There were 33 engines at the Crank up at Eastmore Steam Railway Station in Somerset with about eighty of us members present. Several Lister D's, a couple of tiddly turn-of-the-century gas engines, a Crossley 1060, Wolseleys both finned and not, a tidy Lister H with a square bodied ML magneto in addition to the more usual A's and B's. There were also N and P Stuart Turner's, a Villiers WXII, vintage tractors, three fifties lorries, a Wolseley 1500 car and two OT exhibits of seed sowers and another of stirrup pumps.
I took my Norman T300 out for walkies and it fired up at once and ran for four odd hours missing the same beats every time! The fan is too efficient and the heads were only hand hot after that time. There is such a thing as measure and I'll have to look at blanking rings for the fan.
On the frugality front, I think it used about half a gallon. This has got a hold of me now and I shall have to do some comparative tests. I've got the Norman T300, a CV of about the same size, a PU4 (compressor cylinder), a PU2 and a PU8. Anyone else want to join in? I was thinking about something pretty simple like run the motor for half an hour on no load and with a topped off tank. Refill after half an hour & measure the quantity required.
It was fun day out after the Christmas blow out and a welcome breath of fresh air.
Where did you go?
Regards,
Kim Siddorn
- who wishes you and yours all the very best for the New Year.