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An exceptionally well 2 inch scale Burrell 8nhp Scenic Showmans road locomotive, finely detailed throughout. Standard of machining is particularly good fit and finish of the motionwork is excellent, silky smooth to turn over it runs very well on air - there's a clip of it in the workshop here.

The builder has gone to great lengths to make the model authentic to prototype; things like the proportion of rear wheel rims and tee rings stand out - they can be oversized on models of this scale, resulting in a slightly clumsy, heavy looking component, on this engine they've been built to scale size and look all the better for it.

Boiler had a twice working pressure shell test and has club certification for same - the engine appears to have been test steamed - probably once only, going by the colour of smokebox and firebox. Given condition of the boiler, motion and (unmarked) tyres, we suspect this one has been occasionally run on air - it's mechanically as-new.

The engine has come to us from a long-time customer, a man who has had several fine engines from us in the past, now down-sizing his collection. The Burrell has been on display in his house since he bought it in 2015 - "too good to steam" in his opinion!