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6786

3 1/2 inch gauge "Virginia" 4-4-0


A finely built early American 4-4-0 to LBSC's popular "Virginia" design - built as one of a pair by an experienced builder, its sibling has been running around for the last twenty years, this one was only finished off earlier this year, it's new and unsteamed.

Silver soldered copper boiler, nutted and calked firebox stays, 80psi working pressure. Feed by injector and axle pump with auxiliary hand pump in the tender. Gunmetal cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson's gear with pole reverser in cab. Mechanical lubricator.

Length
Locomotive 28 inches
Tender 18 inches

Technical information

Stock code

6786

Gauge

3 1/2 inch

Boiler type

locomotive

Boiler construction

brazed, nutted & calked

Boiler material

copper

Working pressure

80

CE/UKCA mark

n/a - non-commercial

Boiler number

6786

Safety valve type

spring

Safety valve

1

Fusible plug

no

Superheater type

flue tube

Superheater

3

Date out

Mar-16

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