A 3 1/2 inch gauge 4-6-0 tender locomotive, one of a class built for the metre gauge Junagadh State Railway in the 1930s.
The work of a prolific model engineer, it was exhibited at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition some years ago - the last picture opposite shows it there, in well-advanced state.
Since then it has lain dismantled in the builder's workshop. Well on, now in his ninth decade, with building an experimental 2-8-0 BR Standard Class "might have been" his mind is fixed firmly on future projects rather than revisiting previous builds - completion of this one will be down to the next owner.
length/inches | 31 + 20 |
width/inches | 8 1/2 |
height/inches | 12 |
wheel material | cast iron |
valve type | slide |
boiler maker | N Booth |
boiler type | locomotive |
boiler material | copper |
boiler construction | silver-soldered |