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FLMJ-Nytt. Adnalms Förlag (Järnvägar) Edition 5/10 80p FFF-F---ÅnglokÅnglok FLMJ Open Weekend Projekt Folke --- 2 And all the usual regulars… FLMJ-Nytt Edition 5/10; November 15th, 2010. Published by Adnalms Förlag (Järnvägar). Copyright © 2010 to Adnalms Järnvägar. All rights reserved. “Siljan” Readers are welcome to copy parts of “FLMJ-Nytt” 38 Brookside Park provided that such copies are not used to harm the welfare Farnborough of Adnalms Järnvägar or any of its associations. All views GU14 9AZ expressed in this publication are those of the contributors England and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Adnalms +44 (0)1252-377647 Järnvägar or any of its subsidiaries or associations. [email protected] Contents: www.adnalm.org.uk 03 … Editorial 04 … F-lok — a steam flagship 06 … FLMJ Open Weekend EDITOR: 08 … Projekt Folke - 2 Adrian Allum. 10 … Loco Review (updates) 12 … DVD Review Front Cover: 13 … Website Questions Y7 1136 and T21 64 side 14 … News in Brief by side at Månstorp Including Stock Reviews, Rumours, and the usual. during the FLMJ’s Open Weekend in September. As we report in this Next couple of Editions: edition, the event went very well, with very few Edition Press-stop Published problems recorded on 1-2011 January 28th February 7th either day! 2-11 April 8th April 18th Produced with Microsoft Publisher on Windows XP. [C:\Data Files\Publisher\1-FN] Annual Subscription costs £4 (2010), post-free to UK addresses. Elsewhere at cost. To advertise in “FLMJ-Nytt,” A5 portrait = £4; A6 landscape = £2. We will only consider advertisements that are related to our subject; Swedish railways, prototype and model. All Photos by A. Allum, information published in good faith; no liability accepted. unless credited. Also available online (as PDF) at www.adnalm.org.uk E&OE. 2 … FLMJ-Nytt From the Editor… I have bitten the bullet … I have a new printer. This is an Epson product, but without Duplexing, so double sided copies will have to be manually fed. Strangely, although I have set it as the default printer, all the Publisher files need to be reset manually! But I suspect that this is more of a Publisher problem than Epson. It is more of a “Home” printer than “Home and Office,” it doesn’t hold much paper (if compared with the one I’ve thrown out), and the ink cartridges are so small that by the time I have printed this edition, eleven copies of five editions will have used two complete sets of cartridges! But at least we’re back in print. So, fingers crossed (or thumbs held if you’re Swedish), we are back on track; and to mark this, I am giving the journal a little facelift! The overall format is OK, but I think a little tweaking here and there is in order, and our next edition (which I have already been playing with) will have a few differences. The more observant of you will have noticed many errors in the last edition; proof-reading is very difficult ‘on-screen,’ and being unable to print a copy for some time, there were many things that I missed - again, hopefully a problem that is in the past. One problem that is taking much longer to resolve is that of the belligerent landlord. The Police are considering a charge against him, of Deception, which would be heard in a Criminal Court, not Civil. But as with all things British, it is taking a long time to get anything done. But I am not going to allow that problem to cause undue delay with the further projection of the FLMJ; so, Gärde and Fjällnäs, here we come! May I wish all readers the complements of the season approaching, and I thank you for your patience during this difficult year. Adrian Allum. FLMJ-Nytt … 3 F-Ånglok At the beginning of October, a steam locomotive arrived into the FLMJ’s fleet, and it is not one of the awaited models from Jeco. Rather, it is the “F” loco from Heljan! When the model first appeared, it was priced at 4000:- SEK, which was well beyond the FLMJ’s budget. And thankfully so! Within days, reviews from all quarters were expressing upset and disappointment with the model; and as with their T21 diesel locomotive, it is just a poor model with too much super-detailing. With the cost and the reviews combined, it was actually quite easy for the FLMJ to dismiss the model as a possibility for being added to the fleet. A poor show for what was once the flagship of the Swedish railways! Without much warning, the model was suddenly advertised with one retailer for 2480:- SEK! This was quite a temptation. The specification for the model was studied (thanks to the help of “Google Translate”), and one of the model’s key problems, the wheels, had been modified. We decided that at the lower price, with modified wheels, we could afford to take a 4 … FLMJ-Nytt chance on the model, fully aware that there would be no warranty with it, and that we would need to spend a lot of time modifying it. So, we ordered it, and crossed our fingers — or as the Swedes do, we held our thumbs! When the model arrived, it was carefully checked over. Curiously, the front buffer-beam is an attachment for the purchaser to fit. Apart from this, the whistle (mounted on the cab roof) is the only thing that we have attached to the model. Well, the NEM couplings have also been fitted with coupling heads; Roco close couplings, because the NEM boxes appear to be in the correct place. However, the boxes are slightly too deep on the internal dimensions, so the couplings tend to droop a little! Steps are the main omission at the moment, but maybe once the model has been fully run-in, we will add these. That point made, however, there are many flimsy parts on the model; all of the boiler fittings seem to move when the model is handled, and this extends to the running boards! When handling the model, it seems that only the cylinders or wheels are the only strong points. Unfortunately, however, one has markings which could rub off in time, and the other has very lightweight valve-gear attached! The tender is permanently coupled to the loco, and there is a drive shaft going between them. It appears that the locomotive drive wheels are indeed driven, but also, the front bogie wheels on the tender appear to be driven also. A neat trick that should aid adhesion and pulling power. However, as a light loco, its speed varied considerably when ascending or descending the gradients on the Siljansbanan, and with a load, we wonder how well it would in fact, perform. On test, after running in, its performance is actually not all that bad! It did find the irregularities in the track levels and came off a few times. But it ran smoothly … in each direction. There were two versions of the model available, and we opted for number 1207 in the unusual grey/blue livery, so that it would be something different … the other steam locos that we have on order are all likely to be black. Note that unlike British steam locos, the colour is extended over the smokebox, but that the tender is plain black. Being produced by a Danish manufacturer, the model has also been available as the Danish class “E” and we imagine that this is why the top headlamp is missing; it didn’t suit the Danish railway scene! Although there are little issues to address, we are actually pleased with this model … but we do not consider 4000:- SEK a justified figure! _ FLMJ-Nytt … 5 FLMJ Open Weekend With no Open event in July, due to the ongoing rebuilding of the railway, it was decided to have an open weekend in September! We had stopped doing weekend events because it was very difficult to get enough club members to turn up on the Sunday, but for this one event, it was worth a try. A special train was run on the Saturday to declare the rebuilt railway open. Only one guest was present at that point, so his was the honour of cutting the ribbon. Among the guests, we had a Danish “Skinnebuss” with trailer, but being a DCC model, this worked in the wrong direction, and at a scale walking pace when flat out! A few similar railbuses were used in Skåne, southern Sweden, and the manufacturer has produced a suitable model, but the 12v analogue version has sold out already (a good sign for the hobby), and being so localised, we’re not too concerned about getting one for the FLMJ! 6 … FLMJ-Nytt This weekend was also the chance to test the IORE loco following repair, and it worked very well; better than ever before, in fact! TMZ 1410 has now had the Kadee couplings removed as we’re confident that it won’t be needing them now! There is a plan to electrify the railway (overhead cables), but not the Siljansbanan. So to prepare for this situation, we decided that no electric trains were allowed along that section unless a diesel was attached; and thus we have a photo of Du 373 being piloted by T44 349! Finally, the photo of visiting Y2 set at Månstorp shews the new station building here (with more room for scenery behind). The connecting bus is seen to the right! _ FLMJ-Nytt … 7 Projekt Folke - 2 Many years ago, the term “Projekt Folke” was given to a big job that was being done on the railway.