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A 3 1/2 inch gauge "King George V", built to the Clarkson design and using their castings. Four cylindered, it pushes along smoothly but is in need of restoration and a repaint. In recent times it has suffered inexpert attention - the cylinder cladding and running boards are only loosely assembled and the eccentric straps are on upside down (which is quite a feat, given that the oiling hole gives a fair clue to which way up you need to put them on!). There is a huge pressure gauge fitted which really wants replacing (though not discarding, it's an early Stuart Turner one which is quite collectable in its own right) and one of the superheaters leaks like a sieve.