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Grief · 20-09-2005

Richard.

The model sits well in the water. I was pleased to hear it handles well.
That was one of my concerns.

Blowing safety valves is really common with steam plants, Takes a bit of fiddling from what i gather in the pub conversations
Its a shame steam is'nt used more often. A friends owns a real narrowboat with a 100 yr old steam engine for a power plant. It needs two people to pilot it one in the engine room another on the tiller. Its the silence the heat and the smell of coal that appeals

My neighbor has a scale traction engine which looks amazing.
At some point who knows I may take the plunge

Thanks for the pics

Chris

20-09-2005	#14 (permalink)
Grief Scale Model Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Visit Grief's Gallery Posts: 30	Richard. The model sits well in the water. I was pleased to hear it handles well. That was one of my concerns. Blowing safety valves is really common with steam plants, Takes a bit of fiddling from what i gather in the pub conversations Its a shame steam is'nt used more often. A friends owns a real narrowboat with a 100 yr old steam engine for a power plant. It needs two people to pilot it one in the engine room another on the tiller. Its the silence the heat and the smell of coal that appeals My neighbor has a scale traction engine which looks amazing. At some point who knows I may take the plunge Thanks for the pics Chris