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7921

3 1/2 inch gauge LNER A1 Pacific "Papyrus"

A finely made 3 1/2 inch gauge LNER A1 Pacific "Papyrus", built to the three cylinder Clarkson design and built using their castings. Bought by the last owner's father from Cherry's of Richmond in the 1970s and still carrying their plaque on the backhead, it's spent the last forty years on display in his house in Ireland.

Kept in a dry, heated house it is in fine mechanical condition, paintwork had gained a dull coating over the years - Claire, with a great deal of elbow grease and careful polishing, has revealed the original excellent paintwork, three shades lighter and ten times shinier than when it arrived! There are one or two paint chips missing which we haven't attempted to touch in, there is a small ding in the boiler cladding.
 
Boiler had had a twice working pressure hydraulic test, however the engine has not been steamed.
 

Technical information

Stock code

7921

Gauge

3 1/2 inch

Length/inches

34+20

Width/inches

7

Height/inches

10

Wheel material

cast iron

Axlebox type

plain bearing

Cylinder material

gunmetal, three cylinder

Valve type

piston

Valve gear

Gresley-Holcroft

Reverser type

screw

Lubricator type

mechanical

Boiler type

locomotive with combustion chamber

Boiler construction

silver soldered

Boiler material

copper

Working pressure

80

CE/UKCA mark

n/a - pre-2002

Year built

pre-1966

Safety valve type

spring

Safety valve

2

Superheater type

flue tube

Superheater

2

Pack

Single half pallet

Date out

Sep-18

Hydraulic test valid to

07-May-22

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