Good morning, and welcome to STEAMday Sunday, where you can post photos and videos of your favorite steam locomotives, and tell us about them.
Just remember to follow the Forum Terms of Service and post only those photos and videos you have taken or those in which you have the written permission of the owner to post.
I will now share with you a couple of videos I took last night of my best steamer: a Lionel Legacy NY Central 10 wheeler with whistle steam. Here she is, rolling down the line hauling 3 NY Central passenger cars, reminiscent of The Put:
About 2 weeks ago, I ran the same steamer on my layout pulling six 15 inch NY Central passenger cars. When I did that, both traction tires spun off the rims of the driving wheels and got tangled in the rods.
I assumed that I would need to replace those traction tires, but it turns out that I didn't need to do so. Instead, I carefully and patiently untangled the tires and re-positioned them in the grooves of the wheels. Also, I substantially lightened the load by having the locomotive hauling three 12 inch passenger cars (running 3 cars is more typical of The Put anyway), and the train ran fine.
Later on today, I will post another video of the same train in a different section of my layout.
Now, let's see what you have.
Arnold
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