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Today, the snow had finally melted and the weather was beautiful, so I fired up my new K28 on my layout for the first time.
It ran very well with a really nice chuffing sound. I ran into two correctable problems. First, it derailed several times at an Aristocraft #6 turnout. Finally, I noticed that the connecting link from the ground throw to the throw bar was sticking up too far and hitting the cylinder drain valve mechanism. There was a fair amount of interference and the loco still made it through without derailing more than half the time. After dinner, I went out and bent up a new low-profile link.
The other problem came when hand pumping water from the tender reservoir into the boiler during the run. The loco was up to its full 60 psig operating pressure and the soft, black rubber hose which came with the loco swelled noticeably with each pump stroke. Finally, the hose split near the boiler and the next pump stroke splashed water everywhere but into the boiler. I have sent an email to Accucraft to ask for their advice. Have any of you run into this? If so, how did you fix it?
Llyn


It ran very well with a really nice chuffing sound. I ran into two correctable problems. First, it derailed several times at an Aristocraft #6 turnout. Finally, I noticed that the connecting link from the ground throw to the throw bar was sticking up too far and hitting the cylinder drain valve mechanism. There was a fair amount of interference and the loco still made it through without derailing more than half the time. After dinner, I went out and bent up a new low-profile link.

The other problem came when hand pumping water from the tender reservoir into the boiler during the run. The loco was up to its full 60 psig operating pressure and the soft, black rubber hose which came with the loco swelled noticeably with each pump stroke. Finally, the hose split near the boiler and the next pump stroke splashed water everywhere but into the boiler. I have sent an email to Accucraft to ask for their advice. Have any of you run into this? If so, how did you fix it?
Llyn