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1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine - stock code 12900

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1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
1 1/2 inch scale vintage freelance traction engine
A vintage model traction engine. Of freelance - possibly pre-war - design; we'd put it around 1 1/2 inch scale, measuring two and a half feet long and weighing in at nearly a hundredweight.

Scratch-built - apparently without castings - it is well-detailed with pleasing, rather quirky proportions.

The boiler is fired by a pressurised burner, with a tank in the tender fitted with a tyre valve for either a foot or bicycle pump.

The engine runs very well on air in both directions. In deference to its age and condition, we've made no attempt to test the boiler.

scale 1.5
length/inches 29 1/2
width/inches 12 1/2
height/inches 19 1/2
weight/kg 46
wheel material steel
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material gunmetal
valve type slide
valve gear Stephensons
reverser type pole
governor type Watt
lubricator type displacement
safety valve(s) 1
safety valve type spring
hand pump 1