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13009

5 inch gauge Lion

A 5 inch gauge Liverpool & Manchester "Lion" to LBSC's "Titfield Thunderbolt" design.

This one's come to us as part of a large collection of locomotives and traction engines, as the owner downsizes in retirement.

We gave the boiler a hydraulic test up to 120psi, at which point there were several leaking stays, with one superheater element leaking at the junction with the header.

The blower valve doesn't close - it was blanked off for the test - and the regulator is passing. The safety valves open but don't re-seat unaided.

Technical information

Stock code

13009

Length/inches

22.5 + 13

Width/inches

8.5

Height/inches

14.5

Weight/Kg

28

Wheel material

cast iron

Axlebox type

plain bearing

Cylinder material

cast iron

Valve type

slide

Valve gear

slip eccentric

Boiler maker

non-commercial

Boiler type

locomotive

Boiler construction

silver solder / brazed

Boiler material

copper

Working pressure

80

CE/UKCA mark

n/a - non-commercial

Year built

unknown

Safety valve type

Salter

Safety valve

2

Hand pump

1

Mechanical pump

1

Injector

1

Superheater type

flue tube

Superheater

2

Date out

Sep-25

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