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A well advanced traction engine to Len Mason's "Minnie" design, built by a professional machinist on his retirement - twelve years later his interest now lies in locomotives, which are still appearing on a regular basis from his beautifully set up workshop.

The builder thinks that he has completed all the machining - it certainly looks like that going through the carefully labelled boxes that come with the engine. The boiler was built by the estimable John Ellis and comes with his original paperwork with 180psi hydraulic test certificate.

Complete with the original build manual (dissected, ring bound, thoroughly thumbed and annotated).