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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: Mamod se3

I would really like a mamod se3 the twin cylinder model. or at least parts of one.
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johnreid · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject:

heres one
http://tinyurl.com/37p266
There is another on Ebay with a $200 starting bid, but no bidders. I believe one went fairly cheap ( relatively speaking ) a short while back.
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject:

Before anyway suggests...

I haven't

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Mister Occlusion · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:

Like I said to Ranger in another thread, more will come along. Be patient.
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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:37 am Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:

Dang, I though you had it for a while. Close but no banana
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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:17 am Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:22 am Post subject:

There will be more. I sure cant for some time now, but I think I would love to have a twin cylinder. Lots of time before I am in the position to buy more so I will enjoy watching your hunt for one.
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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:24 am Post subject:

I'm not sure what I want But I got a good idea

mamod sr1
mamod sw1
mamod se3 or sp5
empire vertical or horizontal
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johnreid · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:52 am Post subject:

I bought my SR1As reasonable, I paid $79 for one and $89 for the other, both were unfired. I still have to decide if I want to keep both, but the pair does look good on the Mantle

Keep your eyes open as they seem to come up on Ebay reasonable all the time.
I also have a SE1A and I have to say it is one of the most fun things to watch, it goes like a demon.
What is it about verticals that fascinate so many? I am of the belief that a horizontal is far more efficient as the heated surface is larger.
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Mister Occlusion · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:20 am Post subject:

I dunno what it is about the standy-uppys.... Just something different from the norm?

Also don't know about the heat for the electrics, but the Wilesco D455 has a nice big pipe going up the middle of it. First time I ran it I darn near singed the hair off my hands getting too close to that chimney (the pre-gauntlet era..). Of course, heat up the stack is heat wasted, but then you've got the same situation with horizontals and heat wafting rapidly up the sides.

I'm going to do like Tom and get a pressure gauge for a D21 to stick on my 455 (some day). Will be interesting to see what sort of pressure it'll maintain. Of course I've got nothing else that compares directly to it in a horizontal, save for Old Smokey, and his boiler is smaller...

Oh Ranger... If only I had known you were going to fumble that one...

But then I never did get a repsonse from the seller about unblocking me either, so sucks to be him too.

I'm going to hope to snag that one in Ontario instead, provided no daft wully decides to contest it.... darn near overpriced as it is for the north american market, by all recent accounts..
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MooseMan · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:06 am Post subject:

[quote="Mister Occlusion"Of course, heat up the stack is heat wasted, but then you've got the same situation with horizontals and heat wafting rapidly up the sides.
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Well, that's what I used to think, until I got an engine on which the firebox had been replaced by a very tight fitting number where the hot air wouldn't waft up the sides....wouldn't run for toffee until I allowed for air passage....I've since had to remedy a similar problem in a Bowman loco. The flow of hot air around a boiler and in the case of the 455 through the flue makes a huge contribution to the steam raising capacity of the boiler.
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Cranko · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:10 am Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

I agree to that point, the flue makes the 455 more efficient than many Verticals. In fact I will eat my words and say that if I could afford one, the 455 would be a big temptation.
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