Accucraft trains C.P. Royal Hudson Live Steam - Alcohol Fired Instruction manual - page 6
C.P. Royal Hudson Live Steam - Alcohol Fired
Use only distilled water in your
engine’s boiler. Tap water contains
minerals that will leach out, cloud the
water glass, and ultimately affect the
performance of the engine.
Your locomotive burns denatured
alcohol. The fuel tank is located in
the tender beneath the oil bunker.
Alcohol can be purchased at most
home improvement stores.
The alcohol should be either Methyl
alcohol or preferably Ethyl alcohol
which will burn at a higher tempera-
ture, making the locomotive more effi-
cient.
Use a syringe or a small funnel to fill
the fuel tank with alcohol. The tank
is designed to meter the fuel into the
burner. It should saturate the wick
material without leaking out over the
top of the burner causing a pud-
dle of alcohol under the locomotive.
Completely clear up any split alcohol
before attempting to light burner.
When fueling the locomotive the fuel
valve should be shut. Replace filler
cap immediately after filling tank. The
alcohol will cause the O-ring to dry
out, use a small drop of machine oil on
the O-ring to keep it pliable.
Firing Up:
Close the throttle and blower valve.
Place the battery powered suction fan
in the smoke stack, but do not turn
it on yet. Open the fuel valve on the
tender 1/2 turn. Wait until the burner
wicks are saturated with fuel. Open
the fire door with the pull wire and light
with a fire stick. Make sure the burner
is lit by looking in the fire door, then
immediately turn on the suction fan.
It will take approximately 7 minutes
to raise pressure. Once the gauge
reaches 20 lbs, you can shut off and
remove suction fan from the stack
and then turn on the engines internal
blower. At this point steam will rise
rapidly!
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C.P. Royal Hudson Live Steam - Alcohol Fired
Condensation that has formed in the
blower line will run out the bottom
of the locomotive, and then the dry
steam will blast up the stack creating
a draft pulling the hot gases forward
through the flues. When the gauge
reads 50 lbs. the engine is ready to
run.
Drain Cocks:
This locomotive is fitted with working
drain cocks on the cylinders. When
first starting out, the cocks should
be open (levers moved to “outside”
positions). This will allow water in the
cylinders to drain while the cylinders
heat up to working temperature.
As steam enters cold cylinders, it
condenses, so expect a fair amount
of water to come out at the beginning
of each run. Once the cylinders have
warmed up, you can close the drain
cocks. To close them, move the levers
to the “up” position.
Running:
Move the reversing lever at the right
side of the cab to the forward posi-
tion. With the engine on the track,
and without a train, open the throttle.
The engine may need to be pushed a
little to overcome the steam condens-
ing into water in the cold cylinders,
but the open drain cocks will minimize
this. After a few moments, the engine
should take off on its own, moving
away smoothly.
Once the engine is running smoothly,
a train can be coupled on and the run
can proceed.
Since all of the locomotive’s functions
are controlled from the cab, it can be
driven like a full-size engine, meaning
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