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3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 - stock code 9724

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3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-0 + 0-4-0
We sold this one back in 2018 to a long time customer; it's recently come back as, with retirement abroad pending, he is downsizing his collection. Condition is the same as when it was last here; pictures opposite were taken this week, words below from 2018.

A 3 1/2 inch gauge Heisler 0-4-4-0 to Kozo Hiraoka's excellent design - we've had one or two in before, including a scaled up 5 inch gauge version (there's some video of that one running around at the now defunct Evergreens Miniature Railway in the archive, went like a rocket!).

All have run beautifully, much more capable on the track than their rather quirky looks and American logging railroad ancestory would lead you to believe.

This engine was built some years ago by, we were told, a dentist - it subsequently passed to a friend who kept it for display. Largely complete, although unpainted and currently without a lubricator, it remains in as-new, unsteamed condition - the jewel-like V-twin engine runs well on air in both directions.

The silver soldered copper boiler appears well made with neatly flanged plates and good solder penetration.

The prototypical steam brakes, acting on all wheels, have a dummy cylinder - this could be converted to a working system if desired.

length/inches 29
width/inches 8
height/inches 12
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material gunmetal
valve gear Stephensons
reverser type pole
injector(s) 1
boiler maker non-commercial
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver soldered
safety valve(s) 2
safety valve type spring
hand pump 1