several frustrations and successes along the way, but I have a much better feel on what sheet metal can and cannot do!I plan to build another using the same mechanism placed in a field-built logging locomotive..Love to see your loco. Where can I access photos?
On my Channel and here specifically. ruclips.net/video/a7dVnnlOLD0/видео.html
Beautiful layout and loco, and amazing that your still replying to comments and these years later!
I am thrilled people find this type of model making interesting. I hope to encourage others to give it try! Thanks for the comment.
WELL DONE , THAT MAN ! Cheers From California 😊
Very Fun!! and So COOL!!!!
Thanks for the positive comments!
Unglaublich schön , Respekt und viele wunderschöne Stunden noch mit der Anlage👍👍👍👍
Thank you Markus! The steam locomotive has indeed given many hours of enjoyment. I am currently working on my second Jensen powered locomotive. This next one will represent a logging locomotive.
Hey!
Where can you buy their locomotives?
I have never seen a live steam locomotive for model railways in Germany!
Have a nice Day
Martin
Jensen is manufactured in the United States. They do not make steam locomotives. They only make steam engines. I used a Jensen engine to custom-make a steam locomotive.
Regner, a company in Germany, makes live steam locomotives. They operate wonderfully.
Great idea, great job!! What do you use to create the smoke?
Smoke is the exhaust steam directed up through the stack. It’s real!
The background trees look like Giant Redwoods!
The garden railway is surrounded by white oaks and maples.
@@bustinboilers It was meant to be a scale comparison.
I never thought of it that way. Nice observation! Thanks.
Beautiful layout. The tram is nicely done.
Thanks Timothy!
You have done brilliantly with that loco, nice one!
Thanks Martyn!
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The scene at 3:47 seems almost real!
Thank you Jacob! I am making plans to rejuvenate the layout this summer with a sawmill that will be powered by a live steam Jensen engine.
Jolly good show!
Thank you!
Awsome! I hawe not taught about this idea.
Could it be done with a Jensen 60?I've had it on my workbench for years wondering what to do with it.
The steam engine is a model 60. The model 60 has plenty of power when geared down at a 1:6 ratio. The 1:6 ratio also greatly reduces the speed, thankfully!
nice layout. not too big. at least the loco decided to run out of water in a place where you could retrive her easly rather than in the back of the layout.:)
Thanks for the comment! Usually the tram begins to gradually slow down when the fire starts to die, so it is somewhat predictable. However, when pulling a load up an incline the stop is more abrupt. I sized the fuel tray to make sure the fuel runs out before the boiler runs dry.
Where did you get the sprockets and chains? I'd love to try to build something like this.
Find SDP/SI on the web. Just one of several sources.
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks so much!
Formidable!
Thanks!
Nice exhaust
Thanks!
What scale is that. Or is it custom track?
The track is G scale aluminum track (about 1 3/4" between rails). The scale of the Tram is 1:20 approximately.
Dale Solum absolutely gorgeous
Dale Solum Had. I not seen you I would have thought the scale 12”:1’.