Sold October 2006 Back to Archive

A well advanced project, the builder - now into his eighth decade and still energetically pursuing interests ranging from his gauge 1 garden railway and motorcycles to Landrovers - has decided that, after twenty years work on this one, it's time for younger hands to finish the job.

Work to date is to a high standard and includes:

• Commercially built steel boiler with manufacturer's initial shell test certificate
• Cylinder assembly
• Valve gear assembly including weighshaft, reach rod, lifting links and valve rods
• Reversing lever with stand and quadrant
• Crankshaft assembly with connecting rod, valve eccentric sheaves and pinions
• Main bearings with caps
• Hornplates
• Spur gears, including differential and final drive gear guard
• Gear selector shafts and forks
• Front wheels including axle, steering chains and perch bracket
• Rear wheels including rear axle
• Steering shaft, gears and chain shaft
• Flywheel
• Water pump, modified for Scotch crank drive to suit the builder's preference
• Smokebox assembly with front ring, door, locking handles
• Chimney with spun copper cap
• Ashpan and grate assembly
• Tender

Still work to do to finish the engine, but the vast majority of expenditure is now behind it - other than boiler fittings there's not a great deal else left to buy.