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Mamodman123

I had some spare time today so I thought I would give both Dougie and Rosa a run together. It's something I'd never done before so it was a first for me. You will see the layout below, and what and how I was running them both together.

Dougie

I ran him completely standard, i.e, original pistons, safety valve and yes, on SOLID FUEL

He runs great on solid fuel actually, quite suprising! comes up to it's max pressure quicker, but it has an original safety valve, so it has less pressure to build.

Rosa

She's modded out to the max, with safety valve, cylinders, top up valve and meths burner.

She runs great on meths, takes a bit more time to build up that extra pressure though

ideally it may be better to have both loco's the same

but, ,my patio area isn't very level, so Rosa can push Dougie up those hills

Generally I was getting more pulling power up hills

and it was quite good to watch. You may be able to see in the video it was quite windy out there, but the run wasn't hampered too much I thought. I tried running them seperatly but Rosa kept catching up

Video

And there we have it

I may try it again some time. I will eventually get Dougie a meths burner and safety valve. Plus a couple of tenders.

Almost forgot, you can now see the Number 9 on the back which James kindly sent me free of charge

Cheers Jimmy

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Chris · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

Looks good. Did you have to fiddle to get the speeds about the same, or did they just sort themselves out?
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MTA · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

I must admit MM I was rather worried when Dougie passed the camera for the second time and it sounded like a lawnmower

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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject:

Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject:

Graham-Jilly · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject:

cant wait for ours to turn up now hope there was enough track with it
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

steamyjim · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject:

great video MM

SPOKESMAN · Guest

Great idea, ever tried them double-heading?

Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject:

SPOKESMAN · Guest

One behind the other, yours there is a push and pull . . .

Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:

steamyman

nice! you're well "trained" mm.

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yosa · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

Cue the "Push Me Pull You" song from Dr Doolittle.

Great video mate.

Rosa is still a class act.

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