Atomic Systems

Superior, Alpha, Triumph and Superb are now available for download
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Nvincer wrote:
How is 'Superb' coming along?

Ben

I had forgotten all about it! The collection has been submitted for download and ought to be available soon

Exactly so, both machines have one thing in common, they used a valve gear which only their builders used.

Ben, That's excactly what it is! The nearer home clue was to do with the fact that Kitson built a great many such engines, dressed up with full bodywork for tramways of all gauges, and they ran in many towns and cities in the UK. There are 2 surviviors of 3' gauge, one in Belfast (I think) and the o...

Ben,
That is a definite move in the right direction; this loco is rather older, but fundamentally the same as the Irish engine, same builder. It is a little smaller, but the structure on the top is not a roof, it wouldn't keep the rain out, or the sun off.

There is certainly resemblance to the Rotterdam Steam Tramway engines, but mechanically it is very closely related to something much nearer home.

This one's nearly finished, any ideas??
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Here's the other side with an indication of what is under those skirts
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Ben,
Looking good - it's 50 years this month since I first saw this one! I've always liked the Vanderbilt tenders, but I was a little too late to actually see one.

The buffer texture was something I saw at work and just took a picture of while it was there. It was a stainless steel flange blanking plate which had been skimmed on a lathe to give the classic quadrant appearance. Here are both the current machines together
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This one has a connection with the 0-4-2T and might be more easy to recognise
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She's looking pretty good Ben! Did you have to make any adjustments for the x2 version to get her to sit on the rails?

The 0-4-2 has advanced quite a lot, and might be recognisable, though as with the Webb compound the loco could be identified from the first shot.
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Nvincer wrote:I will test it Andrew if you wish.

Ben

Thanks to Ben for testing this, and it is now available for download.
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Not sure where this belongs, but this will do as well as anywhere..
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