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Last Sunday with a cleaned and detailed 87 Crown I went with Dick down to the Geelong Vintage Rally at the Geelong Showgrounds about 120km away. Lots of nice stuff but little steam - Thomas Lord has built a Sentinel waggon look alike over the past 10 years and is nearly at the end. Accomplishing a lot of testing and tuning - it will do about 35kmh! Not bad for home built. He designed and built the boiler and accumulated the running gear and all the rest of the accessories. I went for a run into Geelong with him - it's a bit of a handful at the moment, two knowledgeable persons needed for running. And with solid rubber wheels is a rough ride unless the road surface is really good. Other than tuning the mechanicals he has the tray sides and back to build, and get some signwriting done before it is complete. Here are some shots.
The boiler is fired by sump oil and the extra valves are for controlling oil pre-heat, centrifuge for cleaning, reverse flow to clean filters if necessary, oil flow to the boiler etc. A bit complicated till you get used to it. Will end up with a lot more automatics in time. Quite roomy - will seat 3 with ease. The running gear and chain drive is off various steam trucks, and the engine is made up from the bones of an R Class loco coal feed engine.
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