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Was at our usual gathering in our Maerkliners loft yesterday.
They are up to an ambitious project.
Project simply is; using a modified water crane to fill in seuth smoke fluid thru the smoke stack of a steam loco. All fully automatic.
Guess this will be the first of its kind .
Now I'll try to describe of what they have done so far: The loco stops next to the water crane and by a servo motor the cranes discharge mouth rotates precicely to the opening of the loco's smoke stack. This precision is achived by using occupancy detectors and Train Controller PC program and not to mention the ECos.
Than, as seen from the second photo, by the help of some gadgets, which I have no clue abt, a predetermined amount of smoke fluid is pumped to the water crane which fills in the smoke generator. Than off the loco goes.
They are still working on it, trying to figure out of a technical solution for all type of steam loco's with different axle lengths. ( the predetermined stoping point of which the loco's smoke stack mouth and the cranes discharge mouth coincides.)
Once the project is finallized shall film and share it.
cheers
Baykal
They are up to an ambitious project.
Project simply is; using a modified water crane to fill in seuth smoke fluid thru the smoke stack of a steam loco. All fully automatic.
Guess this will be the first of its kind .


Now I'll try to describe of what they have done so far: The loco stops next to the water crane and by a servo motor the cranes discharge mouth rotates precicely to the opening of the loco's smoke stack. This precision is achived by using occupancy detectors and Train Controller PC program and not to mention the ECos.
Than, as seen from the second photo, by the help of some gadgets, which I have no clue abt, a predetermined amount of smoke fluid is pumped to the water crane which fills in the smoke generator. Than off the loco goes.
They are still working on it, trying to figure out of a technical solution for all type of steam loco's with different axle lengths. ( the predetermined stoping point of which the loco's smoke stack mouth and the cranes discharge mouth coincides.)
Once the project is finallized shall film and share it.
cheers
Baykal