Bergen Blomstersjov arrangeres på Storetveit kirke 29.–30. august 2026. Det blir hage, kunst og kreative utstillere – og modelljernbane utstilling med fana modelljernbaneklubb! 🚂🌺
Jeg kommer med noen av mine 45 mm damplokomotiv og kjører tog på hagebanen. Kanskje blir det også kullfyring! 🔥
📍 Storetveit kirke, Kirkeveien 25, Bergen
🎟️ Gratis inngang
In a previous post I talked about my dad's old Wilesco D10. A month has passed since then, and the engine has now been successfully restored.
I started by dismantling the piston and eccentric rods, and replacing the missing eccentric disc. Next I removed the boiler and tried to wash it out with vinegar, only to discover that the boiler had a hole in it, so unfortunately it had to be replaced.
Once the new boiler arrived, I put everything back together, gave her a good polish, and finally gave her a steam test. She had a few small leaks which I patched up, but after that she ran beautifully and happily ticked away.
Considering this engine was thought to have been lost or scrapped for years, I'm incredibly happy to have her back and running again.
Her er noen bilder fra Fjordsteam som var en og en halv uke siden.
Last night we were lighting up and when we got to 5 BAR we decided to let the fire go out so we could safely leave it. While the fire was nice and low I got my sandwich and heated it on the shovel.
I have a coal fired Accucraft Edrig and I have had her for about 2 months now, she works well however her axlepump does not work. I tried opening it a little bit, then a lot but the gauge does not go up. The sight glass is also leaking from the top nut. Anyone had any similar thing happen to them?
I have not posted here in a good while, here is a little recap!
I am a volunteer on a railway at the Gamle Vossebanen in Bergen Norway, the line is a section of the old mainline from Bergen to Voss (And then on to Oslo) and every Tuesday during the season, the steam loco group meet at the sheds to carry out maintenance work on the locomotive (Either Type 18c No. 255 or Type 30 No. 271)
Today my job was to clean the smokebox out and help cleaning the wheels and rods with a diesel and paraffin mix (Loco cleaning agent) and shoveling coal to move it in the yard to where it is needed.
If you guys have any questions about railway volunteering i will be happy to answer them!
After 3 runs this is how much ash was in the smokebox.
So I found this D10 in the loft. She originally belonged to my dad before being passed on to my older brother. Apart from being dirty, she's in really good condition, although the whistle is broken and the chimney is missing.
I'd heard my family talking about this engine over the years, and everyone thought she'd been lost or scrapped a long time ago. Then, the day after my birthday, we found her. Last night when I took her into my workshop I found many parts were missing but they have been ordered and she will steam again!
It’s my birthday today and I decided to take Connie out on the line for a spin. I haven’t got the hang of driving her just yet so we ran up and down the sidings.
Could the DHMIS house in the web series and in the tv show be the same house?
(I’m sorry if this doesn’t make any sense, I’m probably looking way too deeply into this)
The kitchen:
Houses change over time so my theory is after DHMIS 1 they paint the kitchen yellow and had the window moved more to the right. Then after DHMIS 5 they could not get the rotting smell out so they got it redone and had an entrance made from the kitchen to the entrance room.
The sitting room:
The sitting room has the same windows and almost the same door placement so maybe they replaced the door and added a window and a fireplace and changed the room colour after the events of DHMIS 2 and moved Colin in there after DHMIS 4.
The bedroom:
In Dhmis 2 the bedroom is this yellow colour and I think that after the room was filled with fish everywhere (fish everywhere 🤷♂️) they had to repaint and redo their room so they probably moved their beds to another place in the room and they did the same in Dhmis tv show.
That was my theory
Had a very pleasant run with my Edrig Connie tonight, had the fire hotter than hell and it blinded me for a second when I was shoveling. I’m very happy with the result!
I have had my Edrig named Connie about 3 weeks now and today we had the best steaming session yet! The engine likes to be fired in a very specific way, she likes her fire up to the fire door and the blower open just a crack. The tricky part is shoveling coal onto the fire before the fire gets too low because if the fire gets too low and you try to fill the firebox up it kills the fire.
Lately I have got a ton of questions about my new engine and I wanted to make a post on here.
I am so happy, already had her 2 weeks and I have already got the hang of firing, I struggle a little bit with the axlepump and blower sometimes but we will get there with time.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask!
Im sorry if links to yt videos are not allowed, please let me know if its not allowed