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4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine - stock code 8440

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4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
4 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
More usually seen in 2 inch scale, this is a doubled up, 4 inch version of John Haining's handsome design for a Durham & North Yorkshire agricultural engine.

It's recently arrived in part exchange for a Feldbahn, the previous owner now embarked on building a railway in an idyllic garden setting, close to one of the major 15 inch gauge railways in the country.

The engine came to us with some boiler history - in recent years it's had a couple of tests, although with no evidence of internal inspection nor cladding removed to inspect condition of the barrel.

We've done an ultrasonic survey to record plate thicknesses and lifted the cladding to inspect the barrel, followed by internal camera inspection with throatplate plugs removed.

The engine has had hydraulic and steam test in recent days, with new certification issued - it steams freely and runs well, the rubber tyres making for a comfortable ride on metalled surfaces.

Complete with a tender-mounted driving seat and water bowser fitted with tool box, the engine is road-registered with V5 document.

scale 4 inch
length/inches 70
width/inches 29
height/inches 44
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
valve gear Stephensons
reverser type pole
governor type Watt
lubricator type mechanical
injector(s) 1
boiler number TT050789030
year built 1989
boiler maker Terry Tillbrook Steam Services
CE mark n/a - pre-2002
working pressure/psi 100
boiler type locomotive
boiler material steel
boiler construction welded, expanded tubes
hydraulic test valid to 3-Mar-2021
steam test valid to 4-May-2020
safety valve(s) 2
safety valve type spring
mechanical pump 1
hand pump 1
whistle yes
road speed(s) 2