Great videos. I'm wondering if the track maintenance is a lot of work? I know that you also have a ground level railway as this one is partially, does that add a lot of effort over a raised track?
Ground level track on a firm foundation (e.g. concrete base) and the track glued down is relatively easy to maintain. Indeed much of my track all I need to do is sweep off the leaves / grass and then run trains. I can run my petrol lawnmower wheels over the track without damaging it.
Thank you for sharing your films. The gentlemen who build these locos' -- do they build the bodies from brass, tin or nickel silver please? Thanks and best regards. Kev.
at 15:20 Alex is topping up water mid run using tender hand pump - is it because loco has no axle pump, or because by-pass has been set "incorrectly" ? Thank you, as usual for another great video 👍
The loco only has a hand pump in the tender so Alex has to periodically pump up the water. The same on the J27 and L1 that John is driving. I included the shot of Alex because of comments on previous videos asking to see more of the operation of the locos not just them running .
