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7622

5 inch gauge GWR 4575 Prairie

A 5 inch gauge GWR 4575 small Prairie, a nicely built and well-detailed model, right down to the sight feed lubricator with regulator-linked atomiser valve and condensing coil in the cab roof. An older model, it's obviously been run in the past, it remains in good mechanical order, fit and finish of the machining is good throughout.

Steel boiler with brazed tubes, four element flue tube superheater. Feed by crosshead pump with bypass and injector. Gunmetal cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson's gear with pole reverser in cab. Displacement lubricator with sight feeder, condensing coil on fountain. Steam brake.

Length 40 inches
Width 10 inches
Height 15 inches

Technical information

Stock code

7622

Gauge

5 inch

Length/inches

41

Width/inches

11

Height/inches

16

Cylinder material

gunmetal

Valve type

slide

Valve gear

Stephensons

Reverser type

pole

Lubricator type

displacement

Boiler maker

unknown

Boiler type

locomotive

Boiler material

steel

CE/UKCA mark

no

Year built

unknown

Safety valve type

spring

Safety valve

1

Mechanical pump

1

Injector

1

Superheater type

flue tube

Superheater

4

Pack

Single half pallet

Date out

Aug-18

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