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5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T - stock code 9241

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5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
5 inch gauge "Simplex" 0-6-2T
A 5 inch gauge "Simplex", built as an 0-6-2T variant, making a nicely proportioned engine, somewhat different from the "run of the mill" version of this popular tank locomotive.

An older engine, well-built in the first place and still in good running order - it steams freely and runs very well. There's a short video of it on the rolling road in the workshop here.

The commercially built boiler has had recent hydraulic and steam test, it's fitted with a radiant superheater.

Paintwork is tired, it would be worthwhile project this winter to strip and repaint.

gauge 5 inch
length/inches 35
width/inches 10
height/inches 14
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
valve gear Walschaerts
reverser type pole
lubricator type mechanical
injector(s) 1
boiler number 75294
year built 1984
boiler maker G Tomlinson
CE mark n/a - pre-2002
working pressure/psi 80
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver soldered
hydraulic test valid to 14-Sep-2024
steam test valid to 14-Nov-2021
superheater(s) 1
superheater type radiant
safety valve(s) 2
safety valve type spring
mechanical pump axle
hand pump 1
whistle yes