Joy Machine

After the burning of more midnight oil, accompanied by the sound of coins being dropped into a swear box, Himself has completed valve gear on the other side of Lyd's chassis.



Our Lyd is going to be a pure-bred Backwoods kit. No cheating with simplified Joy valve gear or grafting on a Grafar shunter chassis here, this one's the real deal, built as Pete McParlin planned. (And proof that it is possible to build them that way!)

There's been a bit more progress on the body as well, mainly around the cow-catchers on the front and rear buffer beams. (I suspect that's not what the L&B called these devices and am open to correction.)

Himself did mention that there is some video evidence of the chassis on test and if I receive it through the ether in due course I shall attempt to post it here.

I should think there's every chance now that Lyd will be ready to undertake some public test runs on Dduallt when it comes out of retirement at Railex in Stoke Mandeville next month. Maybe see some of you there too??