Sold

11161

2 inch scale Burrell DCC "Thetford Town"

A 2 inch scale Burrell DCC Showmans Road Locomotive to Ronald Clarke's highly detailed "Thetford Town" design.

A well-advanced project, the engine has come to us from the family of the late builder. Work to date is to an exceptionally high standard and comprises:

  • Silver soldered copper boiler
  • Front and rear wheels assembled complete with axles, require spokes riveting
  • Front end including smokebox with dynamo platform, door and handles, chimney, perch bracket, spring and front axle
  • Cylinder block assembly, complete with guide bars and crossheads
  • Belly tanks, tender and crane
  • Steering gear with steering wheel, worm gear and chain barrel assembly
  • Crankshaft with flywheel
  • All gearing machined and asssembled, including differential and road gear selector assembly
  • Water pump
  • Reverser assembly, complete with reach rod and weighshaft
  • Connecting rod assemblies
  • Valve gear components, including eccentric straps and sheaves, rods and expansion link
  • Rear axle spring assemblies
  • Quantity loose parts, fasteners and unmachined castings
  • Drawings

Parts and castings for the design are available from Reeves.

Still plenty of work to do but little by way of additional expenditure required, with the potential to produce a very fine engine. If you need some inspiration, there are pictures of one of the nicest examples of a "Thetford Town" we've seen in the archive here.

Technical information

Stock code

11161

Scale

2 inch

Length/inches

28

Width/inches

18

Height/inches

19

Weight/Kg

124

Wheel material

aluminium

Axlebox type

plain bearing

Cylinder material

gunmetal

Valve type

slide

Valve gear

stephensons

Reverser type

pole

Lubricator type

mechanical

Boiler type

locomotive

Boiler construction

silver soldered

Boiler material

copper

CE/UKCA mark

n/a - non-commercial

Differential

yes

Road speed

3

Mechanical pump

1

Date out

May-23

Search