Summary of FORNEY LIVE STEAM
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Instruction manual forney live steam.
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Forney live steam instructions 1 thank you for purchasing accucraft trains forney live steam locomotive like other fi ne models from accucraft trains. The forney has been designed to provide a lifetime of model railroading plea- sure. The forney is handcrafted in brass and is a precision piece of eq...
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Forney live steam instructions 2 the forney ac77-050 forney 0-4-4 ac77-051 forney 2-4-4 features: ready to run all brass construction piston-type slide valves fixed eccentric piston-type reversing valve water level gauge pressure gauge.
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Forney live steam instructions 3 general information the forney is a freelance, 1:20.3 scale, live-steam locomotive based on bald- win practice. It has been designed to be both simple to operate and sophisti- cated enough to satisfy more experienced modelers. With proper care, your forney should giv...
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Forney live steam instructions 4 safety for your safety, there are certain rules that should be observed, as follows: 1. The safety valve has been set at the factory to release at 30 pounds per square inch of pressure. Never tamper with the safety valve . 2. The fi ring system has been designed to u...
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Forney live steam instructions preparing the engine a steam-locomotive engineer goes through a lighting-up ritual every time the engine is to be run. It is good to follow the same routine each time so that nothing is overlooked. 1. Oil all external moving parts of the engine with a high grade, light...
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Forney live steam instructions 6 firing up the forney’s burner resides at the back of the fl ue inside the boiler. Open the hinged smokebox door at the front of the engine and you’ll be able to see the fl ue. To light up, strike a match and hold it at the open smokebox door while simultaneously open...
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Forney live steam instructions 7 running with the engine on the track, and without a train, open the throttle. Because the cylinders are cold, the hot steam entering them will condense into water and be exhausted out the stack. Hot water squirting out the stack at the start of a run is normal. The f...
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Forney live steam instructions 8 shutting down: at the end of the day’s run, close the throttle snugly. When cool, the safety valve should be loosened to relieve the vacuum that will be created in the boiler. This vacuum could pull oil from the lubricator into the boiler if the throttle is not close...
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Forney live steam instructions 9 limited one-year warranty accucraft trains warrants that the mechanical components of its model trains will be free of any defect or malfunction under normal use for one year of the original purchaser and will remedy any mechanical components which prove to be thus m...
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Forney live steam instructions please read following directions before unpacking your locomotive. 1. Remove foam around the locomotive. Slide the inner box cover to the side, and open the inside cardboard box with a cutting knife. 2. Place taped locomotive on a fl at surface. Carefully cut the tape ...
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