Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

A question. Where on the loco is the Westinghouse air pump installed please?

 

At the front between the frames, under the smokebox.

Tom

 

Thanks.

 

Looks like Beachy Head was out and about again today - light engine again. Photos of the Bluebell Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/100064682796476/posts/pfbid02JuyL9xvBb4L8g14B5gKRBqEktw4wDucep8KaXt6C1S5vmvE8ZNYJ3fJEuytNfbJzl/

Tom

 

Thats certainly a very impressive looking engine, are there any plans to stage a new builds gala at some point, with 2999, the grange, and Tornado?

 

But Beachy Head isn't a new build. It's got the original regulator handle!

 

But it has more new bits than 2999 or 6880.….....

Andrew

 

Some more Atlantic action on test (plus bonus bits of 34059).

Not my video.



Tom

 

Some nice features in the new Trackside magazine covering some of the loco's first runs with a lot of really nice photos.

 

Looks like the loco is out on a loaded test today. (Wealden Rambler set, so not the full load, which presumably comes later). Nice wet rails too ...

Tom

 

Someone has posted a video on YouTube of 32424 with the Wealden Rambler set from one of the fields outside Horsted Keynes station.

 

Not my video ...



Tom

 

More testing shots (interspersed with 34059 on service trains). Again - not my video.



Tom

 

32424 in action.

 

There's a couple of YouTube shorts appearing too. One by Chris Eden-Green (of Steam Locos In Profile fame) of the loco heading North from Horsted with the 2 Mets and the LNWR Obo and another from someone else of the loco solo at Sheffield Park.

 

Tuesday 16th July 2024 test train

 

That looks just peng. Are the crews finding any foibles in handling? I remember reading Henry Oakley was quite shy footed when it spent a few years at the KWVR which it absolutely wasnt designed for.

 

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It sounds more like some kind of fungal infection.
I feel very old.