Words below are from last time it was here, pictures opposite taken this week.
A venerable example of LBSC's "Petrolea", the great man's take on Holden's T19 class of 4-4-0 built for the Great Eastern Railway from 1886 (although for some unfathomable reason somebody decided to paint it in their idea of GWR livery).
Offered as a restoration project, the regulator is seized open; motion doesn't currently run on air in either direction; the offside coupling rod catches the running board and there's a plug missing from the dome.
A handsome engine, normally seen smartly turned out in Great Eastern dark blue - there are pictures of a nice one (scaled up to 5 inch gauge) which we sold years ago in the archive here.
gauge | 3 1/2 inch |
length/inches | 21 + 18.5 |
width/inches | 6 1/2 |
height/inches | 10 1/2 |
weight/kg | 19 + 8 |
wheel material | cast iron |
axlebox type | plain bearing |
cylinder material | gunmetal |
valve type | slide |
valve gear | Stephensons |
reverser type | pole |
lubricator type | mechanical |
CE mark | n/a - non-commercial |
working pressure/psi | 80 |
boiler type | locomotive |
boiler material | copper |
boiler construction | silver soldered |
superheater(s) | 2 |
superheater type | flue tube |
fusible plug | no |
safety valve(s) | 1 |
safety valve type | spring |
mechanical pump | 1 |
hand pump | 1 |