That's right, another Brazil Class has arrived. This time a Accucraft Excelsior. I got this one at a very good price from a friend who wanted to sell one of his three to fund another engine by Roundhouse. There was one main reason I wanted this particular engine. The cylinders are the originals that it left the factory with. The Excelsior, being Accucraft UK's first live steam engine, quickly gained a reputation for being not particularly powerful and amongst other things, having no super heater, a very loud burner and tiny cylinders. As such most of this type have been fitted with aftermarket larger cylinders which have sorted out most of the problems in the power department. The Excelsior I've brought, doesn't have them fitted. I already own two examples of the Accucraft Leader which is basically a seriously improved Excelsior with larger cylinders, improved burner and a super heater so I was looking for a example of the original design in as close to as built condition as possible to give me something completely different to run when it comes to power and train lengths.
I haven't had a chance to run Excelsior yet but hopefully it won't be too long until I can see what its like when running. Nameplates are on the way from the usual plate along with ones for Millie.
Check back shortly for something different......
Jon
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