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Photo 1: Gunther, our siberian cat met my engine Lyn and started clawing at her

Photo 2: Douglas my cockapoo (Can you guess who I named him after?) with an engine driver cap

Photo 3: Gunther's brother Francis meeting Russell for the first time, he was a bit skeptical because to a cat, steam engines probably smell very strange.

Photo 4: Younger Francis with Lyn

Right after my quarry Hunslet was moved into the sidings she dropped all of her rods off on her left side.
If this happens to your engine just get an Alan key which you would use to regauge an engine and tighten the grub screws.

Gratulerer med dagen alle sammen!

Hilsen SESR Jernbanen

Tuut tuut Hurra!

Gratulerer med dagen alle sammen!

Hilsen SESR Jernbanen

Tuut tuut Hurra!

So I know I’ve posted a bit about my new coal-fired engine, but not much about her old boiler. I still own the old boiler, and I decided to have a bit of fun with it.

I ordered a Smudger number plate and a “No. 2” plate to stick on with double-sided tape or something at railway shows, because people absolutely love Thomas the Tank Engine references. And if anyone notices and asks about it, I can just jokingly say, “Yeah, it used to be an engine, but it was naughty so it got cannibalized for parts." which to be honest is not too far from the truth.

The track on my layout is a bit iffy currently so I sent my decauville 7 ton out with a few trucks to test the rails.
Please note the track is not perfect and I have ordered more track. We’re currently working with what we have

I love getting sunset shots of my engines!

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My friends seemed to like these pics so I decided to post them here

Here are a few clips of her running:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIAc9DX4DVk

For the past year I have been the proud owner of this little engine right here, an Accucraft Edrig locomotive in GWR Green. I have named her Connie after Connie Francis because the day I bought her I heard Pretty Little Baby for the first time and I thought yea that name fits. In October I took her out for a photoshoot by the sea before sending her off to DJB Engineering in December for a full coal boiler conversion. This boiler will be 60PSI working pressure, after being at the works for 5 months now, the boiler has been fitted and she is going to be fitted with hollowed out water tanks and balance pipe and a mechanical injector (Technical term for Axlepump) she will also get a whistle fitted to her which I have heard rumors of the whistle being so loud that you can hear it from inside.

Been a while since I have posted about my Edrig engine Connie and first of all I would just like to thank everyone for the awesome feedback on my previous post.

Anyway on with the update, when we last left Connie she was on her way to the workshop and now its 5 months later and now... the boiler arrived!

I got an email 2 days ago where I got a photo of the new boiler with the smokebox assembled.

(The last 2 photos were from DJB Engineering)