On june 7th the T3 was united with the wagon for the first time on our track in Breda. My son Martin made a video that can be seen below:
The first time this year that we steamed the engine. The Covid19 circumstances didn't made it possible to drive the loco earlier. All steam events are cancelled this driving season. But on our track with only two locos in steam, each on it own track, made this a special experience.
Toin took his 14xx along on the raised track.
Parallel driving
The camera man in action.
The wagon passed it test with flying colours; the driving position is good and give a good view on the controls of the loco. The balance on the wagon is great and gives a comfortable and stable sitting position. The brake is working fine and is easy to operate with only a little force applied it is easy to control the actual braking force.
Update: at the end of June 2020 we had the opportunity to test the wagon at the track in Tilburg.
The points on this track (3 gauges available (3½", 5" and 7¼")) were no problem.
The Beer wagon (tool wagon) is already under construction. It has the same under carriage as the Omk, only slightly longer. A lot of parts were already done, while making the Omk. This speeds up the building, because I can now pick most of the parts out of the box and assemble them. The superstructure will be totally different and has yet to be designed and build.
Drawings of the wagon can be downloaded from Grabcad (free of charge 😉)
Click below for direct link to start of construction series of: