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3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George" - stock code 11888

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3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
3 1/2 inch narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway "George"
A 3 1/2 inch gauge "George", Don Young's design based on the locomotives as originally supplied by George England & Company for the Ffestiniog Railway in the 1860s.

Work to date is to a good standard and comprises rolling chassis, bored gunmetal cylinders, brass platework, machined and unmachined castings, lubricator sight feeder with oil tank, tender wheelsets, some beautiful nameplates and an extremely well made TIG-welded and silver soldered boiler.

Parts, castings and drawings for the design are available from Reeves.

length/inches 26
width/inches 9
height/inches 13
weight/kg 25
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material gunmetal
valve type slide
valve gear Stephensons
CE mark n/a non-commercial
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper
boiler construction TIG-welded/silver soldered